Job Details

Applications Engineer

CHICAGO-60616, IL, US
06/12/2019

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Required Skills

    Microsoft Stack
Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

5 to 7 Year(s)

Job Description

Our client is a leading global law firm with offices in 26 key business centers across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

We are a collegial, collaborative and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support and development they need to grow, thrive and realize their greatest potential.


If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are achievement, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Information Technology department in Chicago as an Applications Engineer.

Play a key role in building, enhancing, integrating, supporting and managing the Firm's key business solutions.

Provide "out of the box” insight and ideas to solve business opportunities facing our legal and business teams across the Firm.

This role will work closely within our global IT organization and our customers to deliver high quality software and applications to assist our lawyer's high level of client service.

Responsibilities -

Encompasses a mixture of project responsibility, software engineering, third party configuration/integration and senior level support

Formulate and define technical scope and objectives for solutions with minimal direction

Design, develop, validate and implement software applications to solve complex problems considering infrastructure capabilities and capacity

Maintain, enhance and refactor existing software applications to optimize the application portfolio while staying up to date with other dependencies in the technical environment

Provide administration, configuration and integration support of third party software aligned with the portfolio of systems related to the Business Applications team

Collaborate with infrastructure and data center teams in a DevOps fashion to achieve world class efficiency with our solutions

Review user stories and develop software solutions in short sprints with constant user involvement in an Agile minded team

Act as a mentor to junior team members by reviewing and providing guidance to their work

Develop business process management (BPM) solutions using tools such as K2 BlackPearl to facilitate process definition and modeling, workflow automation, and process optimization

Manage data integration between applications and third party solutions using various database technologies and/or middleware including but not limited to: stored procedures, SSIS packages, DTS packages or data integration middleware

Participate in the maintenance and support of application business recovery plans

Ensure internal System Catalog is properly maintained for responsible systems, applications and related integrations

Verifying the security of third-party vendor's applications and collaborating with them to meet security requirements

Participate in on-call rotation providing 24 x 7 application support, ensuring that the application portfolio uptime is maintained according to defined SLAs

Qualifications -

A Bachelor's degree in the field of Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent experience preferred

5+ years of web development experience with the Microsoft Stack (.Net, ASP.Net, VB.Net, MVVM and MVC Patterns, C#) required

5+ years of proven experience with SQL Server 2012 and later, including SQL Server
Reporting Services (SSRS); must have a thorough understanding of relational database concepts and the integration of SQL databases with other applications required

5+ years of experience working with Team Foundation Server (TFS) including: build / release engineering, management for software web applications, test manager and test
automation reguired

5 + years experience in working with Custom Off the Shelf (COTS) software specifically with installation, configuration, administration and upgrades required

5 + years experience working with Microsoft IIS administration required

Experience with IntApp Integrate (or similar data integration tool e.g. Biztalk, MQ Series, Oracle Fusion, etc.) preferred

Experience with K2 BlackPearl (or similar workflow tool e.g. IntApp Flow, etc.) preferred

Proven development experience with various scripting languages (HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, VB Script, Python, TCL, Perl, etc)preferred

Demonstrated experience in delivering enterprise software applications using common web-compliant technologies

Demonstrated experience and understanding of application support and administration, including patching, maintenance and log monitoring

Demonstrated experience in building software solutions across a variety of Systems
Development Life Cycles (SDLC) methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Adhoc)

Experience in delivering technology in an Agile fashion by encompassing: Iterative and incremental delivery, Kanban, direct user collaboration, feature driven development, agile testing, continuous development, etc.

Proficient in working with Windows Operating Systems (client and server), Virtual Technology, network protocols and overall good infrastructure knowledge

Web development certifications (e.g., MCSD, MCPD, MCTS, and MCSA) or other related certifications are highly preferred

Ability to act as a role model (lead, mentor) for other members of the department regarding leadership, work ethic, self-improvement, and career development

Willing to challenge the status quo

Light lifting; up to 30 lbs.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401(k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth. EOE m/f/d/v/so


Application Engineer
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Candidate Requirements
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Bachelors

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Recruiter Details
Doug Klares
1350 Broadway, Suite 2205, NEW YORK-10018, NY, US
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