.Net Software Engineer

We are looking for a .Net Software Engineer! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: .Net Software Engineer
Term: 6-month – 37.5 hours
Location: Toronto – Remote
Job ID number: C1234

Brief description of duties:

• Collaborate with architects, designers, business system analysts, application analysts and testing specialists to deliver high quality solutions
• Participate in business requirements, test planning, design reviews, etc. to gain a solid understanding of the application and provide input into various SDLC deliverables
• Coordinate with both onshore and offshore teams to ensure coding, testing, debugging and implementation activities are completed as required
• Produce and maintain documentation and records in compliance with the SDLC requirements
• Analyze, define and document requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, interface design, internal and external checks, controls, and outputs
• Ensure information security standards and requirements are incorporated into all solutions
• Contribute to the ongoing support, stability and performance of application systems in production including problem analysis, resolution, escalation and reporting as necessary
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders and adapt approach when dealing with technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a strong, collaborative multi-site team
• Excellent organizing, planning and time management skills with the ability to multi-task
• Self-directed and proactive; thinks beyond the immediate problem with ability to analyze situations/problems systematically and deliver effective right-sized solutions in a timely manner
• Possess an inherent passion for continuous improvement and innovation
• Customer and results focused

MUST haves:

• University Degree or College Diploma in a related discipline
• Minimum 2 years of progressive information technology experience with full application development life cycle and systems integration experience
• Strong understanding of distributed application architectures
• Working knowledge of SQL, SQL Server and relational database technologies
• Working knowledge of C#, .NET Core, API, ASP.NET, SOAP based web services
• Experience in designing systems that use XML, XSLT and schemas
• Experience in DevOps experience

Nice to haves:

• Knowledge of the financial and insurance industries
• Working knowledge of Continuous Integration/ DevOps processes and tools such as:
• TFS for SDLC automation and management
• Git/Artifactory/NuGet for source code and artifact management
• Docker and Kubernetes for application deployment
• NUnit for unit test automation
• Experience with VB6.0, Classic ASP, .NET web development, REACT, Angular
• Experience with RESTful services
• Exposure to Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) integration architectures and technologies
• Past experience with Group Benefits and Group Retirement products and business domains is an asset