Engineer - IT

Job Description

Developer role is responsible for creation and implementation of the technical detailed design (Low-Level Design) of a system for medium to large projects, Hands-on developing external facing web applications, Writing Store Procedures, doing unit testing and help deployment of code changes

The responsibilities of this role include are split between code development and debugging and analysis and design of solutions of high-priority and complex systems / pieces within a project. In addition, the role is responsible for providing status updates for work and reviewing the work of Engineers in team.

Major Opportunities and Decisions : (Describe the more difficult and / or complex challenges or opportunities and decisions faced in doing work, improving processes or meeting customer needs.)

Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management

Understand the project's Vision and requirements, and contribute to the creation of the supplemental requirements, building the low-level technical specifications for a particular platform and / or service solution.

Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting

Estimate the tasks and resources required to design, create (build), and test the code for assigned module(s).

Support the team in project planning activities, in evaluating risks, and shuffle priorities based on unresolved issues.

During development and testing, developing features based on assigned project / modules as per schedule and quality.

Note scope changes within the assigned modules and work with the team to shuffle priorities accordingly.

Communicate regularly with the team about development changes, scheduling, and status.

Participate in project review meetings.

Design :

Ensure that LLD design meets business requirements.

Collaborate with tech managers to ensure the design complies with Guardian standards on technology, tools and processes suggested.

Development & Support

Build the code of high-priority and complex systems according to the functional specifications, detailed design, maintainability, and coding and efficiency standards.

Use code management processes and tools to avoid versioning problems.

Ensure leveraging latest technology & tools; ensure best practices to bring the best use of technology

Perform peer reviews of code to ensure it meets coding and efficiency standards.

Act as the primary reviewer to review the application code created by software engineers to ensure compliance to defined standards. Recommend changes to the code as required.

Testing & Debugging

Attend the Test Design walkthroughs to help verify that the plans and conditions will test all functions and features effectively.

Perform impact analysis for issues assigned to self and Software Engineers / Sr Engineers.

Actively assist with project- and code-level problem solving, such as suggesting paths to explore when testing engineers or software engineers encounter a debugging problem, and escalate urgent issues.

Documentation

Review technical documentation for the code for accuracy, completeness, and usability.

Document and maintain the reviews conducted and the unit test results.

Process Management

Adhere to the project and support processes.

Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies, such as the SDLC cycle for different project sizes.

Ensure adherence to SDLC and audits requirements.

Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies.

Coaching and Mentoring

Act as a technical subject matter expert for the internal team on areas such as system functionality and approach including solving systems operations issues, performance initiatives. Leverage existing knowledge and expertise in multiple ways.

Build team skills using formal and / or informal training sessions.

Create and maintain knowledge repositories for lessons learnt and developments in the respective domains.

Principal Accountabilities : (In order of importance, write a brief sentence describing each task which is performed to accomplish the position’s objective. In addition, identify percent of time normally spent and whether the task is an essential or minor function)

Activity

Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management

%Time

E / M

Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting

Design

20

Development & Support

50

Testing & Debugging

15

Documentation & Collaboration with technology partners

Competencies / Skills : Individual Contributor Competencies

2-4 years of experience in analyzing and understanding application, involved indesign and develop functional application modules

Must have excellent understanding on

C#

Asp.Net MVC

HTML / CSS / Javascript

SQL

Strong understanding of OOPS concepts

react

SOAP / REST APIs

Experience with

Various common javascript libraries

Experience with Visual Studio 2013 / 2015

Responsive design

Creating and consuming web services, web API, or WCF

Secure website design and development

Application architecture and design patterns

MS SQL Server

Writing Stored Procedures, triggers, functions, designing db schema

Proficiency with code versioning tool like TFS

Entity Framework

Creating interfaces for communication between different applications

Nice to have

Experience with Team Foundation Server 2013 / 2015

Experience with SQL Server 2012 / 2014

Experience with automated unit testing and integration testing

Experience with graceful degradation and / or progressive enhancement websites.

Strong understanding of XML and JSON

Familiarity with Continuous Integration

MSBI (SSIS, SSRS)

Knowledge :

Should have worked on end-to-end development project, possess excellent communication skills and has prior direct client facing experience.

Strong understanding of OOPS concepts and project experience in C#.NET.

Experience in working with design patterns

Strong knowledge of relational database concepts

Good knowledge of Application Performance Management

Experience in working on Build Automation tools

Experience in working on Agile / Devops model and cloud related models

Having micro services development experience is an added advantage

Identify defects or observations that are potential impacts or risks for the functionality

Come up with approaches for a given problem statement

Design, build and maintain efficient and reusable C#.net code

Design, build and maintain Microsoft .Net Web based applications

Ensure best possible performance and quality of the application using project and standard best practices

Help maintain code quality using project quality standard (or using tools)

Design and develop web user interfaces (good to know frameworks such as bootstrap)

Debug and Troubleshoot problems in existing code

Develop unit test cases and perform unit testing

Work on designing database tables, stored procedures, functions, performance optimization etc.

Coordinate with AGILE team

Maintain updates to TFS with the latest changes and appropriate status.

Education and Experience : (Identify types and length of education and experience needed to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to accomplish the desired end results)

Education : B E Computers, IT / MCA / MSc IT, Computer Science

Location :

This position can be based in any of the following locations :

Chennai, Gurgaon

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