.Net Developer - Ireland

About us

Avanade is the world’s leading digital innovator and believe in making genuine human impact in everything we do. This is through the power of our people and cutting-edge Microsoft Technology.

By joining Avanade’s software engineering practice you will have fantastic opportunity to operate at the forefront of technology, with access to best clients across the world, on challenging and exciting projects.

We are a diverse team, and we are proud of our culture that welcomes every individual. In our teams you will find talented and passionate technologists, with a humble, collaborative, and positive attitude.

If you are the type of person who thrives of constantly learning and challenging yourself with a genuine desire to do your best, then you could be successful here. We promise to invest in you and help give you the platform for continuous learning and development.

Back End Consultant

.NET Framework professionals develop applications for the Microsoft Windows operating system using the Microsoft .NET Framework, a body of pre-coded solutions that cover programming needs in areas such as user interface, data access, database connectivity, web application development, and network communications.

An Analyst Programmer/Senior Software Engineer contributes to the development, delivery and maintenance of high-quality technology-based business solutions. They are skilled in designing, coding, testing, and implementing configuration changes to software applications to meet both functional and technical requirements in an agile environment. They may also have some oversight responsibility for the technology solution.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing Windows, web and MVC applications and web services based on .Net technologies, using object-oriented practices
• Contributing to planning and analysing high-level software strategies and solutions through functional and technical expertise
• Integrating technical and application components
• Testing program modules, including the use of automated unit tests
• Participating in identifying configuration changes
• Participating in implementing all actions required to deploy an application, which will include automated builds and deployment
• Assisting in estimation activities and mentoring more junior developers.
• Pro-actively clarify requirements and expectations
• Produce code, designs, and other outputs to high quality
• Soft Skills to communicate effectively with clients, in both speaking and listening, to build a harmonious relationship

Some of the skills required : 

• Proficiency in .NET 3.5+ FWK, .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, XML, Razor Views, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, C#, VB.Net, Web Services, Web APIs, Entity Framework, SQL Server, TFS & Git.
• Proficiency in integrating multiple systems using SOA and Event Driven architectural styles and experience in Pub-Sub tools like Biztalk, Service Bus, MSMQ etc. 
• Solid understanding in Data modelling in SQL Server, experience in working with complex SQL queries and performance tuning
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Delivery and tools associated
• Experience/knowledge in Azure DevOps desirable.
• Experience in producing automation tests using NUnit & MS test 
• Strong understanding and experience in Git branching and merging strategies, Experience in Git flow and Trunk based development
• Hands on Experience working in trunk-based development and working with Nugettified packages

Beneficial skills:

• Business object modelling and NakedObjects framework.
• Domain driven development (DDD)
• Object oriented testing techniques and approaches, test driven development (TDD) and dependency injection/Inversion of Control (IoC)
• Scrum certification
• Database administration, particularly in Microsoft SQL Server environment
• Ability to write automated scripts using PowerShell, SQL.
• Knowledge of SQL database monitoring tools and database optimisation standards.
• Experience in Cloud Technologies such as Azure is a plus