[p4] Perforce Administrator Position Available - Boston Area

[Stephen Vance]

The MathWorks, Inc. is looking for a Perforce Manager/Administrator at 
their Natick, MA office, about 20 miles west of Boston. The position 
posting can be found at 
http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/opportunities/Job-6741-Perforce-ManagerAdministrator.html 
and is copied below for your convenience. If we have collaborated in the 
past, you may contact me for a referral. If not or if you prefer, you 
can apply directly from the online posting.

Stephen Vance
PCP, PCT
Senior Team Lead, Tools Group @ The MathWorks, Inc.

Perforce Manager/Administrator

Job #:
6741-AB
Job Title:
Perforce Manager/Administrator
Location:
Natick MA
% Travel:
None to Minimal
Area of Interest:
Perforce Manager/Administrator


Job Summary
Work as part of a small dynamic team responsible for a highly automated 
facility that supports building, testing, and releasing all MathWorks 
products. Responsibilities will involve working closely with the Build & 
Test team to provide Perforce services and support as well as helping to 
apply SCM best practices to improve our software development workflows.

Responsibilities
• Establishing Perforce reliability and uptime requirements and making 
sure that our processes, policies, procedures, and equipment are in 
alignment with them
• Evolve and enhance internal Perforce training and support strategy 
(classes, documentation, consulting, off-hour assistance, escalation, etc.)
• Support Development organization in development and roll-out of policies
• Participate in cross functional discussions regarding Perforce adoption
• Oversee requirements, planning, acquisition and deployment of server 
hardware and software (OS, Perforce, storage system) upgrades
• Work closely with and coordinate activities with the IAT Team
• Share server and end-user support duties

Qualifications
• BS or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant technical field.
• At least 5 years relevant experience in a large software development 
organization working with multiple products with simultaneous parallel 
work on multiple releases.
• Certification in Perforce Administration (PCP), or progress in 
achieving certification.
• Familiar with Configuration Management Systems and source code control 
tools.
• Understands automated building, configuration, and software release issues
• Experience in the area of software product-release.
• PERL programming and debugging skills.
• Working knowledge of multiple platforms, including different flavors 
of UNIX and Windows.
• Independent learner and self-directed, takes initiative while working 
within a team context.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and balance 
priorities with good time management.
• Have the ability and willingness to take on (informal) leadership roles.
• Excellent coordination and planning skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.