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| Current openings in Hexagrid's US offices are listed below, each as a link to their respective position description. Candidates interested in being considered for these opportunities should submit their resume and cover letter to careers@hexagrid.com with the position title in the email subject line. Any other career-related comments or inquiries can be forwarded to this same email address and a human resources representative will respond as quickly as possible. |
Current Openings, Hexagrid Headquarters, St. Louis, MO |
Sales Associate
Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is a leading developer of IT infrastructure automation software and a pioneer in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing industry. The company enables enterprises and service providers to build customized public or private clouds to suit their specific business needs. From basic everyday computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid IaaS cloud computing solutions enable companies to immediately generate profits by reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. For more information, visit www.hexagrid.com.
At our St. Louis, MO headquarters, we are seeking a Sales Associate to support national and international sales initiatives for growing start-up in the fast-paced high tech innovation industry. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, ambitious, self-starter with the ability to learn technical information quickly and develop sales relationships confidently through event participation, cold-calling, and lead management activities. This is a terrific opportunity for a junior-level sales professional to launch a lucrative career in the hottest market within the technology industry today—cloud computing. This diverse position includes the full array of sales roles so be prepared to say “goodbye” to the monotonous, repetitive traditional sales roles and say “hello” to the ever-changing, fast-paced, “I can do it all” world of being a successful sales person at Hexagrid.
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Conduct consultative sales activities using persistence and persuasion to shorten sales cycles and close deals. |
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Build long-term relationships with potential clients because once they buy they will be with the company for a long time, continuing to grow which continues to grow your commissions. |
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Conduct cold-calling and data management activities to keep pipeline full and track sales efforts on a daily basis. |
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Receive and follow-up on leads from marketing in a timely manner—these leads must be qualified then pushed through the decision-making process. |
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Make general company and sales presentations, conduct webinars, and provide product demos as needed via WebEx or in-person as-needed. |
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Participate in improving the CRM system and developing associated management processes and user documentation for effective data management. |
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Travel and participate in industry tradeshows throughout the US and abroad to generate leads and awareness. |
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Relevant degree preferred, but not required |
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2-3 years of successful sales experience in technology, engineering, or other type of high-knowledge, consultative sales environment. |
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Solid understanding and experience applying fundamental sales concepts such as qualifying leads, shortening sales cycles, overcoming objections, and most importantly, closing the sale. |
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Interest in technology and ability to understand, retain, and recall technical product, service, and competitive details. |
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Self-disciplined with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. |
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Excellent English oral and written communication skills. Confidence in communications and presentations is a must. |
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Ability to travel for tradeshow activities, including occasional international travel. |
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Conversational fluency in Spanish, French, or German is strongly preferred, but not required. |
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Candidate must live in St. Louis area (no relocation) and must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder. |
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Base salary plus commissions compensation commensurate with experience and performance.
Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is an EEO/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category.
Please submit your cover letter and resume to communications@hexagrid.com |
Marketing Communications Specialist
Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is a leading developer of IT infrastructure automation software and a pioneer in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing industry. The company enables enterprises and service providers to build customized public or private clouds to suit their specific business needs. From basic everyday computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid IaaS cloud computing solutions enable companies to immediately generate profits by reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. For more information, visit www.hexagrid.com.
At our St. Louis, MO headquarters, we are seeking a Marketing Communications Specialist to support international sales and marketing initiatives for growing start-up in the fast-paced high tech innovation industry. This is a terrific opportunity for a bright, motivated self-starter to gain international experience in the hottest market within the technology industry. This diverse position includes responsibilities in the fields of marketing, event planning, sales, promotions, and public relations.
Applying a combination of technical and creative skills you will work with our Director of Communications and Graphics Designer to develop field marketing campaigns related to industry tradeshows, company-sponsored events, webinars, and sales-driven activities. |
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Assist Director with writing/editing content for websites, marketing materials, sales communications, blogs, awards submittals, and presentation synopses. |
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Make general company presentations and conduct introductory product demos to qualify inbound sales leads. |
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Participate in improving the CRM system and developing associated management processes and user documentation for effective data management. |
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Coordinate tradeshow efforts including booth design and set-up, pre and post show sales activities, and booth and traffic management on-site for events. |
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BS in Business (communications, entrepreneurism, marketing, or related discipline). |
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2-3 years of relevant internship and full-time professional experience. |
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Well-versed in MS Office programs, especially MS Word and PowerPoint. |
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Strong attention to detail with solid organization skills. |
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Self-disciplined with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment |
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Excellent oral and written communication skills. Comfort talking/presenting to strangers is a must. |
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Ability to travel for tradeshow activities, including occasional international travel. |
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Full-time, professional salaried position averaging 40-50 hours/week. |
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Candidate must live in St. Louis area (no relocation) and must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder. |
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Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is an EEO/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category.
Please submit your cover letter and resume to communications@hexagrid.com |
Senior Software Engineer
Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is a leading developer of IT infrastructure automation software and a pioneer in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing industry. The company enables enterprises and service providers to build customized public or private clouds to suit their specific business needs. From basic everyday computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid IaaS cloud computing solutions enable companies to immediately generate value by reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. For more information, visit www.hexagrid.com.
At our St. Louis, MO headquarters, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer.
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Will be participating in design, development of server side programming and UI integration |
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Work with release engineers, QA team |
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Develop API to help integrate with partner products. |
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Contribute to architecture enhancements. |
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Research in Cloud computing technologies, architecture and standards as appropriate |
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Work under tight deadlines |
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Minimum 5 years of programming experience in Java. |
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Strong server side programming experience. |
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Minimum one year of experience in test-first and test-driven development methodologies. |
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Experience writing unit tests using Mock frameworks. |
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Experience developing RESTful webservices. |
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Experience working with Spring, Hibernate, Ajax, Struts2/Webwork, MySQL, Maven, J2EE. |
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Experience working with Message brokers. |
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Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science/ Computer Engineering / Information Technology |
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Following will be considered a Plus: |
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Programming experience with shell and python a plus. |
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Database design, knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming a plus. |
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Knowledge of Virtualization technologies like Xen, KVM, VMWare |
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Should be comfortable using Linux Desktop |
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Infrastructure Business Analyst
Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is a leading developer of IT infrastructure automation software and a pioneer in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing industry. The company enables enterprises and service providers to build customized public or private clouds to suit their specific business needs. From basic everyday computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid IaaS cloud computing solutions enable companies to immediately generate value by reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. For more information, visit www.hexagrid.com.
At our St. Louis, MO headquarters, we are seeking a Infrastructure Business Analyst. This position is for somebody with System Administration/Architecture experience and wants to be a Business Analyst.
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Works independently with minimal supervision. |
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Work with stakeholders to gather requirements. |
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Work with research team on the feasibility study. |
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Work with software engineers to explain or clarify requirements. |
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Do storyboarding, construct use cases and write business requirements. |
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Does requirements handoff to development and QA teams |
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Requirements |
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Ability to interact with different teams. |
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Atleast two years of System Administration experience. |
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Strong documentation skills. |
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Familiarity with Cloud computing. |
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Experience gathering requirements in an Agile environment. |
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A Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems or related field. |
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Experienced in facilitating and working in JAD sessions to define requirements |
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Proficient skills with Microsoft Office, Atlassian and Wiki |
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Software Engineering Intern
Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is a leading developer of IT infrastructure automation software and a pioneer in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing industry. The company enables enterprises and service providers to build customized public or private clouds to suit their specific business needs. From basic everyday computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid IaaS cloud computing solutions enable companies to immediately generate value by reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. For more information, visit www.hexagrid.com.
At our St. Louis, MO headquarters, we are seeking a Software Engineering Intern to support development and implementation efforts associated with our VxDatacenter IaaS cloud computing platform. This is a terrific opportunity for a motivated student or recent graduate to gain real professional experience working for an internationally respected organization in the innovative, fast-paced cloud computing industry.
Applying a combination of technical and communication skills you will work directly with the VP of Technology Operations to system administration, automation, testing, troubleshooting, and user-documentation projects associated with the Hexagrid family of IaaS cloud computing solutions. You will gain first-hand knowledge of this disruptive technology and participate in valuable, real world projects typical within any high-tech start-up organization. The entrepreneurial environment will allow you to gain a working knowledge of the business behind the technology which builds a fundamental foundation for long-term professional opportunities. |
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Actively participate in job related training. |
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Develop and maintain web-based software solutions. |
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Respond to requests and queries from Hexagrid customers and staff while ensuring customer satisfaction. |
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Answer technical questions, solve technical problems, and develop/provide appropriate workarounds related to supported applications. |
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Participate in product documentation efforts to support product usability and communicate product changes. |
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Author technical documents on common issues and solutions in order to build the knowledge base.
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Ensure that individual performance meets or exceeds department standards. |
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Work on engineering and automation projects to support operations |
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All other duties as assigned. |
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Pursuing (recently completed) a BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field. |
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MUST HAVE a proven technical aptitude and a passion for technology. |
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Ability to acquire and apply new technical knowledge quickly. |
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Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills. |
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Strong organizational, time management and prioritization skills. |
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Self-sufficient problem solving capacity. |
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Proven ability to manage multiple tasks or projects. |
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Strong written and oral communications skills. |
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Customer Service oriented. |
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Dependable, team player. |
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Intermediate knowledge of Java, Python, shell scripting and Linux technologies. |
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20-30 hours/week, June through August (internship extension, negotiable for the right candidate). |
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Candidate must live in St. Louis area (no relocation) and must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder |
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Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is an EEO/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category. |
Operations Engineer
Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is a leading developer of IT infrastructure automation software and a pioneer in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing industry. The company enables enterprises and service providers to build customized public or private clouds to suit their specific business needs. From basic everyday computing to intensive high-powered operations, Hexagrid IaaS cloud computing solutions enable companies to immediately generate value by reducing costs and increasing efficiencies. For more information, visit www.hexagrid.com.
At our St. Louis, MO headquarters, we are seeking an Operations Engineer to design and engineer secure and fault-tolerant infrastructure solutions, triage and resolve acute operational issues, and provide installation support. |
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Experience in shell and Python programming |
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Strong Linux administration knowledge |
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Deep knowledge on working with Unix command line |
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Strong understanding of SSH and VPN technologies |
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Strong knowledge of the Linux networking stack |
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Deeply skilled in server and network security best-practices |
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Understanding of network storage protocols and storage best-practices |
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Competent in automating system level tasks through scripting |
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Intimate knowledge of XEN/KVM based virtualization platform |
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Knowledge of Java/JVM based appserver's and sql debugging with tomcat/jboss a plus. |
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BS Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field |
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Excellent communication skills and the business acumen to effectively interact with executive level customers and employees |
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Extreme enthusiasm for technology and its application |
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Desire to work for an emerging company with tremendous potential |
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Ability to multi-task and work on multiple projects in parallel |
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Strong work ethic and reliability |
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Honesty and integrity |
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Understanding and accommodation of change |
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Willingness to work off-hours and carry a pager |
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Ability to train incremental personnel |
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Preparedness to interact with developers, engineering team and company executives |
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Knack for solving technical problems unassisted |
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Hexagrid Computing, Inc. is an EEO/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category. |
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