Discovery Communications Work Values

Daily Duties at Discovery Communications:

Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Worked projects from original concept through final implementation. Interfaced with all areas affected by the project including end users, computer services, and client services. Defined project scope and objectives. Managed a matrix group of engineers, analysts, technicians, and project engineers assigned for the duration of a project. Used skills to contribute to development or organizational objectives and principles, and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. Developed detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports. Conducted project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis. Managed the integration of vendor tasks and reviews vendor deliverables. Provided technical and analytical guidance to project team. Conducted larger scale server migrations from a cluster environment to a mid-range virtual server farm environment. Managed the implementation of the DR/COOP technical infrastructure between the operational data center and the DR/COOP data center.

What they like about Discovery Communications:

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.

Tags

EVMS, EVM, SDLC, ITIL v3, CMMi, ISO, TS/SCI, FAR, DFAR, TPV Contract Mgt., Software Engineering, Satellite Flight Operations, TT, Policy/Procedure Formulation, COOP, Disaster Planning, DR, Contract/Price Negotiations, Capture Management, ISP, LEC, CLEC, IXC, Server Farms, LAN, WAN, Internet, Intranet, Web Applications, Call Center, CRM, Fault Isolation Mgt., Data Center, Campus Design Implementation, Data Center Migration, Problem Mgt., CCB, SLA mgt., OLA mgt., SaaS, PaaS, AssS, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cost Center Mgt., P/L Budget Mgt., Engineering Review Board, CAB, Change Management, Strategic, MS Project, crisis management, FMA, Information Assurance, Information Operations, JWICS, RAD, Agile, satellite mission ops, satellite ground operations, satellite payload commanding, Telemetry, Bid, Quality Assurance, SCM Plan, COTR, COR, KO, CO, DARPA, Business Process Re-engineering, BPR, CLAMBRE, IP/VPN, PTT, PBX, Firm Fixed Price, FFP, T, Cost Incentive, RFI, RFQ, RFP, SOW, CONOPS, Proposal Mgt.

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Presentation, Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts., Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership , Team Building, Training , Aerospace Industry Expertise , FAR/DFAR Contract Mgt., Bid and Proposal Mgt., Profit and Loss Mgt., Cost Center Mgt., Configuration Mgt., Software Engineering, Information Technologies Expertise , Satellite Operations, Satellite System Engineering, QA, ITIL, CMMi, Contract/Price Negotiations, COOP/Disaster Planning, Business Process Reengineering, CRM, Proposal Development, Software and Hardware CM, Telephony, Data Center Design and Implementation, Data Migration, Networking Architecture, Server Farm Architecture, Data Center Migration, Software Development

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Discovery Communications: