Client:  Large Manufacturing / Home Electronics

Job Type: Contract-To-Hire

Pay Rate: $50 per hour + (DOE)

Overview:

Will design, develop, and test various programs and maintain applications related to tracking activity on the manufacturing shop floor quality and productivity. 

Recommends/designs structures and tools for systems which meet business needs. 

Responsible for working with analysts and business users to translate functional/logical designs and specifications into technical solutions and specifications ensuring a comprehensive, documented design. 

Maps work to user specification and removes errors and deviations from specification to achieve user-friendly processes. 

Responsible for the coding, testing, and ongoing customer support of the solutions. 

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• Development of user interfaces, business logic, data access logic, and services within several different systems built using SQL Server and VB.Net/WinForms technologies. 
• Designs intuitive user interfaces geared toward varying user skill levels. 
• Prepares comprehensive technical design documentation for all technical solutions. 
• Interacts with other team members and performs thorough due diligence to ensure understanding of the potential impacts of proposed solutions on other areas of the systems and/or project. 
• Provides estimates of work required to implement solutions. 
• Develops thorough test plans and scripts; executes and supports execution of all testing for technical solutions, including documentation of the testing, to ensure that stable and robust solutions are implemented. 
• Ongoing support of existing systems – resolve coding, configuration, security, performance, and data issues in a timely fashion. 
• Interprets business requirements, and designs and converts them into a technical solution. 
• Trains end users. 
• Commits to providing a high level of customer service to internal clients. 

• Basic experience converting business requirements, processes, and design into a technical solution and documentation. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to communicate clearly, work both independently and as part of a team, and take direct requests from business and IT colleagues. 
• Basic knowledge of IT change, release, problem, incident, and continuity management processes; understanding of the software development lifecycle and typical problems associated with the implementation of information systems, from initial concept through development and implementation to operation and support. 
• Experience with basic application testing strategies and methodologies. 
• Strong debugging skills, code performing tuning, and general troubleshooting skills.
• Expert knowledge of development in multiple Microsoft technologies.
• Good organizational skills and detail-oriented.
• Strong commitment to providing a high level of customer service.
• Ability and willingness to comply with coding standards.
• Demonstrates the highest standards of professional behavior in dealing with clients, colleagues, and staff. 
• Ability to discuss systems in both technical and lay terms.
• Skills in business process analysis, OO design, and the software development lifecycle are essential. 
• Ability to communicate clear and timely status reporting on progress, task assignments, and issues. 
• Ability to design and build SQL Server databases to support client application requirements. 
• Some experience working in an Agile environment. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or business-related field is a plus. Equivalent experience in lieu of a degree may be considered. 
• Minimum of three years recent experience developing WinForms applications in VB.Net or C# with a deep understanding of object-oriented design principles. 
• Experience with SVN. At least three years of experience working with SQL Server 2005 or above, including design of tables, views, stored procedures, and triggers. 
• Strong Microsoft developer with extensive administration experience and database skills. 
• Experience with database modeling tools, ASP.Net, MVC, MS Access/VBA and CSLA. 
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing principles is a plus.