Responsibilities:
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code to support varied and more complex IT solutions.
- Provide strong technical expertise and collaborate with other IT specialists to rapidly develop and deliver stunning solutions that meet changing business needs.
- Perform all necessary discovery and fact-finding to fully understand more complex business problems and opportunities and independently execute all assignments.
- Evaluate options and make a solution to buy vs. build recommendations to management when requested.
- Analyze and recommend solutions to development and production issues while effectively communicating to the project team, applicable vendors and/or the manager in a timely manner.
- Research and stay abreast of technology trends and IT best practices, with a focus on continuous learning and possible application to the business.
- Provide direction and assistance to less experienced team members.
Hiring Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics or other relevant technical field OR Associate’s degree specifically in computer science. Candidates with non-technical degrees may be considered with the completion of a relevant technical certification program.
- 3 years of development experience.
- With no degree, 7 years of experience required.
- Direct experience with at least one development language/technology (i.e. JAVA, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Puppet, .Net, OpenShift, etc).
- Experience collaborating effectively with vendors and business partners for solution delivery.
- Experience applying CI/CD concepts to Microsoft stack based applications. (NuGet, Web ASPX, Windows Scripting, PowerShell scripting)
Hiring Preferences:
- Experience creating a continuous delivery pipeline and automating the release management for software applications.
- Proven experience working with Kubernetes container tools (OpenShift, Docker)
- Experience with a major relational database management system preferred. Experience with NoSQL databases is also a plus.
- Experience with testing methodologies with the stated major development language(s)/technology.
- Proven experience of software-automation production systems and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Bamboo).
- Expertise in code deployment and configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, and Chef).
- Experience with Linux operating system is a plus. RHEL preferred.
- Knowledge of messaging engines is helpful.
- Cloud experience preferred.
- Solid relationship management and collaboration skills to facilitate effective working relationships with varied stakeholders and team members, including vendors.
- Ability to participate in projects and ensure work is completed on time with high quality.
- Solid problem-solving skills, with a focus on understanding overall business issues and determining innovative solutions.
- Familiar with current and emerging technologies with a willingness to learn.