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We are seeking Software Engineer / Developer Interns to work on the creation of new, enterprise level applications as well as the maintenance of existing applications. We are looking for high energy, self-starters who love to create usable applications. Technology assignments and opportunities are based on organizational need.

Requirements:

• A passion for web technology
• Highly motivated to learn about the industry VIP builds its software around
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills
• Intellectual curiosity and adaptability
• Possess a sense of accountability in meeting commitments and expectations
• Experience with object-oriented programming using one or more multi-paradigm languages including but not limited to: Objective-C, Swift, C/C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, or Ruby.

Nice To Have:

• Working with big data and writing scalable applications
• Coursework in Computer Science degree program
• Relational DBs like DB2 or MS SQL Server

Local Applicants Only - All internships are located onsite at our headquarters in Colchester, VT.  

 All job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.  

Location: Colchester, VT

We are seeking a junior to mid-level Web Application Developer to work full-stack on the creation of new, enterprise level web applications as well as the maintenance of existing applications.

Requirements:
• A passion for web technology
• 1-5 years of full-stack web development experience (school projects, internships or full-time)
• JavaScript fluency (beyond jQuery basics)
• Strong SQL understanding
• Code samples to document your involvement in significant prior projects
• Works well with others and can communicate clearly

Bonus Points for experience with:
• Sencha ExtJS / Angular / React Single-Page JavaScript frameworks
• Git or SVN source control in a team setting
• Automated testing (unit testing, selenium, mocha, jUnit, etc)
• Linux devops
• Relational DBs like DB2 or MS SQL Server
• Modern Java (1.8+) with Spring Framework
• PHP frameworks like Zend or Laravel
• Big data, scaling and performance

Web Architecture you'll be working with:
• SPA JavaScript MVC with Sencha ExtJS
• Light PHP 7+ middleware with Zend Framework
• Heavier web service layer with Java 11+ & Spring Framework 5+
• Large and complex SQL joining across many schemas and tables
• Terabytes of data in DB2 & MS SQL Server
• Apache & Tomcat servers with CI and devops powered by Jenkins, Ansible, Rundeck & more
• ... plus a team devoted to constant improvement via small, agile iterations

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

Job Description:

We are seeking a new or experienced Software Engineer / Developer to work on the creation of new, enterprise level applications as well as the maintenance of existing applications. We are looking for a high energy, self-starter who loves to create usable applications in an individual or team environment.

Requirements:

• A passion for web technology
• 1-2+ years of object oriented and/or web development experience
• JavaScript fluency (beyond jQuery)
• SQL basics
• Code samples to document your involvement in significant prior projects

Bonus Points for:

• ExtJS / Sencha JavaScript frameworks
• Java Spring Framework
• SVN / Git
• Auto-testing (unit testing, selenium, mocha, jUnit, etc)
• Apache / Nginx
• Linux devops
• Relational DBs like DB2 or MS SQL Server
• IBM iSeries / DB2
• PHP frameworks like Laravel or Zend
• Working with big data and writing high performance, scalable applications
• Ability to prioritize, multitask, manage work and report status in order to meet critical timelines

Web Architecture you'll be working with:

• SPA JavaScript MVC with Sencha ExtJS
• Light PHP 7 middleware with Zend Framework
• Heavier web service layer with Java & Spring Framework
• Terabytes of data in DB2 & MS SQL Server
• Apache & Tomcat servers with CI and devops powered by Jenkins, Ansible, Rundeck & more
• ...plus a team devoted to constant improvement via small, agile iterations

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

Job Description:

The successful Software Support Specialist must enjoy working with others, be a fast learner, have excellent technical diagnostic skills, and enjoy a fast-paced environment.  We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can handle multiple tasks and be committed to customer satisfaction.  Knowledge of the distribution industry is a plus. 

• Deal directly with customers either by phone, electronically, or face to face
• Respond promptly to customer inquiries in a professional manner
• Handle and resolve customer complaints
• Obtain and evaluate all relevant information to handle inquiries and complaints
• Direct requests and unresolved issues to the designated resource
• Serve as liaison between the customer and various departments
• Keep records of customer interactions and transactions
• Record details of inquiries, comments and complaints
• Record details of actions taken
• Communicate and coordinate with internal departments
• Follow up on customer interactions

Job Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills - verbal & written
• Strong ability to problem solving and problem analysis
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Detail oriented and ability to maintain data confidentially
• Reliable & dependable
• Ability to multi-task under pressure

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

Job Description:

Vermont Information Processing seeks a Software Quality Engineer to join our automated testing team, a development group that builds, executes, and maintains Java-based automated testing tools. You will be testing web services, stored procedures, web and mobile UIs, and other programs written in a variety of languages and running on a variety of platforms.
 
Key Responsibilities Include:

• Enhancing the quality of our software products through testing
• Contributing breadth and depth to our overall testing infrastructure
• Developing, publishing, and implementing test plans
• Writing and maintaining automated test suites

Job Requirements: 

• Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Solid organization skills and attention to detail
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and communicate status to complete complicated projects independently and on time

Desired Skills:

• Selenium or Appium
• JUnit or TestNG
• IBM iSeries, DB2, and RPG
• ExtJS / Sencha JavaScript frameworks
• SVN / Git / Source Control
• Linux / CentOS
• At least 2 years experience in Java, C, or C++, and SQL
• A working knowledge of quality assurance methodologies

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

VIP is seeking a Software Implementation Specialist to join the Installation Team. You’ll have hands-on project management, direct relationships with existing and new customers, and the ability to enhance our growing software packages.

Responsibilities

• Learn how to install, use and set-up the various components of VIP Solution Packages and Software
• Successfully understand VIP Software with the knowledge to install and train at VIP customer sites
• Installation Includes:  Preparatory data conversion and hardware set-up
• Training Includes:  On-site support and customer service to existing customers to include trouble shooting  issues, emphasizing training components, managing on-site software upgrades, and communicating with the Software Support Team as well as providing feedback to Development Teams

Requirements:

• Must be highly organized and detail-oriented
• Effective communication skills, both written and orally
• Provide effective teaching and training in a resourceful way
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as a team player
• Ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects and customers
• A desire to learn new technologies and provide innovative ideas in the implementation team
• Knowledge of beverage distribution is a plus!
• 30% - 50% travel within the U.S

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

VIP is seeking a Warehouse Management Software Implementation Specialist to join the Installation Team. You’ll have hands-on project management, direct relationships with existing and new customers, and the ability to enhance our growing software packages.

Responsibilities

• Learn how to install, use and set-up the various components of VIP Solution Packages and Software
• Successfully understand VIP Software with relationship to Warehouse Management
• Installation includes: Preparatory data conversion, hardware set-up with process improvement focus
• Training includes: on-site support during installation, as well as post-installation support with process improvement focus
• Provide excellent support and customer service to existing customers to include trouble-shooting issues, emphasizing training components, managing on-site software upgrades, and communicating with Customer Support, as well as providing feedback to Development Teams

Requirements

• Warehousing and Logistics experience preferred
• Operational improvement experience and focus
• Knowledge of beverage distribution or food distribution is a plus!
• Experience and understanding in inventory control, distribution and routing
• Effective communication skills, both written and orally
• Provide effective teaching and training in a resourceful way
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as a team player
• 30-50% travel within the U.S.

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

Job Description

VIP is looking for a Systems Engineer to help build out, maintain, and troubleshoot our rapidly expanding infrastructure in Colchester, VT.  You will be part of a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency, delivering mission critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security on the VIP systems. Qualified systems engineers will have a background in IT, computer engineering, or systems engineering and analysis with 3 to 5 years experience.  The primary role will be the support of x86 hardware running Windows and Linux (mostly VM based), networking equipment (primarily Cisco), and other supporting applications within our infrastructure.

• Enterprise level skills and awareness are vital. Being very detailed oriented with an understanding and appreciation for change control and proper documentation needed.
• A proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Linux & Windows based environments is required. Knowledge of general infrastructure concepts such as DNS, DHCP, Active Directory is also necessary.  Additional responsibilities will include the support of reverse proxy servers (ie. HAProxy), web servers (ie. Tomcat), and other applications within our infrastructure. Experience in process automation and/or scripting highly desirable.
• Initial duties will include user management via Active Directory, backup of our Windows & Linux servers, and provisioning of new servers.  Duties will expand to configuration of reverse proxies, support of applications (in-house, open source, and enterprise software), and general infrastructure configuration.
• Once a deep understanding of the VIP infrastructure is achieved, it is expected that the individual would assist in researching new tools and services, and would be able to run a deployment project from beta testing to full deployment.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure including x86-based servers, applications running on those servers, and the services the infrastructure provides.
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
• Provide IT-based support to VIP employees
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
• Participate in the design and documentation of information and operational support systems
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution

Requirements

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject with 3 to 5 years experience.
• Solid understanding of Windows and Linux based servers
• Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)
• Experience with monitoring systems & concepts
• Understanding of Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure (AOS, AHV, etc) desired
• Experience with virtualization and containerization desired.
• Solid scripting skills desired
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and/or GCP preferred

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

Job Description

The IT Operations Technician has primary responsibilities as the first response, triage, and Level 1 troubleshooting contact within IT Operations and Service Management. The IT Operations Technician performs technical troubleshooting and diagnosis of root cause, and performs the steps necessary to fully log the incident, including the troubleshooting steps taken to resolve the incident. When incident resolution is beyond the expertise of the technician, has responsibility to effectively escalate to the appropriate technical area for Level 2 troubleshooting and resolution.

Responsibilities

• Diagnosis and troubleshooting of problems with computer systems – PC-Based & Apple, including hardware and software, email, network, smartphone, tablets and other peripheral equipment
• Ability to duplicate software problems reported by the end-users
• Answer incoming requests in order to resolve issues immediately or to track issues in the Ticketing System to ensure a follow-up
• Capable of identifying repeat requests and recommend solutions to reduce repetitive requests
• Ability to learn and research new applications
• Experience documenting procedures and processes
• Able to manipulate, analyze, and interpret data
• Installation of new hardware including computers, printers, and other peripheral equipment
• Maintenance of accurate hardware and software inventory
• Assistance to IT Manager with maintenance and upkeep of entire network
• Understand enterprise antivirus software, provide updates and virus removal
• Providing support relating to computer issues involving Microsoft’s applications and operating systems to end users by responding to telephone calls and email requests
• Document steps to reproduce technical issues
• Follow best practices for troubleshooting/replicating Software application issues

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills; customer service orientation
• Excellent analysis, critical thinking and problem solving skills with great attention to detail and a methodical work style
• Must have good oral and written communication skills including the ability to listen and explain technical terms
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to document accurately and thoroughly
• Proactive, solutions minded mindset
• Action Orientation
• Ability and desire to work in a team environment
• Professional, gracious attitude at all times
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Must be able to work independently and in a team environment

Certification and Experience Requirements

• Associate degree in Computer Information Systems or related field
• Experience troubleshooting issues with Microsoft and Apple computers, laptops and mobile devices
• Familiarity with support and troubleshooting of Windows OS Platform, Mac OS Platform, Windows and Linux Servers, and Networking
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to think outside the box
• Proficiency level experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and Google GSuite (Gmail, Google Docs)
• Previous experiences in an IT/technical helpdesk role/environment preferred
• Experience with Wi-Fi platforms and access point deployments
• Experience supporting mobile devices – Android / IOS
• Understanding of networking concepts such as DNS, DHCP, Email, HTTP, SSL, and TCP/IP

Qualifications

• Experience with Helpdesk and customer relationship ticketing systems.
• Experience with office productivity, reporting, and technical documentation software.
• Experience with monitoring and event management tools.
• Experience with Scheduled Tasks and enterprise job schedulers.
• Strong end user technology understanding and troubleshooting skills.
• Intermediate understanding of web based and distributed systems n-tier technologies.
• Expertise in working with IT monitoring and event management tools.
• Strong in Level 1 troubleshooting of networked Windows end points and infrastructure devices.

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced .NET Application Developer to work on the creation of new, enterprise level applications as well as the maintenance of existing applications. We are looking for a high energy, self-starter who loves to create usable applications in an individual or team environment.

Requirements: 

• Be able to write re-usable, modular C#, .Net MVC and JavaScript code
• Experience with jQuery, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS frameworks
• Understanding of OO design patterns and SOLID principles
• Knowledge of relational and non-relational data stores
• Experience building RESTful APIs with proper documentation and scalability in mind
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs and Web services to integrate web applications with server side systems
• Knowledge of web and API design principles, patterns and best practices
• Continuously broaden and deepen your skill set to solve new technical challenges
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or similar major

Desired Skills:

• Experience with ASP.NET
• Experience with SQL Server and DB2 
• Knowledge of development and deployment tools; Jira, Git, Visual Studio, Jenkins, Swagger

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

We are seeking an experienced database engineer to work on the creation of new, enterprise level systems as well as the maintenance of existing infrastructure. We are looking for a high energy, self-starter who loves to collaborate with various development teams.

Job Requirements

• SQL development
• Create and maintain complex SQL scripts and stored procedures
• In-depth knowledge of referential integrity constraints and indexing
• Ability to understand and enhance complex database models
• Follow (and if necessary, refine) in-house coding standards
• Troubleshoot/bug-fix SQL
• Performance optimization of SQL
• Database administration
• Maintain transactional processing application’s databases and data warehouse
• Support application development staff with database design and implementation
• Able to manage all the stages of software development
• Use database code repositories for change management
• Profile server resource usage and optimize as necessary
• Assist in Compliance efforts to include, reporting, auditing and implementation.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to function well in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities
• Ability to build strong working relationships across the organization
• Strong communications, both written and verbal

Experience/Education

• Minimum of 4 years of solid relational database experience
• Minimum of 2 years working with MS SQL Server
• Primary database: MS SQL Server, work with Snowflake, Netezza, and DB2 a plus

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Location: Colchester, VT

VIP is looking to grow its newly established design team.  This is a new role that will join a team of two designers and help expand our resources to additional development teams at VIP.  A keen eye for design is a must, as well as experience with graphic design software.  This role will help promote design culture within VIP and communicate designs effectively with stakeholders, developers, and designers.

This person will need to be flexible and accommodating as we establish new capabilities at VIP.  We are a long standing company, but are only recently incorporating UX/UX design in our processes.  Exploration and experimentation is still needed to determine how designers will best fit into existing development teams. 

We are looking for someone with more than just strong design skills and need a person that is diplomatic and can build strong relationships.  Understanding and being able to communicate how design adds value to our business is crucial. 

The VIP design team also works on documenting and evolving VIP’s general visual presentation.  UI/UX work are our priority, but our branding efforts also provide various assets to our marketing.  It’s our job to make sure public-facing materials are in harmony with our expanding UI libraries.

As a member of the UI/UX Design team, your initial responsibilities may include:

• Applying our new design standards to VIP applications with mockups and/or prototypes.
• Writing documentation for our expanding design standards.
• Evaluating VIP applications’ compliance with accessibility standards and making recommendations based on those evaluations.
• Identifying opportunities to enrich and optimize current development processes with design services.
• Performing heuristic evaluations of VIP applications.
• Conducting basic usability tests and/or user research to resolve design decisions within development teams.
• Creating illustrations or graphics to support marketing efforts as needed.

The ideal candidate will have these skills and experience:

• BA in Graphic Design, Visual Design, Web Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or other comparable field of study.
• 2+ years of UI/UX design experience.
• Proficiency with Sketch and Abstract.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop).
• Knowledge of the iOS Human Interface Guidelines.
• Knowledge of web application frameworks and UI libraries.
• A positive attitude and team player

Graphic designers who are transitioning to UI/UX design are encouraged to apply.  We will happily train the right candidate on UI/UX fundamentals and the design software we use.

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and background check.