Senior Software Engineer, MTS2 - Baltimore, MD

Department: Information Technology
Location: Baltimore, MD

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Job Description

Prometric is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer - MTS2

The Software Engineer position is a hands-on position requiring sharp analytical and software development skills to assist project team with the requirements capture, specification, design, implementation and testing small projects within a larger product release cycle.  This position requires a team player that designs, develops, extends, and maintains an enterprise-level applications built upon Microsoft Technologies.  Work assignments are usually very specific and hands-on, and are supervised by a senior team member.

Responsibilities:

• Executes development tasks that follow the processes and meet the requirements set by others.
• Work regularly is interdependent with work of other groups within the department.
• Makes independent decisions affecting own work product.
• Manages multiple priorities within personal accountabilities.
• Ensures work meets functionality, quality, and timeliness expectations set by others.
• Works independently on complex tasks with some technical and management guidance.
• Aware of Line of Sight at the company level and understands how it impacts the organization's direction.
• Contributes to the Line of Sight objectives at the team level.
• Implements project strategy as directed.
• Interacts with internal customers; the type and frequency of interaction will depend on the nature of the assignment.
• Frequently interacts with peers, project leads, and team lead; regular interaction with their manager.
• Serves as a technical contact on projects as assigned.
• May provide off-hour support for production applications; resolves or escalates issues as appropriate.
• Solves moderately complex technical problems with guidance.
• Generates innovative approaches and solutions to recurring problems.
• May write program and functional specifications for small to medium features or projects.
• Recommends possible solutions for implementing assigned tasks.
• Executes testing tasks on own work product.
• Produces and maintains detailed technical documentation for assigned tasks and projects.
• Facilitates and/or participates in code reviews.
• Programs in one or more languages.
• Readily leverages and adapts technology skills across assignments.
• Gains experience and knowledge in identifying system integration touch points and requirements.
• Focuses initially on growing technical skills and learning processes, methodologies and tools to support department goals.
• Responsibilities include basic planning, scheduling, execution, documentation, status reporting and follow-up for their assigned tasks.
• Completes segments of development or maintenance work.
• May provide work direction to less experienced team members (e.g. off-shore contractors, co-ops, interns).
• Provides or validates estimates for assigned tasks.
• Provides others with technical and application training, generally one-on-one.
• Takes initiative to identify and implement process improvements in the group.
• Offers ideas for quality and process improvement in alignment with the organization's goals.
• Assists in the implementation of new practices, processes, and tools.
• Creates personal development plans.
• Provides input for project resource (i.e. hardware, software, people, etc.) requirements.
• This professional implements individual tasks within a work team, using the ability to manage multiple priorities and generate innovative problem-solving solutions.
• He or she focuses on developing skills and learning tools in support of project goals.
• Solves complex, analytical problems
• Is responsible for working as a team in the technical design of complex projects with a life-cycle of 3 to 9 months
• Understands the use of industry tools and technology and how their implementation affects project goals
• Create project presentations for a non-technical audience
• Create technical documentation for internal and external clients that accurately describe the configuration of technology utilized to implement a development solution.
• Mentor team members

Candidate Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field (may substitute 5 yrs experience for degree)
• MCAD or MCSD Certification a plus
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
• Must be energetic and possess a willingness to learn quickly and an inquisitive nature
• Experience developing software in C++ with STL
• Experience developing software in Visual Basic
• Experience building COM components in ATL
• Object Oriented (OO) and/or UML design
• Ability to problem-solve, prioritize projects, work on multiple projects at the same time
• Ability to adjust project schedules to meet critical/changeable deadlines
• Participant in a full application life-cycle
• Technical team lead experience

Additional Desired Qualifications:

• Familiar with HTML, the HTML DOM & Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Familiar with XML, the XML DOM, XDR schemas, and XSD schemas
• Experience with WTL
• Experience with Microsoft's Active-Document technology
• Experience with Compound Documents (i.e., OLE Structured Storage)
• Experience in C#, ASP.NET, and the .NET framework
• Experience with SQL
• Background in education/testing industry a plus