| Job Description |
Responsibilities:
• The ideal candidate should be comfortable being directly involved with the design, development, testing, and operation of the solutions that will be composed into the Digital Services Platform environment.
• Work as part of the Digital Services Platform development team to build a platform to support varied workloads – Big Data, Analytics, Device-to-Cloud Connectivity, System-to-Cloud Connectivity
• Create technical design recommendations for the development and integration of new software and system technologies – from the physical layer through to the virtual layer – by ensuring acceptance criteria are met; test, evaluate, engineer, develop, implement and support those technologies
• Evaluate service level issues and suggested enhancements escalated by support to diagnose and address underlying system problems and inefficiencies - engage third party suppliers on support issues as required
• Review and influence new and evolving design, architecture, standard, and methods for existing platform and new feature requests
• Avoid re-inventing the wheel and prefer appropriately simple, repeatable solutions over more complex and failure prone ones
• Develop tools and utilities to provide short term solutions to immediate needs as required
• Design and maintain RESTful web services on our cloud platform
• Create and maintain appropriate software documentation, including high-level system descriptions.
• Work independently and collaboratively within a small team
• Successfully interact cross-functionally to develop solutions.
Desired Skills & Experience:
• Candidates considered for this role should have a BA/BS in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) plus a minimum of 5 years of experience in software development.
• This role requires solid experience with web-service (RESTful) development using the Microsoft ASP.NET technology stack (e.g. ASP.NET WebAPI, C#, etc.).
• Experience in cloud computing, especially Windows Azure using Service Fabric is highly desired.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills with an ability to clearly articulate complex IaaS / PaaS / SaaS concepts to people new to Digital Services Platform team
• Expert level proficiency with at least one programming language such as C# or JAVA
• Fluency in development disciplines such as algorithms and distributed systems design
• Experience in the design and implementation of APIs
• Experience developing and debugging complex applications
• Experience integrating systems using third-party APIs and services
• Experience in the design and implementation of CI/CD pipeline processes; automated build and test systems
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills - desire to solve complex problems at scale
• Detailed understanding of IaaS and virtualization – service orientated architecture designed around the delivery of cloud-based components as a service
Additional qualities we desire include the following:
• Self-starter and team player; ability to work independently and drive initiatives
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new applications and technologies
• Agnostic towards technology/application vendor and product choices; more interested in results than in personal choices
• Ability to adapt and perform in a fast moving and oft-changing environment.
• Familiarity with the following technology: SQL/NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB), PowerShell scripting, web security and authorization (e.g. OAuth/OpenID Connect), Microsoft Azure, multi-tiers architecture, and networking. |