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January 29, 2010

Please email Patrick Ryan direct: pryan@lucruminc.com for additional details

 Do you like warm temperatures,  gambling and shows? Las Vegas may be your new beginning!  The following positions are 3 month contract to hire opportunities in Las Vegas!!!!

Senior Software Engineer 

The Senior Software Engineer position is responsible for developing software for electronic gaming device and related products as directed as part of a team. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Develops game or core machine software, including design, coding, testing and documentation to specified standards.
  • Produces project schedules and completes project on time within budget.
  • Ensures adequate testing of software, including preparing test data, test procedure and debug programs.
  • Conducts independent research and analysis with minimum supervision from software manager.
  • Prepares written report as required.
  • May provide work direction, training, assist in setting goals for subordinate team members.
  • Other duties as assigned.

 QUALIFICATIONS: 

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or its equivalent.

Experience:  Requires a minimum of five years of experience in software engineering and/or programming.

Demonstrated experience in coding in C and C++.  Experience with UNIX/Linux system programming, network programming and low level device driver programming required.  Experience with OOA/D methodologies required.

Skills, knowledge, and qualifications:

  • Experience with Agile Scrum methodologies will be a plus.
  • Prior experience in the gaming industry will be a plus.
  • Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Must be able to read, write, speak and understand English. 
  • Must be able to work independently and be team oriented. 

This position may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

Sr. Graphic Artist

We are an Australian-owned leading global entertainment company currently seeking an Artist/Illustrator to join our team-oriented group of creatives and software experts. As a senior artist in the team, you’ll conceptualize, design and develop quality graphics for new games and connect quickly and confidently with management.

A natural leader with sophisticated conceptual skills, you’ll come prepared to mentor junior staff and adeptly integrate graphics packages into an animation and software systems. You’ll come to us with relevant qualifications and significant professional graphic design experience, and strong skills in traditional and computer drawing, and layout and finishing.

This is a rare opportunity to showcase your talents as you produce interesting and varied work using cutting edge tools and technology. You’ll find great satisfaction in leading junior team members by example and developing graphics that will be released onto the international market.

Sr. Graphics Animator

You will play a key role in creating visual content. You will also be integral to the design process, from discussing the brief, right through to visualizing the concept and producing the finished product.

You will need to be a confident communicator who can discuss concepts with a wide range of people at all levels. As you will have a high level of input during frequent briefings and creative meetings. What we will look for in you is a tertiary qualification in either graphic, illustration, animation or industrial design. You will also need strong skills in both Photoshop and Illustrator and be an expert in either flash, TV Pain or 3D Studio Max. Equally important will be your confidence to design your own characters, create animation and come up with original concepts.

  • Develops characters and logos and reel symbols for gaming devices.
  • Strong drawing skills.
  • Maya, 3DStudioMax, Aftereffects knowledge a must.
  • Portfolio required.
  • Minimum of 8 years experience in drawing, good composition, graphical animation design, in computer art. 
  • Minimum 5 years experience in the gaming industry preferred.
  • Associates degree and/or vocational certification in video graphics or equivalent.

This is your chance to take on an interesting role in a vibrant and creative collaborative team environment, where you will be encouraged to maximize your creative input.

Sr. Game Mathematical Designer

We’re currently on the lookout for Sr. Game Designers to develop concepts and formulas for high-quality games that will be released on the global market.

Combining your creativity with your mathematical abilities, you’ll design new gaming concepts and follow through with the associated specifications, algorithms and combination sheets. A personable team player you will work closely with designers, artist and software engineers to brainstorm, refine, communicate and test-drive your concepts.

What we will look for in you is games design experience and leadership qualities. You will also need a degree in mathematics or similar, and the capacity to produce games on both new existing platforms. An understanding of programming in C would be advantageous.

  • Exceptional understanding of mathematical concepts in gaming.
  • Ability to create game concepts and original math models.                                                                  
  • Works with other game designers in conducting and verifying mathematic calculations.
  • Programming skills a plus.
  •  Minimum of 6 years experience in slot game design and a minimum of 3 years of Stepper game design.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or Engineering

This role offers you an excellent opportunity to see your designs released around the world. You can look forward to challenging leadership responsibilities and the chance to collaborate with some of the industry’s finest designers.

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Oracle supports Microsoft

May 16, 2008

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in conversations around the topic of “Oracle vs. Microsoft”. I’ve heard both sides of the story ranging from “SQL Server for mission critical operations…are you crazy!” to “Oracle costs me my first born child…year after year!”. While these discussions are often entertaining, the line delineating the two database giants is blurring by each subsequent release.

In my years consulting for LÛCRUM, I have worked for numerous clients that have had installations of both Oracle and Microsoft running in their environments. With recent statistics estimating that Oracle controls >50% of the database market and Microsoft controlling >50% of the server operating system market, are you surprised? SQL Server only runs on Microsoft. Oracle offers more operating system versatility. While you’ll see UNIX and Linux installations, Oracle’s ability to run on Microsoft remains strong and they are improving their functionality with respect to Microsoft development. Where might an Oracle database deployed on a Microsoft server make most sense? In the small and mid-sized business market (SMB). In the SMB market, Oracle has competitively priced versions such as Oracle Database Standard Edition and Standard Edition One.

So what advantages does running Oracle on Microsoft have to offer? First, Oracle has tight integration with Active Directory and Windows Security Framework. Items such as single sign-on and security via database role and Active Directory group fall into this category. Next, Oracle offers 32-bit and 64-bit versions. In the 32-bit version, Oracle is able to utilize up to 3GB (out of a 4GB O.S. maximum) of system memory for database use. Finally, Oracle has also been working on enhancing its ability to integrate with the Windows development suite, specifically Visual Studio 2008. Oracle supports .NET in 3 ways. The Oracle Data Provider for .NET leverages ADO.NET API and allows .NET applications to access Oracle data. These APIs should be familiar to most Microsoft developers. In addition, through an add-in (free for that matter), developers can work with Oracle services via Visual Studio 2005 (and 2008 as previously mentioned). Through the development suite, developers have access to various wizards to perform various database tasks (i.e. DDL), a procedure editor (for PL/SQL procedures, packages, and functions), a Debugger for runtime error interaction, and integrated help for items such as Oracle error reference, SQL, and PL/SQL user manuals. Lastly, Oracle has integrated .NET extensions directly inside the database. This allows developers to created stored procedures and functions using C# or VB.NET within Visual Studio. This code can then be deployed to the database and referenced wherever a stored procedure or function is permitted.

Oracle has shown it is advantageous to offer solutions that fit neatly into an operating system that controls the majority of the server market, even if that vendor also happens to be a major competitor in the database market. Offer a product that is extensible and easy to use with development GUIs is sure to give you a seat at the table when it comes to choosing a solution for your organization. That is precisely why Oracle supports Microsoft (most of the time <grin>).

Dave

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