Key Accountabilities

• Plans, designs, and implements software development projects for new applications and products, as well as enhancements to and maintenance of existing applications and products.
• Assists in defining development strategy and methodologies, and code guidelines.
• Ensures compliance with code guidelines and conducts code/peer reviews.
• Participates in requirements definition, system analysis, and high-level design.
• Determines and executes development processes to meet business goals and fulfill user requirements.
• Drafts, reviews, and approves technical design documents.
• Cultivates and shares knowledge of best practices and emerging methodologies in software development.
• Coordinates and leads software development teams as needed.
• Provides guidance to and confers with team members, both local and remote.
• Utilizes root cause analysis to identify critical issues, and escalates for resolution.
• Coordinates with test leads to review test strategy, ensure compliance with test plan, and oversee test cases.
• Identifies and resolves defects, bugs, errors, and other issues.
• Collaborates with system owners, architects, analysts, project managers, project team members, and other stakeholders in the design and development of new and existing applications.
• Presents and communicates progress, status and other relevant information to project stakeholders, team members and management.
• Identifies, recommends and implements changes to streamline and improve the development process and improve productivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years experience in software application design, development, integration and operations.
• Proven experience in planning, design and implementation of software development projects.
• Expertise in software development processes, best practices, and methodologies through the full development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience working with Agile Development methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in wide range of programming languages, modeling, and Object Oriented Analysis, Design, and Programming concepts.
• Proven ability to use root cause analysis, process analyses and metrics to identify issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Working knowledge of software test processes.
• Knowledge of release processes and builds technologies.
• Ability to develop and mentor team members.

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of and experience with GIS technologies, ideally using the ESRI product suite.
• The ability to demonstrate working knowledge on ArcSDE Enterprise Geodatabases, Personal Geodatabases, and Shapefiles.
• Proven experience with programming languages (C#, Java, and Web Development using JSP, ASP.net, Flex, VBScript, and JavaScript).
• In depth ESRI ArcObjects development expertise.
• Have experience designing, implementing, configuring, and tuning Web-based systems and enterprise solutions using ESRI ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server, and ArcSDE.
• Have experience in the development of Web based mapping applications using Flex and/or Silverlight APIs, with a strong preference for applicants knowledgeable in Flex.
• Advanced use and administration of relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle®, Informix®, and/or DB2®).
• In depth ESRI ArcSDE installation, troubleshooting and implementation experience.
• Working knowledge on one or more of the following Application Server Products: Tomcat, IIS, Oracle Application Server, WebLogic, WebSphere, and/or JBOSS.

Candidates must have:

• English language proficiency.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in both technical and non-technical language.
• Understanding of project management skills such as scheduling, risk management, cost/effort estimation etc.
• Flexibility (ability to meet the needs of the organization on a real-time basis and work evenings and weekends, when and if required)