6 jobs found in raleigh

National Math and Science Initiative, Inc.

Dec 18, 2019

What will you do all day? At NMSI, our people mean everything to us; they are the lifeblood of the organization. NMSI is looking for a Director of Development, Growth to drive forward development plans that support the multi-region growth plans of NMSI’s programs. You will support the Vice President, Growth in implementing short- and long- range strategies to fund NMSI’s strategic plans and priorities. What are the details? Located in central or eastern United States, the Director of Development reports to the Vice President, Growth and will be responsible for managing a Senior Manager of Development and Grants, a Manager of Development and Individual Giving, and a Manager of Development. As Director, you will be responsible for identifying funding opportunities— private philanthropy, corporate partners, government agencies/grants, and high net worth individual givers—to support NMSI’s core programs; College Readiness Program, Laying the Foundation, Teacher Pathways (UTeach) and strategic initiatives tied to our five-year strategic plan (NMSI Next). You will develop, champion and implement a regional development plan for Georgia and New York (Metro) area, as well as opportunistic geographic locations east of the Mississippi River. You will lead a sophisticated fundraising operation while managing and coaching a diverse team to set the short- and long-term fundraising vision and direction for the region. As part of this, you will: Track and assess team-wide progress to goals and maintain strong operational systems for efficient and effective team execution Liaise and align funding opportunities in conjunction with NMSI colleagues leading school district cultivation efforts Manage and increase a donor pipeline to increase awareness and understanding NMSI programs, as well as solicit renewed and upgraded gifts from existing donors Quickly build strong, dynamic partnerships with key stakeholders within the STEM community and beyond Specific responsibilities include: Grow a major gifts program via identification, cultivation, and solicitation of major donors Oversee federal and state grant seeking, including research, proposal writing, and reporting requirements Meet prospective donors and supporters of NMSI on a continual basis to establish a robust fundraising pipeline Develop compelling and effective pitches, proposals, fundraising campaigns and tactical plans to reach various donor segments, including private philanthropy, corporate partners, government agencies/grants, and high net worth individual givers Establish and maintain a major gift prospect list for the region Support programmatic funding for UTeach, Fine Arts, and Strategic Initiatives Strategize and facilitate fundraising special events Supervise and collaborate with other Growth fundraising and school cultivation staff (and outside consultants) Represent Growth as a fundraising leader within NMSI on cross-functional teams Coordinate the creation of publications and materials that support fundraising activities Supervise a regional gift recognition program Other duties as assigned What are we looking for? Who you are. You are a bright, imaginative and capable fundraiser with a passion for reaching ambitious goals Education & Experience . You have a bachelor’s degree with five or more years of fundraising experience such as private foundations, corporate partners, high-net worth individuals, and unrestricted gifts. Prior knowledge of Raiser’s Edge strongly preferred. Industry Expert. You possess strong fundraising knowledge. Analytical and Strategic Thinker. You have an analytical approach with a strong ability to think creatively. You think analytically, prioritize tasks and develop processes that monitor progress and performance. You rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Connected. You’re hyper-aware of philanthropic trends in STEM and education spaces. You have strong relationships with charitable leaders. Entrepreneurial. You live for the hustle that’s required to forge new paths. You collaborate well with others to make things happen. You work best when you have lots to do with multiple competing priorities. Relationship Builder. You have a knack for building relationships quickly and inspiring those around you. A room full of strangers doesn’t make you nervous. Organized & Productive. You possess strong organizational skills while working in a fast-paced environment. You can work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines. Inclusive. You can work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or job type—or any other factor that makes us unique! Want to learn more? The National Math and Science Initiative is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming math and science education in today’s classrooms and ensuring that all students have the knowledge and skills to thrive in the global economy of the 21st century. Founded in 2007, NMSI began by dramatically improving student participation and success in rigorous Advanced Placement math, science and English courses in 85 courses across seven states. Today, NMSI has scaled its proven program to serve more than 1.5 million students, 50,000 teachers, 1,000 high schools and 45 universities across 40 states, and is having a demonstrable and lasting impact on student outcomes. NMSI Next , our five-year strategic plan, deepens our commitment to transform our current programs. In doing so, we will also launch a bold approach to partnering with school systems that drive outcomes not only at the student and school system levels but also at the regional and national levels. NMSI Next is anchored on the concept that the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts and that our teamwork and program work go hand in hand. Additionally, we believe that our impact on the school system, regional, and national levels will reinforce itself to ensure population-level outcomes. We believe STEM education is the greatest lever to accessing opportunity and is unmatched in unlocking student potential. Specifically, NMSI Next will implement the following strategic levers so that all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive and reach their highest potential as problem solvers and lifelong learners, pursue their passions and tackle the world’s toughest challenges. Catalyze bold thinking and enduring solutions for all students nationally Collaborate with regional stakeholders to drive sustainable changes Provide school systems a world-class K-12 solution set Build a strong, sustainable, and nimble organization positioning us to deliver exponential impact The organization has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. National Math + Science Initiative (NMSI) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NMSI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which we have employees. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

National Math and Science Initiative, Inc. Remote (Raleigh, NC, USA) Full-Time Remote/Virtual

Oct 25, 2019

Special Education Paraprofessional at PreEminent Charter School Featured

Bring your passion for influencing and supporting our youth to National Heritage Academies (NHA) as a special education paraprofessional to one of our NHA partner schools. Our Schools In our schools you will find bright colors, smiling faces, and opportunity. While working at an NHA partner school you will make a difference in the lives of our over 500 students. You will gain invaluable experience and have fun along the way. In this position, a cohesive leadership team of deans will be there to support you every step of the way. Along with our result-driven curriculum and commitment to educating the whole child - academically, morally, and socially - you and your students will be set up for success. Provide instructional assistance to students in need of academic and behavior intervention, which should lead to a significant growth in the fall to spring testing and assessment scores of the students Requirements Must meet the state requirements for being a paraprofessional Valid teaching license - preferred Previous special education experience working in a school or with elementary experience - preferred Company Information NHA is a charter school management company that operates 80+ schools in 9 states. We are committed to our mission of "challenging each child to achieve..." and we pride ourselves on our students' ability to achieve high results in later education based on the foundations gained in grades K-8 at NHA. To learn more about our core values, please click here . National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.

National Heritage Academies Raleigh, NC, USA Full-time

Oct 25, 2019

Special Education Paraprofessional at PreEminent Charter School Featured

National Heritage Academies Raleigh, NC, USA Full-time

Jan 28, 2020

Information Technology Security Architect

The Security Engineering & Architecture team is responsible for embedding and delivering security into major transformation programs across the enterprise. This team identifies security risks, prioritizes delivery of security controls, develops security architectures, evangelizes security, develops security roadmaps and acts as the primary CISO representative within major programs. As a direct report to the Manager, Security Engineering, with dotted line reporting to VP, Information Technology Security Officer, you will have the following responsibilities: Work closely with enterprise architects, engineering, and security specialists to ensure adequate security solutions and controls are in place throughout Pearson's AWS environment and to ensure program objectives are met. · Design, architect and build security solutions, frameworks, automation and orchestration to secure Cloud Infrastructure and Applications specifically around AWS. · Provide security guidance and oversight to engineering and operational teams by participating in design reviews · Hands-on technical expertise in building security capabilities in code and deploying infrastructure in code using Cloudformation, lambda, python, terraform etc. · Detailed understanding of AWS Security principles and services, AWS Config, Organisations, IAM, KMS, WAF, Shield, Trusted advisor, Inspector, GuardDuty, AWS networking etc. · Experience with Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible in production environments at scale · Support the organization's goals in secure cloud adoption through hands on interaction with development teams to cultivate a security first mindset. - Assess and understand Pearson's current security posture and future architecture, providing recommendations for improvement and risk reduction; • Develop the business, information, and technical artifacts that constitute the enterprise information security architecture and solutions; • Serve as a security expert in application development, database design, network and/or platform (operating system) efforts, helping project teams comply with enterprise and security policies, industry regulations, and best practices; • Research, design, and advocate new technologies, architectures, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners, and vendors; • Contribute to the development and maintenance of Pearson's information security strategy; • Evaluate and develop secure solutions, based on approved security architectures; • Analyses business impact and exposure, based on emerging security threats, vulnerabilities and risks; • Communicate security risks and solutions to business partners and IT staff; • Design security configuration guidelines for information technology devices and systems, as well as mechanisms for assessing compliance within those guidelines; • Design and build controls to address security risks and events as identified; • Embrace a culture of continuous service improvement and service excellence; and • Stay up to date on security industry trends. Skills and Experience Experience • Deep understanding of cloud technologies and services with enterprise-level design experience (AWS, Azure, etc); • Strong experience with AWS security solutions and in securing AWS workloads; • Understanding and experience securing CDN technologies (Akamai, Cloudfront, etc.), effective authentication and authorisation strategies for edge-node served content, and general content protection strategies; • Strong experience in application and Web security, with deep experience of OWASP ASVS, secure SDLC processes and microservices; • Strong experience with security technologies, including NextGen Firewalls, DLP, web filtering, NAC, IDS/IPS, IdAM, Certificate Management, SIEM, Endpoint Protection, Anti-malware, vulnerability management; • Strong oral, written, and presentation abilities - able to convey risk to all levels of the business, from C-level executives to operations and development teams; • Current understanding of Industry trends and emerging threats; • Proven ability in security process and organizational design, including ITIL. · 5 - 7 years+ in Information Security space; · Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent. Master's Degree preferred. · Strong experience with AWS Security, with a passion to make security realistic, achievable and interwoven with the business fabric; · Strong experience in migrating enterprise companies from traditional data center infrastructure, application and data designs to hybrid or fully-cloud enabled practices. · Strong experience in Application Security, with deep experience of OWASP ASVS, Secure SDLC processes and Microservices; · Strong experience with a broad range of security technologies, including NextGen Firewalls, DLP, NAC, IDS/ IPS, IdAM, Certificate Management, SIEM, Endpoint Protection, Anti-malware and vulnerability management; · Strong experience designing and implementing encryption solutions such as PKI and encryption at rest technologies. · Strong business acumen with the ability to build business cases for technology initiatives and to effectively communicate the value proposition to non-technical stakeholders. · Some proven ability in security process and organizational design including ITIL; · Current understanding of Industry trends and emerging threats. · Well-rounded background in network, host and database security; · Experience implementing security controls in an enterprise IT environment; · Experience driving a culture of security awareness; · Experience administering network devices, databases, and/or web application servers; and · Highly self-motivated with the ability to identify areas of focus and tackle new challenges with or without direction. · Ability to work within a dynamic and fast paced international environment · Ability to build rapport with other team members and relevant teams · Very good communications, presentation and negotiations skills · Technically innovative · Able to express technical and non-technical concepts in clear verbal and written English · Very good written skills to document complex concepts in a comprehensive, yet readable manner · Encourages people to be open and share their views · Considers a range of options that meet the needs of all stakeholders · Ability to use own initiative to solve technical problems · Delivery Focused · Takes responsibility for projects and strategic initiatives · Demonstrate clear and measurable results through the development of KPIs, goals and milestones · Drive innovation and best practice · Strive for standardization and simplification in all aspects of work · Able to balance the needs of the business against the desire for the best solution possible. AWS Security knowledge AWS Certified Experience building security solutions Experience with applications around AWS Professional IT Accreditations AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CISM, CCSA, CCSE, CISSP Minimum Education Required • 9 years+ in information security space; • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent. Master's degree preferred; • One or more professional IT accreditations (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Security Specialty, CISM, CCSA, CCSE, JNCIA, CCNA, CISSP, CCIE Security). Desirable • Background in publishing and knowledge of enterprise-level content management, related strategies and security challenges; • Well-rounded background in host, network, database, application security including mobile and web; • Knowledge of security best practices for mobile and web applications based on microservices and componentized UX strategy, secure session management for mobile and web applications; • Experience administering network devices, databases, and/or web application servers; • Highly self-motivated with the ability to identify areas of focus and tackle new challenges with or without direction; • Ability to work within a dynamic and fast paced international environment; • Experience implementing security controls in a self-service environment; • Experience driving a culture of security awareness; • Ability to express technical and non-technical concepts in clear verbal and written English.

ektello Raleigh, NC, USA Full-time

Jan 26, 2020

Education Engineer

At Elastic, we have a simple goal: to solve the world's data problems with products that delight and inspire. As the company behind the popular open source projects - Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash - we help people around the world do great things with their data. From stock quotes to Twitter streams, Apache logs to WordPress blogs, our products are extending what's possible with data, delivering on the promise that good things come from connecting the dots. We unite Elasticians across 30+ countries (and counting!), 18 timezones, and 30 different languages into one coherent team, while the broader community spans across over 100 countries. We are currently seeking Education Engineers to join Elasticsearch. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering technical training to our customers as well as helping to create and maintain our curriculum of training courses, which cover Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. If you are an experienced engineer who has seen the good and bad of software development, enjoy helping mentor and share your learned knowledge with others in an engaging manner, and love Elasticsearch and its ecosystem, then please apply and meet our team. A successful candidate is happy working on your own initiative and does not require micro-management. Most of the team works remotely, and we are happy to consider you wherever you live. Do you want to see the world? Do you want to meet lots of new people and teach engineers how to use Elasticsearch? Come join us at Elastic! What You Will Be Doing: Becoming an expert in Elastic products, keeping up to date on changes/releases, and relaying that knowledge in the form of content development, training instruction, educational material, meetups, and conferences Learning, creating and presenting compelling courses in extremely technical concepts clearly and concisely to large audiences in a way that fully engages our customers Able to travel globally 50% Collaborate with development teams and engineering to create and update existing course materials and documentation Creating new courses, liaising with instructors and other subject matter experts Having ability to work on your own initiative with fanatical attention to detail Knowledge of curriculum design methodologies What You Bring Along: A minimum of 5 years experience working as an engineer, developer, or integrator in search or related technologies Experience as a technical instructor or public speaker to large audiences on enterprise infrastructure software technology to engineers, developers and other technical positions BS in Computer Science or related engineering discipline Strong knowledge of Java and Linux/Unix environment, software development, and/or experience with distributed systems Bonus Points: Deep understanding of Elasticsearch and/or Lucene, including Elastic Certified Engineer certification MS or PhD in Computer Science or related engineering discipline Experience contributing to an open-source project or documentation Experience in curriculum development for enterprise search or databases Additional Information: We're looking to hire team members invested in realizing the goal of making real-time data exploration easy and available to anyone. As a distributed company, we believe that diversity drives our vibe! Whether you're looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary Equity Global minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave (moms & dads) Generous vacation time and one week of volunteer time off Your age is only a number. It doesn't matter if you're just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do. #LI-MM1 Elastic is an Equal Employment employer committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for all applicants and employees. The candidate will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. Elastic also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled employees consistent with applicable law.

elastic Raleigh, NC, USA Full-time

Jan 16, 2020

VP - State, Local & Education - Americas

Elastic is searching for a Sales Leader to grow and manage our State, Local & Education (SLED) business. Our Sales Leaders are focused on growing revenue through new customer acquisition and existing customer expansion, meeting and exceeding all sales targets and performance metrics. Are you an accomplished Sales Leader who has led sales teams in dynamic markets? Do you have demonstrated success leading teams in the SLED space? Are you ready to help users tackle their hardest problems through the power of search? If so, we'd love to hear from you! What You Will Be Doing: Developing comprehensive knowledge of our technology platform, product messaging, partner ecosystem, and competitor landscape Actively contributing to and owning sales plan creation, compensation structures, and customer segmentation Ensuring the attainment of assigned sales quotas by 'leading from the front' and driving Elastic's sales methodology Encouraging an environment of teamwork, transparency, creativity, and continuous improvement Establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with representatives of the Open Source community and partner ecosystems Traveling regularly to assist in deal creation and closure, as well as meet any managerial needs and provide support to your team as required Partnering across Elastic's leadership community to ensure a seamless customer experience What You Bring With You: A Consistent track record of leading teams to exceed quotas and objectives within a fast paced and technical client acquisition driven business Strong SaaS sales leadership A strong understanding of and proven success selling in the State, Local and Education (SLED) market Executive-level relationships in key accounts Ability to operate in an entrepreneurial environment Bonus Points: Experience working within an Open Source model #LI-CL1 Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People: We're looking to hire team members invested in realizing the goal of making real-time data exploration easy and available to anyone. As a distributed company, we believe that diversity drives our vibe! Whether you're looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary Equity Global minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave (moms & dads) Generous vacation time and one week of volunteer time off Your age is only a number. It doesn't matter if you're just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

elastic Raleigh, NC, USA Full-time