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Senior Software Engineer 
Category Information Technology & Services  
Description

NeighborWorks America: Working Together For Strong Communities

Purpose of Division

Information Technology and Services (IT&S) is responsible for planning, design, implementation, and support of NeighborWorks’ enterprise wide business applications and management of information technology resources and services. IT&S provides business applications and supporting services to identify, gather and efficiently organize the data that is required to support the business activities of NeighborWorks America (NWA) and its affiliated NeighborWorks Organizations. NeighborWorks America undertakes several major capital budget IT project initiatives in order to meet NWA’s current and future mission, goals, objectives and ongoing business requirements.

Close Date: Posting closes at 12:01am (EST) on the date listed below (the night before at 11:59pm EST).

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director, Technical Solutions, Senior Software Engineer assists the Director with the administration, development, implementation and support of the corporate applications including SharePoint applications for NeighborWorks America. The successful candidate will serve as subject matter expertise and provide solutions, guidance, and support for SharePoint and other applications. Primary duty involves gather requirements, analyze, design, develop, test, troubleshoot, administer, support, maintain, document and improve continuously. The candidate will closely work with other application development team members and plays a key role in the success of the department.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Administer and maintain corporate SharePoint farms. Move current intranet web site to SharePoint online.

  • Design Solutions: Serve as a SharePoint subject matter expert for project activities. Collaborate cross-functionally with database engineers, business users, project managers and other engineers to achieve solutions. Create test plans, design specification, implementation details, prototyping and documentation.

  • Develop web applications: Convert business requirements into technical solutions using appropriate and applicable application development technologies. Code solutions following best practices and standards. Debug and troubleshoot.

  • Test web applications: Work with team members to ensure quality. Participate in the creation and execution of automated unit tests, functional tests, regression tests, integration tests and system performance tests.

  • Deploy web applications: Deploy code to production servers and work with infrastructure team.

  • Maintain web applications: Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms. Provide technical support to end users on web applications.

  • Research and development: Provide recommendations for continuous improvement. Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.

  • Demonstrate a deep understanding of, and advise, what functionality SharePoint can provide out of the box, the types of configurations that are available along with their limitations.

  • Ensure that SharePoint best practices are enforced across the corporation. Maintain a good understanding of SharePoint advanced features like Business Intelligence, claims-based authentication, search, and managed metadata etc

  • Troubleshoot client-side and managed code written and provided from a number of sources, sometimes involving SharePoint third party tools such as Nintex. Troubleshoot SharePoint workflows, utilizing tools such as SharePoint Designer or Nintex Workflows

  • Administer in-house web site analytics server and other related services.

  • Respond rapidly to customer support requests from users, resolve or escalate issues as required, documenting actions and outcomes as needed.

  • Other job-related duties as assigned.

Nature of Work Contacts:
Frequent interactions with IT&S staff such as application developers, analysts and network operations team. Regularly works closely with NeighborWorks America staff from other units and departments. Correspondence and interaction with vendors and service providers such as software development contractors, web hosting and application vendors. ???????

Fiscal Responsibilities:
None specified.

 
Position Requirements

Required Minimum Qualifications:
(a) Education: A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or related field is required.
(b) Experience:

  • 7+ years of overall IT experience
  • 3+ years of experience with configuring, administering and developing SharePoint products and technologies, including 2010, 2013, and SharePoint Online.
  • 3+ years of .NET experience in Microsoft .NET technology stack. Must have hands-on experience implementing and supporting Microsoft SharePoint based solutions using ASP.NET
  • Experience with MS SQL Server, data connections and writing complex stored procedures
  • A solid understanding of Windows SharePoint Services and other web development experiences will be required in order to implement high quality, scalable and effective SharePoint solutions to support various organizational requirements.
  • Possess a broad understanding of the SharePoint platform and its building blocks (Windows Server, IIS, ASP.NET, Active Directory, SQL Server)
  • Demonstrate knowledge on how to integrate SharePoint with other systems. Extensive knowledge of SharePoint 2010 or newer, including workflow and content management.
  • Conduct expert level SharePoint development (to include full-trust code, client object model, REST API, app model for SharePoint 2010/2013).
  • Hands on experience with SharePoint workflow development/ customizations using SharePoint Designer.
  • Hands on experience with InfoPath forms.

 (c) Licenses, Certifications:  


(d) Competencies, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:  

  • Working knowledge of web-based technologies; HTTP, AJAX, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Angular and CSS3
  • Hands-on experience in Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
  • Microsoft .Net, C#, and Visual Studio
  • Messaging architectures XML, SOAP, REST and Web Services
  • Experience and knowledge of multi-tier and cross-platform architectures
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of .NET Framework & Microsoft SQL Server and other backend technologies
  • Creativity and ability to think outside-the-box, take the initiative in moving technical ideas forward with clarity
  • Ability to develop unconventional solutions for customer requirements in a collaborative environment as part of a dynamic team
  • Excellent communication (verbal and written), Technical documentation skills, presentation, and Interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to work independently with little guidance

(e) NeighborWorks America Staff are expected to demonstrate excellence in the following:

  • Sensitivity to racial, gender, sexual orientation and cultural differences
  • Effective, respectful, and timely communications with internal and external stakeholders
  • Listening effectively, seeks and accepts feedback
  • Effective teamwork
  • Analytic, thoughtful and strategic thinking
  • Considering the mission, objectives, and goals of NeighborWorks and demonstrating an understanding of the impact of her/his/their decisions and behavior on the organization

(f) Technology: as stated above.
 
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience with responsive design implementation, web services, web API and applications which provide and consume data feeds (XML, JSON, RSS, etc.) is a significant plus. Exposure to Salesforce, Tableau is preferred. MCTS certificates are a plus.

Working Conditions:
(a) Travel: less than 10%.   

(b) Physical/Sensory Demands: fast paced working environment, extensive computer usage.

Special Provisions:
Occasional weekend or evening work may be required for maintenance or system upgrades.

 
Duration Continuous  
Salary Range  
Division Information Technology & Services  
Department Technical Solutions  
Travel Less than ten percent (10%)  
Working Conditions Fast paced working environment, extensive computer usage.  
Close Date 9/3/2021  
Location CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS: District of Columbia Office  
EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.  

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