Application Analyst and Developer

ALTA is supporting a DIRECT HIRE opportunity.   We are looking for someone local to the Cincinnati Ohio area who can come on-site to our downtown Cincinnati office twice per week.
 

Application Developer, you will be a part of a tight-knit, collaborative Web team that builds and improves our client-facing website for our customers. On this team, you will work alongside hard-working colleagues in an environment that is feedback focused. The end goal, continuously evolving while presenting new challenges, is the digital user experience. The work focuses on the digital footprint and our digital brand, and our simple promise of providing superior service. In this role, you will also provide expertise to the self-service features of the site keeping ease of accessibility as a focal point in building Web service layers for both this team and others across the IT organization.

 
Job Responsibilities:

As a Application Developer, you will have an impact on the organization through the following responsibilities:

• Designs and develops applications with an eye towards simplicity, reliability, manageability, maintainability, extensibility, performance, and re-use

• Provides technical expertise in the areas of architecture, design, implementation, and testing

• Is influential and engages actively in building out a dynamic and productive development organization and continuously improving practices and methodology

• Develop time estimates for project deliverables.

• Learn new software tools and skills as needed.

• Participate in test planning, development, and execution for integration and system testing.

• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues

• Mentor and guide others who are still developing their skills

• Participate/Lead code reviews

• Ability to be on call during deployments and support issues

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least four years of related experience

• At least a high school diploma or equivalent

• .NET languages, preferably C#

• .NET framework and .NET Core

• .NET technology such as WebAPI, WCF, and Entity Framework

• Front-end technologies such as ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, HTML5, XML, and CSS3

• Web Services (REST, SOAP, etc.)

• Thorough understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles

• Self-motivated team player who excels in a collaborative environment

Ideal Qualifications:

• Relational databases and data access, preferably SQL Server

• Messaging-based architecture, asynchronous messaging patterns, queuing systems

• Test automation, unit testing, and code coverage frameworks

• Progress Sitefinity Content Management System (CMS)

• Progress KendoUI components

• Comfortable working with an Agile development methodology

• Strong sense of personal accountability

• Contributes beyond job role and responsibilities

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly and self-directed

• Passionate about continuously improving organizational practices