.NET Developer

Please note that this is a 1 year contract position. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded technical professional with well-established technical, communication, and leadership skills. The new team member will be assigned to a project that is underway to rewrite current applications with modern, secure technology.Key Skills:The Senior Engineer must be able to demonstrate experience designing, re-designing, or updating legacy software systems, and become the subject matter and system expert.• Senior level, lead engineering expertise in web applications and infrastructure, the .NET framework, relational databases, and design patterns• Highly self-motivated individual who has the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills• Ability to design, develop, test, support, maintain and debug software applications• Establish and sustain successful relationships with high-profile executive stakeholders• Think critically and present complex technical information succinctly and accurately to a variety of audiencesResponsibilities:This individual will engage in all development and database activities of the current system. He or she will collaborate in a team environment with other developers, management, and end users.• Participate in the full life cycle of development activities – define, develop, test, install, document, and maintain• Maintain a source control and inventory system to ensure proper version control• Create and maintain documentation, including data models, data dictionaries, stored procedures, functional and technical design documents, acceptance test plans, and production release schedules• Ability to translate system requirements into technical specifications, processes, and data mapping for existing system and system modifications• Evaluate feasibility of enhancements requested by the user community• Respond to upgrades needed to comply with new regulations• Support activities and tickets with an internal Help Desk team who provides phone support to end users• Follow systems engineering, development, and deployment best practicesProgramming Skills:• Minimum 8+ years of experience in software engineering of web applications within the Microsoft stack (ASP.Net, C#/VB.Net, .NET Framework and/or .NETCore)• Proficiency with Microsoft Visual Studio• Experience creating and maintaining data forms with tools such as .NET data binding for Windows applications• Knowledge of Object Oriented design processes and patterns• Familiar with source control, preferably Visual Studio Team FoundationDatabase Skills:• Expertise in writing queries as well as insert/update/delete SQL statements• Expertise in database management via direct UPDATES, embedded SQL and dynamic SQL such as stored procedures• Ability to document database design (Entity Relationship Diagrams, Dataflows)• Experience in transforming business requirements to data objects and relationships• Applied use and understanding of database principles – entities, relationships, indexes, triggers, normalization• Experience writing stored procedures, functions, and packagesPreferred Skills:• Ability to interface with non-technical users• Experience with customer service, IT help desk, or focus groups a plus• Team leadership and mentorship; experience directing more junior developers a plusApplicants must provide their phone number. Reference job number A1026.