Optima Nexus Consulting AG has garnered a number of well-known client references, including the infrastructure division of the Swiss Federal Railways, one of the most efficient infrastructure operators in the world, and the infrastructure provider of the Austrian Federal Railways. In addition, Optima Nexus Consulting AG has worked for the International Union of Railways (UIC). An overview of selected reference projects can be found below:

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With the strategic decision to develop IT solutions in asset management, we have been working together with the team neusta group since 2015. This allows us to efficiently develop professional software applications. These are tailored to the needs of our customers, whereby we attach importance to an agile and transparent development approach at all times.

RDI is our partner in the field of technical consulting and assessment of infrastructure and rail vehicle technology.

The company draws on many years of experience in the development, design and optimisation of rail vehicle and infrastructure facilities in the context of the overall railway system.

RDI has always been a reliable partner for us when it comes to their technical expertise in the field of locomotives, traction units and other rolling stock, as well as the effects of these vehicles on the wheel-rail system and maintenance and renewal processes.

Optima Nexus Academy, our partner company, offers training in asset management and presentation techniques at its Basel location.

The following modules are offered:

• LCC Module 1:
  Life Cycle Cost Basics – LCC assessment of assets and machines
• LCC Module 2:
  Life Cycle Management – Condition evaluation of assets and machines
• PEP: The concept of lightweight charts
• PEP: Pyramidal and effective presentation
• PEP: Thinkcell starter kit

.NET developer (100%)

What we are looking for:

Background/education and personality

• Completed apprenticeship as a computer scientist specialising in application development or a higher degree in computer science with a comparable focus
• We also welcome people from other disciplines with the appropriate proof of performance and experience
• Open, flexible and reliable personality
• Creative and solution-oriented approach
• Willingness to take ownership
• Desire to work in a young team and in a changing and growing company

Must-have skills

• Experience in the development of web applications, Agile Software Development (SCRUM as a framework)
• Experience and knowledge of C# & .NET (with Microsoft Visual Studio and Resharper)
• SQL databases and ER models
• Web Frameworks (Angular / JS)
• Understanding of Clean Code, Design Patterns & Best Practices
• Numerical understanding
• Very good knowledge of German and English, further foreign language skills are an advantage

Nice-to-have skills

• Knowledge of business intelligence, especially with regard to integrable libraries (e.g. Tableau, Bold BI, Google Charts or others)
• Experience with version control systems (GIT)
• Experience in Technical Writing and Requirement Engineering
• Knowledge in KNIME
• Knowledge in VBA development
• Experience in the administration of (small) company system landscapes based on Microsoft Windows

We offer:

• Small, but fast growing company with employees from different fields and a very international background
• Open, honest and trustworthy communication as well as short decision-making paths and a flat hierarchy
• Family and friendly working atmosphere
• Flexible working models: As long as the result is right, we will always find ways to respond to individual needs in terms of work-life balance – we have already been working from home before Corona.
• Competitive salary package consisting of monetary and non-monetary salary components
• Diverse development opportunities – there are exciting opportunities for everyone in our rapidly growing team

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IT Project Manager / Integration Specialist

We are looking for an IT Project Manager/Integration Specialist to drive the continued development of our MIAM product and manage the customer interface for its delivery. Your role within our on-site team of high qualified asset management consultants will be leading the technology side of the product roll-out. We value open and honest communication, team spirit, mutual trust and fast decision-making, enabling us to consistently deliver top results.

We are looking for:

IT-Project manager and integration specialist

• Creative allrounder experienced in client environment application deployment
• Experience in connecting various different databases and sources
• Coordination of client hosting infrastructure provision
• Coordination of ETL and software deployment

Your tasks:

• 40% IT-Project management, primarily interfacing our clients, product and internal development
• 40% Integration work with our clients
• 20% Coordination of ETL (extract/transform/load modules)-, software and product development with product rollout as well as supporting the development team where necessary

Must-have skills

• Minimum of 3 years experience in similar roles
• Friendly, but assertive approach as well as conflict resilience and resolution skills in dealing with client IT
• Team player who strives to achieve the best possible result together with the project lead and back office development team
• Advanced SQL skills
• Experience with databases, ETL-solutions, systems architecture, interfaces and networks
• Fluent in English and German
• Willingness to travel

Nice-to-have skills

• Knowledge of KNIME
• Understanding and experience in software development
• Experience in requirements engineering
• Experience with IT security concepts.

Your challenges

• Coordination of client interfaces and internal development team
• Finding creative solutions for ever changing issues while integrating our product into the client IT systems
• Coordination with client IT stakeholders
• Review and support in building up organisation and processes as we continue our growth path

We offer:

• A small, but rapidly growing team of highly qualified individuals from diverse fields and very international backgrounds
• Open, honest and trusting communication culture, quick decisions and few hierarchies in a professional setting with familial and friendly atmosphere
• Exciting challenges in deployment
• Opportunities to grow as our team grows
• Interesting clients in a currently European, but soon global setting
• High degree of flexibility and freedom in organising your day-to-day work

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