Senior Software Engineer

Job Summary:

Precision Hire Solution is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying enterprise solutions for corporate applications, portals, and business services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and Development: Lead and participate in the design of software components, libraries, and databases.
• Deployment and Support: Supervise the deployments, data migrations, hosting, and post-production support services and upgrades.
• Collaboration and Troubleshooting: Work closely with engineers and development teams to develop, implement, and code software solutions according to specifications in partnership with analysts and architects.
• Technical Consultancy: Provide technical consultancy for engineers and development teams and oversee and audit their outputs.
• Backend Services: Support backend services, including infrastructure configuration, deployment, replication, and synchronization.
• Development Standards: Meet development standards by following production productivity, quality, security, and customer service standards.
• Troubleshooting and Support: Work closely with development teams to troubleshoot technical issues and provide second-level support.
• User Assistance: Provide assistance and advice to business users in the effective use of solutions.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Test solutions in controlled, real situations before going live via unit testing and black box testing.
• User Acceptance Testing: Conduct user acceptance testing to ensure deliverables can be used easily, quickly, and accurately.
• Documentation and Training: Write detailed documentation, training materials, and user manuals for the operation of the solution by end-users and operators.
• Scope of Work and RFPs: Prepare detailed scope of work, RFPs, and evaluate proposals and responses.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform Other Duties: Perform other duties relevant to the job as requested.
• Team Coaching: Coach a team of engineers.
• Team Participation: Participate and work as part of teams and special groups.
• Reporting and Communication: Prepare general reports relevant to the job and submit them to line managers when required.
• Progress Updates: Participate in weekly meetings with the team to discuss progress and issues to be resolved and report progress on a weekly basis to line managers.
• Technical Knowledge Updates: Update technical knowledge by researching new technologies and software products; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.

Experience: 4 years of professional experience in enterprise applications design and implementation.

Skills:

• Excellent Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Team Working Skills: Good team working skills.
• Analysis and Design: Analysis and design of business applications.
• Application Modelling: Application modelling.
• Decision Making: Good decision-making skills.
• Leadership and Coaching: Leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.

Knowledge:

• Software Development LifeCycle: Software development life cycle and Agile methodologies like MSF, Sprints, Scrum.
• Object-Oriented and Service-Oriented Development: Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories.
• Source Control Management: Experience with source control management.
• UML and Modelling: UML and modelling concepts and tools.
• Business Process Development: Business process development and reengineering.
• Development Best Practices: Development best practices and design patterns.
• SQL Database Design: SQL database design, development, and normalization.
• Object-Oriented Languages: Object-oriented languages like C#, VB.NET, Java, C, etc.
• Web Development: Web development; specialized in a wide range of client and server-side scripting technologies like ASP.NET, AJAX, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, Angular, Bootstrap, and JavaScript/jQuery, etc.
• SharePoint Portals: SharePoint portals, InfoPath forms, and workflows (Nintex Workflows is a plus).
• Regulations and Policies: Regulations and policies.
• Application Security: Application security and performance profiling and optimization.

Abilities:

• Project Breakdown: Ability to break down large-scale projects/tasks into manageable chunks.
• Learning and Adaptation: Ability to learn, understand, and apply new concepts and technologies.
• Task Prioritization: Ability to be adaptable and effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Time Management: Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Task Management: Ability to carry out multiple assignments.

Core Competencies:

1. Al Jazeera Ethics Code of Conduct and Editorial Standards:

2. Al Jazeera Spirit:

3. Diversity:

4. Integrity:

Additional Responsibilities:

Design and Development:

Develop custom SharePoint solutions using SharePoint Designer, Visual Studio, and other development tools.

Design and implement SharePoint-based workflows and Nintex Workflow.

Build and configure SharePoint sites, libraries, lists, and other components.

Custom Solutions:

Create custom web parts, master pages, page layouts, and content types.

Develop and deploy custom SharePoint apps and features.

Integrate third-party systems and applications with SharePoint.

Nintex Workflows:

Design, develop, and manage complex workflows using Nintex Workflow.

Troubleshoot and optimize existing Nintex workflows for performance and efficiency.

Administration and Maintenance:

Perform SharePoint site and content management, including site migrations and upgrades.

Monitor and maintain SharePoint server health and performance.

Implement and manage user permissions and security settings.

Collaboration and Support:

Work closely with business analysts and stakeholders to gather and understand requirements.

Troubleshoot and resolve SharePoint-related issues and performance bottlenecks.

Best Practices and Compliance:

Ensure development and implementation adhere to best practices, standards, and compliance requirements.

Document solutions, processes, and customizations thoroughly.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Minimum of 6 years of experience in SharePoint development.

Proven experience with Nintex Workflow.

Technical Skills:

Strong proficiency in SharePoint 2016 and related technologies (SharePoint Designer, Visual Studio, PowerShell, etc.).

Experience with client-side development using JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, and frameworks like Bootstrap, PNPJS, Angular JS, or React.

Knowledge of SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and REST APIs.

Proficiency in C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server.

Detailed knowledge of SharePoint architecture, administration, and best practices.

Expertise in designing and managing workflows using Nintex.

Soft Skills:

Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with SharePoint Online and Office 365.

SharePoint and Nintex certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: SharePoint Developer, Nintex Certified).

Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.