Lead .NET Developer
Contract
100% Remote (EST Hours)
BASIC PURPOSE: To lead design develop implement and maintain new IT solutions as well as implement changes and enhancements to existing solutions that align with business initiatives and corporate strategies. This role will be primarily responsible for solutions using XAML (WPF) and PowerShell for onpremises and interactions with cloud services.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
* Provide comprehensive daytoday oversight for assigned systems in compliance with company standards processes and procedures following the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) or applicable Agile Methodology.
* Identifies analyzes designs develops and maintains costeffective information technology solutions that align with business initiatives and corporate strategies.
* Analyzes defines and documents requirements for data workflow logical processes hardware and operating systems environment interfaces with other systems internal and external controls and output.
* Provides subject matter expertise and mentorship in developing system software code using commonly known best practices.
* Identifies and resolves conflicts between proposed solutions and existing systems to ensures compatibility.
* Oversees and leads the preparation execution and documentation of development tests and evaluations.
* Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of all project documentation in accordance with the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) phases. Mentors team members in developing these artifacts.
* Ensures all revisions and refinements of software account for all changes in functional system requirements and equipment configurations that may occur during the product life cycle.
* Responsible for and leads the implementation of systems/applications into test and production environments. Prepares implementation plans and change requests required for system migration.
* Oversees and leads team of peers and junior level software engineers through the software development life cycle.
* Leads the effort to provide technical support to customers during software warranty period.
* Responsible for consistent concise relevant reliable and timely information to all appropriate internal and external stakeholders through a variety of communication channels.
* Oversees and ensures the training of peers and junior level engineers in new or modified systems/applications.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
* Will be tasked with the Technical Leader role of a project with the responsibility of full software lifecycle development from requirements analysis to project closeout.
* Works independently regularly communicating with project stakeholders on project progress and status.
* Applies specific functional knowledge to analyze and resolve the highestlevel of difficult projectrelated issues.
* Capable of designing coding debugging and maintaining the highest level of difficult computer programs.
* Able to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical personnel.
* Communicates information in line with the target audience experience background and expectations; uses terms examples and analogies that are meaningful to the audience
* Proactively accumulate and maintain knowledge of current and emerging/evolving technologies concepts and trends in the IT field. Mentors others as knowledge increases.
* Provides input on improving or enhancing existing organizational processes based on lessons learned and experiences from project work.
* Performs root cause analysis to quickly identify and resolve issues causing recurring technical problems.
* Ensures accuracy of information communicated to effectively support project leadership decision making.
REQUIRED
* Bachelors degree in information systems technology Computer Science or relevant experience.
* Ten (10) years of advanced experience and programming knowledge in modern Microsoft .NET and legacy .NET Framework utilizing C# VB.NET WPF PowerShell XAML.
* Five (5) years of advanced experience/knowledge in RESTful web services including but not limited to Web API and Mulesoft API.
* Experience with Java Script and JS frameworks like Jquery DOJO and Bootstrap.
* XML technology experience such as XSD XPath XQuery XSLT etc.
* Three (3) to five (5) years of advanced experience/knowledge in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) concepts.
* Five (5) years of technical leadership experience leading software teams through the entire software development life cycle.
* Expert experience/knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with Agile Scrum methodology.
* Advanced experience/knowledge in systems workflow and procedural analysis.
DESIRED
* Graduate degree in software development/engineering.
* Experience with the Finastra software platform Encore.
* Experience with IBM Datapower IBM MQ and IBM WebSphere.
* Indepth knowledge and experience of financial industry applications and systems.
* IT Industry Certifications in good standing
* Effective skills with Apache log4j.
* Effective skills with log4net or other logging libraries.
* Experience with xUnit nUnit or jUnit.
* Experience/knowledge of software development best practices in accordance with the ITIL or CMMI capability models.