Job Description
TITLE: Software Engineer /.NET Developer
DEPARTMENT: Information Technology
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
The Information Technology (IT) group maintains the IT assets and operations and enables and empowers employees to perform the various business activities on an ongoing basis. Geographically spread across multiple offices, the Information Technology group works seamlessly as a single unit to delivers services to the business on a 24X7 basis. The IT team is expanding its presence in India and we are looking at hiring two IT Analysts as a first step.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Major Accountabilities (Duties may include but are not limited to)
Responsible for requirement gathering and analysis, development, support, maintenance and implementation of complex business applications (mainly database driven web applications, predominantly on the Microsoft technologies).
Understand and document application functionality, user manuals, test cases, user requirement and technical design documentation etc
Participate in knowledge sharing sessions and impart the training to fellow team members
Further build upon domain knowledge and technical/ proprietary skills
Guide new members in the team to help them scale up faster.
Performs other tasks as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED (INCLUDING EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS)
Bachelor's Level Degree (Engineering Graduates preferred)
5 to 8 of relevant experience
Experience in developing applications in the areas of financial services, banking, or mortgage business, and in enterprise document management systems is a plus.
Experience in developing enterprise scale multi-tier web, client and server-based software applications
Exposure to all phases of the software development lifecycle such as requirements definition, development, production support, and testing.
Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
Understanding of the software development cycle, including the Build and Release management aspects.
Experience with Scrum methodology and Agile Engineering practices (Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery etc).
Relevant experience with web services and REST services.
Technical Skills:
o Visual Studio Team System Development tools - VB.NET, ASP.NET and C#;
o Experience in working with various versions of .NET frameworks (1.1, 2.0, 3.5, and 4.0).
o HTML and DHTML; XML, XSL, and XSLT, VB Script, Java Script and JQuery;
o N-Tier and Object Oriented Architectures;
o SQL Server including stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
o Experience in Windows Services and Web Services (WCF preferred) is plus
o Experience with business intelligence technologies such as SSIS, SSAS and SSRS is an advantage.
Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong logical, analytical and problem solving skills
Prior experience in working in teams spread across multiple locations across multiple time zones
CONDITIONS OF WORK
The job holder will be required to work additional hours as necessary in order to fulfill the requirements of the role and be available for International travel on an infrequent basis.
While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.
About Berkadia:
Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, is an industry leading commercial real estate company providing comprehensive capital solutions and investment sales advisory and research services for multifamily and commercial properties. Berkadia is amongst the largest, highest rated and most respected primary, master and special servicers in the industry.
Berkadia is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants and employees for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or any other status protected under the law.
Our people are our greatest strength and make Berkadia a great place to work, creating an environment of trust, mutual respect, innovation and collaboration. Our culture is driven by our core values: https://www.berkadia.com/about/vision-and-values.
To know more about Berkadia, please visit our website https://www.berkadia.com/aboutus/
