NettApp Hiring Computer Software Engineers and Executive Assistants
Gaining fourteen points over their 2008 position on the Fortune Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list, NetApp - a database software and storage company - topped this year's chart in the number one position. NetApp is a high tech leader that believes in simple, succinct business and engineering solutions across a wide variety of industries. Essentially, NetApp specializes in providing their customers with large-scale disk storage and organization and security software so advanced that the US military uses their encryption programs in their Humvees.
As of 2009, NetApp has 5,014 employees based in the United States and another 2,839 worldwide in over 130 offices. The most common salaried position at NetApp goes to members of the Software Technical Staff, who earn an average of $134,716 per year. If you have a background in computer database programming, you might be interested in applying for a software engineering position at NetApp. In addition to programming experience, NetApp also requires software engineers to hold either a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or a Master's Degree in a comparable program. In order to qualify for a software programmer position, applicants should be experienced users of SQL database development, as well as familiar with programs like XML, Java and JavaScript.
The most common non-salaried hourly paid position is that of Executive Assistant, who earn approximately $88,525 each year. Executive Assistants are not strictly required to have a Bachelor's Degree, but an Administrative Arts or Technical Trade degree is preferred. NetApp Executive Assistants are expected to have project planning and coordination skills and experience and familiarity with Excel and PowerPoint software. Most importantly for NetApp employees at any level or position, is a positive, take-charge attitude that contributes towards the innovation and success of the company.
Founded in 1992, NetApp is a data and storage management company based in Sunnydale California that is not only the best rated place to work, but is also actively recruiting new employees. Unlike most companies in the US right now, NetApp has seen 12% job growth in the last year, resulting in 528 new jobs. With the majority of corporations restructuring, issuing layoffs and freezing expansion plans, NetApp is among the small minority of American companies that boasts a Current Opportunities section on its website with more than 140 active postings.
NetApp recruits college graduates in five locations: the Sunnyvale, California Headquarters, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Waltham, Massachusetts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and Redwood City, California. Potenial NetApp employees come from a number of different college backgrounds and the company looks for students pursuing degrees in Information Technology, Computer Science, Marketing and Finance. In particular, NetApp offers a special four-week New College Grad intensive training program in which new employees have the opportunity to meet with the Senior Leadership and Senior Engineers.
For students still pursuing undergraduate or advanced degrees, NetApp offers one hundred students the opportunity to participate in Summer Internships in the US and India. Summer Interns work alongside professional mentors and instructors, learning hands-on, workplace skills and experience.
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