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1 total messages Started by eyang Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:00
Austin, Texas - R&D Positions
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Author: eyang
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 00:00
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Position: Member of Technical Staff, Austin, Texas
Job Description:

This position involves applied research in the area of Internet, campus,
and
enterprise network architectures.  This person will conduct lab
exploration
of proposed vendor solutions relating to SBC strategic direction and
tactical service proposals.

Responsibilities:

Work on a variety of teams to investigate, assess, and recommend network
infrastructure technologies.

Investigate network infrastructure technologies and provide technical
support to vendors, internal staff, and SBC subsidiaries

Collaborate within a multidisciplinary environment, both within TRI and
with
external research entities.

Job Requirements:

Experience with IP protocol, multiprotocol background beneficial

Extensive knowledge of LAN and WAN network topologies, such as ATM,
LANE,
FDDI, ADSL, Ethernet, Frame Relay, HSSI, SONET

Working knowledge of Layer 2/3 routing and switching platforms

Working knowledge of routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP and BGP

Knowledge of network design and performance optimization techniques,
experience with network simulation and design tools beneficial

Experience with remote device management platforms and solutions

Experience with infrastructure high-availability architectures involving
load balancing and redundancy


Education Requirements:

Candidates should have an advanced degree in Computer Science,
Electrical
Engineering, or related field. Suitable candidates should have 2-5 years
or
more experience in network infrastructure design. Candidates should have
project leadership experience and possess strong oral and written
communication skills. In addition, candidates should be flexible as to
assignments, as well as travel.
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Job Type:  Senior Member of Technical Staff, Austin, Texas
Company:

                SBC Technology Resources, Inc. (TRI) is located in
Austin,
TX.  The company provides technology consulting and expertise to the SBC
Communications family of companies, exploring new ways to incorporate
leading-edge technology into communications products and services.

                With just over 300 employees, TRI has the advantage of
being
a small company, as well as the advantage of being part of one of the
world's largest communications companies.  Our technical staff of
engineers,
computer scientists, applied psychologists and communications experts
are
one of the finest teams of communications experts there are in the
industry.

Job Description:

                This position will be responsible for conducting
research in
the design and implementation of IP-based electronic commerce systems
and
Web content services.  This position will also be responsible for
developing
prototypes that demonstrate electronic commerce applications for use in
the
business and consumer-merchant markets.

Responsibilities:

*       Developing content service strategies, system requirements, and
architectural designs for business and consumer electronic commerce
solutions
*       Working with SBC operating subsidiaries and product development
organizations to implement business and consumer electronic commerce
content
solutions
*       Developing prototypes that demonstrate electronic commerce
content
applications for use in the business-business and consumer-merchant
markets


Job Requirements:

*       Knowledge of Web content systems technology such as Web servers,
application servers, content management, personalization, search
engines,
traffic analysis
*       Knowledge of electronic commerce systems technology such as
on-line
catalogs, shopping cart, e-payment, order tracking, e-care, ad engines
*       Experience with HTTP, HTML, XML, CGI, SSL, cookies, P3P, and
other
electronic commerce, security, and personal data technologies and
standards
*       Experience with programming and scripting languages such as
Perl,
Tcl, C, C++, ASP, Java, JavaScript
*       In-depth application development experience in an Internet
environment
*       Strong oral and written communication skills
*       Flexibility in assignments in different technology areas and
willingness to apply skills to new technologies

Education Requirements:

                Candidate should have an advanced degree in Computer
Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent with at least 5 years R&D
or
applications development experience in Internet content and electronic
commerce solutions.


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Position Available:     Member of Technical Staff - Interactive Media
Systems Engineer, Austin, Texas
Position Description
The position involves oversight and planning of system architectures for
supporting interactive services delivery over a variety of platforms
(e.g.
Internet, intranets, wireless, and broadband).  This includes providing
input to platform designs capable of providing advanced multimedia
based
applications such as video streaming, electronic yellow pages,
electronic
commerce, games, etc.  The work will require working with multiple
vendors'
hardware and software solutions in a distributed computing environment.
In
particular, this position will be engaged in performance analysis, media
streaming systems and encoding platform assessments, standards body
representation, and systems integration for the software intensive
delivery
environments.  Work will span the delivery system or provider system
architecture to client devices.

The responsibilities of this position include technology investigation,
architecture and design, and providing technology support and/or
oversight
to vendors, outside developers, and internal corporate staff.  The
position
also will require collaboration within a multidisciplinary environment,
both
within TRI and with external research entities.
Position Requirements
This position requires:
*       Education:  M.S. degree in Computer Science, Electrical
Engineering,
Telecommunications or related fields
*       Distributed Systems: working or development experience in
distributed systems, RPC (DCE and ONC), distributed operating systems,
network file systems, databases, etc.
*       Networking: familiarity with broadband networking technology
(e.g.
ATM) and architectures (HFC, FTTC, ADSL), TCP/IP, IP over ATM, MPEG 2
transport, general networking concepts (circuit vs. packet switching,
connection oriented vs. connection-less, synchronous vs. asynchronous
communication), internetworking.
*       Multimedia: knowledge in the field of multimedia technology,
multimedia applications design, development, and production (preferably
in
MS-Windows, NT and UNIX environments).  The following is a list of
desirable
experience.
                *       Knowledge in one or more of the following areas,
as
well as breadth/exposure to these areas:
                                - signal processing, video or audio
coding,
or computer graphics
                                - real-time OSs
                                - databases (object and relational)
                                - software performance analysis
                                - object oriented application frameworks
(COM/OLE, DSOM, CORBA)
                                - internet based applications,
technology
(HTML, JAVA), and authoring tools
                *       Experience with one or more of the following
technologies: MPEG, desktop videoconferencing, PC development of
multimedia
applications, on-line service development/deployment, internet
applications,
or video servers.
*       Programming: C/C++, VisualBasic, etc.  and object-oriented
software
development methodologies
*       General: Software Knowledge for networked interactive
applications,
ideally in a broadband or Internet service environment. Should be
capable of
self-direction, preferably from project leadership experience.


Suitable candidates will have 2-5 years or more experience as a Systems
or
Network Services Architect or Developer working in a distributed
environment
(ideally in a company working on Interactive TV, Internet, distributed
systems, or other network based applications).  System operations
experience
would be highly desirable.  Candidates must possess strong oral and
written
communications skills.  Candidates should be flexible as to assignments
as
well as travel.  Job location will be in Austin, Texas.

Company Profile
SBC Technology Resources, Inc. (SBC TRI) is primarily an advanced
technology
development and consulting organization which supports the R&D needs of
the
subsidiaries of SBC Communications Inc.

This position involves providing support to the client company's staff
and
external partner's staff to help them develop new software based
services
and tools.  SBC TRI does not itself perform software development of
production systems but instead provides technology guidance and
direction to
vendors and outside developers.
SBC TRI is an equal opportunity employer.


Eric Yang
SBC Technology Resources, Inc. - 9505 Arboretum Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
mailto:eric_yang@tri.sbc.com  (office)512-372-5729  (fax)512-372-5291



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