.NET Developer

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.  >>>>>>>>>>>>>   Must Be Authorized to Work in the US for Any Employer <<<<<<<<<<<<<< - 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.