Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Job Vacancy Avira Sdn Bhd April 2011

Founded in Germany, Avira is the only IT security solution provider which is “Made in Germany” with more than 20 years of experience. Being one of the pioneers in the IT security solutions field, Avira currently has over130 million customers worldwide. These include both professional and private users.

Headquartered in Tettnang, Germany, Avira is one of the biggest regional entrepreneurs which has several locations in Germany and partnerships in Europe, Asia and America. The company owns two virus labs located at headquarter and in Bucharest, Romania. Equipped with the latest technology and dozens of experienced researchers, the virus labs work around the clock to attend to the local and global threats. Such dedications and efforts were recognized when Avira was repeatedly listed as recipient of various test awards by many independent virus test centers worldwide in recognition of its high detection rate, fast scanning speed and low impact on the system.

Avira is acknowledged as the world’s first SAP-certified virus protection and was awarded as the ‘Best Antivirus Product Year 2008’ by AV-Comparatives. Awards and certifications of Avira products and partnerships with corporations such as IBM, Sun, Novell, AVM or Clearswift underline the efficiency and core competency of the company.

In line with its founder and global CEO, Mr. Tjark Auerbach’s goal – “Avira at every desktop”, the company has set up its new subsidiaries in Malaysia, Austria, Japan and Hong Kong, aiming to spread its services to consumers in different regions.

In March 2009, Avira officially set up its 1st Asia subsidiary in Malaysia - Avira Sdn Bhd, aiming to penetrate and intensify its dedication in the South East Asia market. Since its establishment, Avira has made significant presence in the consumer market in Malaysia in less than a year, with 85% growth in user base.

Software Developer
(Java EE)
(Kuala Lumpur)
Responsibilities:

  • You will be responsible for developing the Avira’s Online Solutions and therefore contributing towards our overall customers satisfaction. You will be working in an international environment and will be dealing with Product Managers, Project Managers and other team members from our offices in Europe and Asia. Your challenge will be to learn and implement the latest Java technology to develop the easiest to use and fastest solution to our customers. You are motivated to fight against the cybercriminals.

Performance objectives:
  • You will be a member of an agile software development team, whose objective is to develop features for our online solutions. You will be challenged to work in a team which is highly collaborative, and to implement fast, secure and good quality code in Java. In order to ensure that you are equipped with the necessary knowledge you will get training in our development office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Starting from the first day, you will work in the team - where the team together is responsible for implementing and assuring the quality of the features for the product. You will also use your high level of energy to get the job done faster and still you will keep the level of quality high. You make sure that you develop high quality code by using unit tests, module tests, test driven development and code reviews.
  • You will be a proactive team player and communicate effectively to team members and stakeholders. You want to continuously improve on processes, products, knowledge and the team. You will exchange the knowledge and experience you gain to other members on your team, also you will transfer it to new team members that might join the team.

Requirements:
  • You have a high level of self motivation and a deep knowledge of web service technologies. You enjoy doing analytical work and on occasion whereby the work might follow the same pattern, you do not lose attraction and still have the focus to attention to details. Furthermore, you have the ability to be solution focused; zero in on problems and solve them by taking the right decision.

Avira Sdn Bhd
15-2, Block A, Jaya One, 72A, Jln Universiti Petaling Jaya 46200
Tel: 1700-800-275
Website: http://www.avira.com