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Job Opening: Project Engineer, .NET Software Development Lead

Colin Angus Mackay — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:37:02 GMT

Title: Project Engineer, .NET Software Development Lead

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Salary: Based on experience level

Job Description: Join Blue Dot’s UK/Glasgow based Software Development Project Services team! Blue Dot is one of the leading and successful enterprise mobile software, tools, and services company. With over 600 mobile implementations and 13,000 live mobile users, Blue Dot is recognized by the prestigious Gartner Group as a leading vendor in the enterprise mobile infrastructure space.
Specifically, this .NET Services Mobile Developer position will have you the opportunity to design and develop advanced functionality with our leading edge mNOW! Mobile Framework 2008 product. The mNOW! Mobile Framework 2008 builds upon the Microsoft technology stack, leveraging the power of the world’s leading operating systems, frameworks and products such as Windows and Windows Mobile, the .NET Framework (2.0 & 3.0), Internet Information Server 6.0, and SQL Server 2005.

This is a varied and demanding customer service facing role involving many aspects of customizing and implementing enterprise mobile solutions from pre-sales work, through the project lifecycle, to ‘go live’ and ongoing support. This position is a key role in the success and delivery of solutions to our UK and Scotland customer base.

Responsibilities:

· Scoping and implementing enterprise mobile solutions

· Assisting with pre-sales demos and presentations

· Performing Project needs assessments and requirements gathering

· Assessing and advising on business process workflow design

· Producing Senior level technical design and architecture guidance and outputs

· Ability to training customer and provide ongoing support to solutions

· Command of project methodologies

· Good consultancy skills along with a development background

· Ability to run workshops and follow-up on outcome deliverables

· Specific and demonstrated experience of implementing standard .NET development technologies

· Key technical contributor to customer RFI, RFP and RFQ responses

Skills: Microsoft .NET 2.0, 3.0,

Windows Communication Foundation,

3+ years experience with relational database/data warehouse technologies

3+ years experience with OOAD, modeling and UML.

Web Services (WS 2.0).

Requirements:

BS or Master Degree in Computer Science or related field

2+ years of experience in the developing commercial software in .NET

Strong background in Object-oriented design, implementation, and hands-on programming

Excellent communication and relationship skills

Energetic, self motivated, team player

Strong problem solving

Minute attention to detail

English: Fluent

Experience in the following products and skills also helpful:

Products:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 / 2008
Microsoft Team Foundation System
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administration
Microsoft Office Professional Suite
Skills:
Test Driven Development / Unit test development
Agile Development Lifecycle
Software Patterns & Practices

Continuous Integration

Strong Leadership/Mentoring

Interested candidates please email Eric Roberts, VP of Professional Services at

eroberts@bluedotsolutions.com. Thanks for your consideration

ASP.NET / C# contract in Windsor

Colin Angus Mackay — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:58:26 GMT

There seems to be lots of opportunity for .NET developers at the moment. Another friend of mine contacted me about a job he has available for any suitable person that is interested. This time it is a contractor position based in Windsor in England and he tells me it is a great place to work.

Skills:

ASP.NET

C# 2.0

SQL Server 2000/2005

Javascript and AJAX experience

The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the software lifecycle. Rates are the market rates for the south east of England. The start date is ASAP and the contract will last for 3 months initially.

He's also told me he isn't interested in hearing from recruitment agents, so if you are one, don't annoy him by trying - you won't get anywhere.

If you are initerested you can get in touch with either Daniel Molloy at daniel_t_molloy@hotmail.com or Ross Mardell at ross.mardell@btinternet.com

C# ASP.NET role in Glasgow

Colin Angus Mackay — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:18:25 GMT

A friend of mine is looking for a C# developer to work on ASP.NET applications in Glasgow. If you are interested here is the job spec:

Developer required to work as part of a small team developing and maintaining a web based product range written on the.NET 3.5 platform.

Duties:

Full involvement in all aspects of the software life cycle, from coding to architecture.

The candidate must have:

At least 2 years of ASP.NET with C#.

SQL Server 2000/2005

A genuine interest in development

Solid JavaScript with preferably AJAX experience

Any knowledge of the following would be advantageous:

ASP.NET 3.5

ASP.NET MVC

C# 3.5

Test driven development

Subversion and Continuous Integration

NHibernate or any Object Relational Mapper

Castle IOC,

JQuery or AJAX

log4net

NAnt

Send your CVs to: paul.cowan@continuity2.com

If you are a recruitment agent, he isn't interested and you'll only annoy him, so don't try.