Current Openings

Description:
The Sr. Software Developer will assist in the development and maintenance of our corporate applications, both internal and external tools, and assisting with our website development and other customer-facing products. The range and scope of this position will be technical design, programming, testing and deployment of web-based and traditional applications and services.

Requirement:
Responsibilities
- Develop technical solutions that conform both to customer requirements and company software development standards
- Must have a good balance of experience and skills in several front-end and/or back-end technologies, including HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, .NET framework technologies (C#, C++), SQL, Web Services and associated technology.
- Continuously expand industry and technical knowledge through participation in internal VHA training and/or external training programs.
- Provide post implementation support including monitoring application performance and debugging existing code
- Research and evaluate alternative development solutions, including programming languages and development platforms.
- Support ongoing NetSuite administration including:
--- Implement changes in conformance with change control policy
--- Manage user acceptance tasks, including testing documents
--- Manage work orders that describe particular issues, software bugs or problems

Position Requirements

Education & Certification
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or related field; alternatively, an Associate's Degree in those disciplines plus two years work experience in web development roles or no degree with at least 7 years work experience
- Certifications and training in Microsoft products a plus.

Knowledge & Experience
- Experience in all phases of the SDLC
- Experience with at least one software development methodology (e.g. Waterfall, CMMI, Scrum, etc.)
- Thorough understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) techniques and best practices
- Experience with one or more Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) (preferably Visual Studio 2008/2010)
- Experience with Model-View-Controller (MVC) and AJAX frameworks (preferably the ASP .NET MVC 2 framework)
- Proficient in Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 database
- Experience using C++, #, Visual Basic or Java
- Experience with ORM (Object Relational Mapping) software (preferably ADO.NET or LINQ)
- Understanding of web server infrastructure (IIS7/IIS7.5)
- Proficient with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Microsoft Web Services, ODBC/ODC and other related technologies.
- Experience with implementing application front-end design, following approved design themes and standards
- Experience using Microsoft Office productivity tools (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Experience working with ASP.NET, .NET platform libraries, Web Services.
- Minimum of 5 - 8 years' experience working in a team environment.
- Experience documenting and maintaining configurations and process information.
- Ability to read Entity-Relationship (E-R) diagrams and other UML diagrams

Personal Attributes
- Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment
- Excellent documentation skills - Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Adept at reading, writing, and interpreting technical documentation and procedure manuals.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Able to perform effectively in a team-oriented environment
- Ability to think outside the box
- Less than 25% travel required.

To apply for this position please put in the subject "Job ID # 1709". Also, please send an MS Word 2003 or earlier version of your resume as the later versions are incompatible with our software.