HRIT Technical Analyst

LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and every day millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to make a direct impact on the world’s workforce in ways no other company can. We’re much more than a digital resume - we transform lives through innovative products and technology. Searching for your dream job? At LinkedIn, we strive to help our employees find passion and purpose. Join us in changing the way the world works. We are looking for a Technical Analyst to join our HRIT team in building innovative products that our employees don’t just use, but love. You will be responsible for coordinating the requirements/design/QA for rich & dynamic client-side interfaces using JavaScript/Java Technologies. You will tackle the challenges of rapidly-growing, responsive applications that have thousands of visitors every day, and will also have aligned responsibility to the cloud/vendor solutions for LinkedIn HR. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own the requirements/design/QA of front-end development for one or more of our HR products and collaborate with visual/interaction designers, engineers and product managers to launch new products, iterate on existing features and build a world-class user experience
• Contribute to the creation of Enterprise Learning Systems strategy, platform and architecture for Learning Platforms as well as Applications Integrations, reporting and analytics
• Leverage latest technologies to keep LinkedIn HR at the cutting edge of innovation
• Collaborate with colleagues, including product managers, and engineers assigned to your project(s)
• Coordinate the development and communication of policies, procedures, feature updates, and operational status of the learning platforms
• Research, identify and recommend learning technology trends and act as an advocate for future updates, upgrades and implementations
• Maintain key relationships with HR Systems vendors
• Generate and create HR metrics

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

• 3+ years of web development experience PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MA/MS degree
• Experience with HR Systems Global Support
• Experience with learning solutions for corporate users
• Exposure with JavaScript/Java and semantic HTML/XHTML and CSS
• Exposure integrating front-end code with server-side technology and QA Methodologies
• Knowledge of current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance, accessibility and usability
• Knowledge of browser quirks and their remedies
• Familiarity with project management techniques