Arlington, Virginia
My Army Benefits Senior Software Engineer Job Opening in Arlington, Virginia - Responsibilities:
Perform full life cycle applications development, enhancement, research, and proof of concepts.
Participate in low level and high level application design by providing guidance and feedback on available technology options.
Work with other developers and architects (when appropriate) to determine optimal solution architecture, efficiency, maintainability, and scalability.
Support Solution & Enterprise Architects in the design, review, and implementation of new architecture solutions.
Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize code to ensure performance & security are maximized.
Work closely with users to review, approve, and design against test cases ? ensuring all requirements are fulfilled.
Desired Skills:
Strategic Thinking: Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; Identifies external threats and opportunities; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.
Innovation: Displays original thinking and creativity; Meets challenges with resourcefulness; Generates suggestions for improving work; Develops innovative approaches and ideas; Presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention
Analytical: Undertakes complex tasks and breaks them down into manageable parts in a systematic way, thinks of multiple possible causes and anticipates consequences of situations, thinks of possible alternatives for a situation.
Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations; Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
Team Work: Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
Communication: Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Demonstrates group presentation skills; Participates in meetings; Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar.
Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected.
Experience & Qualifications:
Bachelor?s degree required and 8 years software development experience creating customer facing front-end applications.
Master?s degree required and 2 years software development experience creating customer facing front-end applications.
Strong knowledge of 3.5/4.0, C#, VS, WCF, AJAX, HTML, ESB (Neuron a plus), Kendo UI, SSIS/TSQL, JQuery, JSON, MVC 4/5, Entity Framework, and WCF
Experience with SOA, web services, REST, SOAP, XSLT, XSD, and XML
Experience with SQL Server (2008+) including stored procedures, indexes, functions, and triggers.
Thorough understanding of design methodologies, patterns, prototyping, and client server / object oriented technologies and programming techniques.
Experience working with tools and processes to minimize the introduction of security vulnerabilities into custom developed software.
Experience working with source control systems (such as CVS, Git, TFS) in continuous integration environments.
Experience developing web based financial systems a plus.
Physical Requirements:
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
General Office Demands:
Must be able to operate general office equipment including but not limited to: computer, phones and related media and information devices on most or all workdays.
Ability to communicate and interact with others, both in person and/or by telephone to conduct business.
Working under time pressure.
Working rapidly for long periods to meet deadlines.
Must be able to travel as needed and adhere to AFSC travel policies and procedures.
Physical requirements can typically be characterized as sedentary: work involves exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
Major Job activities and mental requirements:
Multiple concurrent tasks
Ability to perform under stress
Reading and comprehension
Writing
Problem solving
Confidentiality
Customer contact
Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy:
Armed Forces Services Corporation (AFSC) is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Job Type: Full-time
Required education:
Bachelor's
Required experience:
software development: 8 years
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