Software Development Specialist (NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)

The Specialist works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Strong knowledge of C# technologies, as well as debugging code, is a must-have. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions-networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. The specialist works on the migration efforts of critical, industry-class, in-house, or commercial products as well as tooling for use in project work.

Experience: 7+ Years

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Expert level C# knowledge and debugging.
• Help keep C# libraries in sync by porting code from C#, or vice versa.
• Extend runtime C# libraries with new functionality, which typically is re-implementing functionality found in legacy systems, but now in a C# environment
• C# Fundamentals expertise with hands-on experience is a must
• Help create custom plugins for existing tools, to help with project-specific needs
• In-depth understanding of object-oriented concepts
• Willing to work in both Java and C# (50%-50%)
• Both Java and C#, we use core technology and no specific/latest framework - so should be interested in working with it
• Deliver within the scope of the project, within the scope of a Factory project, while not compromising on quality.
• Work closely with team members and clients to achieve desired results.
• Thrive in an environment of collaboration and change.
• Mentor junior team members on Mainframe migration
• Identify and bridge the knowledge gap among team members from different backgrounds, like C#, Mainframe, etc.
• Profile the migrated application to detect any performance problems and improvements in the C# code, or in the support libraries used by this code
• Expert database development knowledge.
  • SQL development
  • Understanding of database concepts
  • Ability to create/maintain database objects
  • Query tuning
• Database locking
• Thrive in an environment of collaboration and change.
• Learn the Astadia Factory tools to perform mainframe transformations
• A plus for the role is some experience with mainframe application technologies (COBOL, CICS, DB2, etc), and the ability to understand the transformation from a legacy code set to a modern code set
• Experienced in unit testing, test-driven development, integration testing, and deployment using cloud technologies
• Scripts/Python development experience will be an advantage

Education and Experience

• BE in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ Years of Development professional experience of NET/C# experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Need to know differences between .NET Framework and .NET (core), C# 8 - 13
• Interest in learning about legacy technologies, as the libraries typically implement functions available in these legacy technologies
• Certifications in any cloud technologies.
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile Development Methodologies.
• Strong object-oriented programming debugging skills.
• SQL development
• Willing to learn Mainframe Technologies (COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, etc)