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Core3 Solutions is an expanding IT solutions company based in Birmingham, Michigan. We are growing our markets and our service offerings and therefore we are in need of talented individuals in the web field to fulfill these open positions. If you are interested in working with some of the top talent in the field in a creative and challenging environment that will give you potential for personal growth and advancement; then please apply online for one of our open positions.

Open Positions:
 Project Manager (Web)
Description
Core3 Solutions is looking for a creative web individual with excellent project management skills. This position will report directly to the Director of Web Development and is responsible for the coordination and direction of online related media, to satisfy the immediate and long-term needs of our clients. He/She plans and implements web development workflow and processes with the coordination of corporate leadership and is responsible for a team of web programmers & designers, managing multiple web projects from post-sales through implementation and post-launch to include continued support. This individual will be communicating directly with clients, team members and the Web Director. The individual selected for this position will demonstrate enthusiasm, initiative, teamwork, and professional demeanor.
Responsibilities
- Directs Web staff in production/implementation tasks according to a documented schedule that meets customer expectations.
- Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs, define and implement online solutions and strategies.
- Provides resolution to client issues.
- Managing developers and outside resources in the development of approved site or application requirements from project initiation through post launch phase.
- Creating timelines and tracking progress of multiple projects making sure they are on time and on budget.
- Helps establish and build relationships with vendors.
- Assists sales with new business and existing clients by providing project estimation and quoting.
- Enforces Web Development policies and procedures.
- Strategic and tactical brainstorming of development processes, methodologies and technologies used within the department.
- Technologies and applications currently used by the web development department.
HTML/XHTML/Javascript/CSS, PHP, MySQL
- Champions change and effectively manages the implementation of new ideas.
- Other various duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years experience within Web Development or related Project Management.
- Bachelor's degree in related field is preferred.
- Strong leadership, coaching and people management skills.
- Demonstrate real-world experience with implementation of successful Web Sites.
- Strong grasp of industry standards, practices and trends.
- Experience with the management and development of teams.
- Must be able to design and support web solutions based on the needs of the client.
- Ability to effectively communicate technically-intense concepts in real world language to clients.
- Willingness to contribute time during after-hours or emergency situations when necessary.
- A strong desire to contribute the highest level of quality and integrity with all work.
 Director of IT
Description
The Director of IT is a full time position reporting directly to the VP of Organizational Development. This person is responsible for the leadership, management, coordination and direction of technology-related initiatives, to satisfy the immediate and long-term needs of Core3 Solutions and our clients. The director is charged with strategic planning, tactical action, and operational decision-making to fulfill the goals of the IT Services department. This includes directing all IT operations to meet customer requirements as well as the support and maintenance of existing infrastructure, applications, and development of new technical solutions. The individual selected for this position will demonstrate enthusiasm, initiative, teamwork, and professional demeanor with management expertise and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Directs IT staff in production/implementation tasks according to a documented schedule that meets customer expectations.
- Communicates effectively with clients to identify future needs and evaluate alternative business solutions and strategies.
- Provides senior level resolution to client issues.
- Exercises IT staff oversight to ensure new operations plans, policies, procedures, and transition/migration plans are consistent with the overall company goals and objectives.
- Leads learning, development, and organizational effectiveness within Core3 Solutions' IT Services department.
- Champions change and effectively manages the implementation of new ideas.
- Holds responsibility for department staffing, training, career development, performance appraisals, and discipline in accordance with company policies.
- Hold regular departmental meetings to review strategic goals and initiatives, promote team building and work to provide growth paths for staff.
- Manages the development of project managers and IT managers.
- Helps establish and build relationships with vendors.
- Oversees all IT-related purchasing and budget usage; works with CFO to develop budgets.
- Ensures IT department is well informed, at all times, of changes and news worthy events within the company.
- Coordinates with Business Development team to promote the company and help develop new business through client meetings, speaking engagements and involvement in local business organizations.
- Other various duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Minimum 6-8 years relevant job experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field. Master's degree in related field is preferred.
- Strong leadership, coaching and people management skills.
- Strong communication and relational skills, good organizational and project management skills, sound judgment, initiative, flexibility, detail oriented.
- Strong analytical and logical problem solving skills.
- Must be proficient with workstation and server technologies, including Microsoft and Linux based solutions.
- Demonstrate real-world experience with implementation of successful IT infrastructures.
- Strong grasp of IT industry standards, practices and trends.
- Experience with the management of development teams.
- Must be able to design and support IT solutions based on the needs of the client.
- Ability to effectively communicate technically-intense concepts in real world language to clients.
- Willingness to contribute time during after-hours or emergency situations when necessary.
- A strong desire to contribute the highest level of quality and integrity with all work.
 JR PHP Application Developer
Description
Core3 Solutions is seeking an enthusiastic and skillful PHP and MySQL application developer with a passion for development and a desire to work with the most talented team around. This is a full time position and will report directly to the Director of Web Development and is responsible for the creation of custom web applications. An ideal candidate for this opportunity should be able to illustrate prowess in modern design methods with recent examples of production-ready applications. Applicants for this position will be selected based on skills, enthusiasm and their overall desire to be an integral part of the Core3 team.
Responsibilities
- Working with sales team and project managers to establish reasonable project requirements, quotes, and timelines.
- Creation of backend CMS applications for marketing-based sites.
- Development of custom applications when existing packages cannot be applied due to specific project requirements.
- Collaboration with creative team to ensure consistent styles and standards are maintained throughout development and delivery process.
- Review, testing and debugging of applications prior to client delivery.
- Creation of reusable custom libraries, classes, and modules to contribute to future development and R&D efforts.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of professional experience developing production-level PHP/MySQL applications.
- MySQL integration with PHP applications.
- Portfolio showing work that demonstrates a strong understanding of PHP and application architecture.
- XHTML markup, including W3C standards.
- CSS.
- Experience with PHP frameworks (e.g. Zend, CakePHP).
- Experience with WordPress application and theme creation.
- Javascript/jQuery.
- Familiar with web application security.
- Experience developing content management tools.
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strong attention to detail.
Preferred Additional Skills
- Linux server administration (Apache, MySQL, DNS, etc.)
- E-Commerce and payment gateway integration
- Object oriented design patterns
- Experience with Drupal 6/7 CMS framework
- Experience with MVC-based PHP frameworks (CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Rails)
- Advanced MySQL concepts, including stored procedures, views and triggers
- Subversion, CVS or Github knowledge
- Tableless layout design concepts
- Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks familiarity
- Perl and UNIX shell scripting
- XML standards
Benefits:
- 401K
- Health benefits
- Life insurance
- Fifteen paid days off
- Employee rewards program
- And more!
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