Microsoft Software Engineer Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients - including governmental agencies and private companies - throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

Responsible for writing computer software.  

Complete Description: This position will design, code, repair, enhance, integrate, upgrade, convert, provide level-3 support, and administer application software, and middleware. Work is performed within guidelines set by management regarding the development life cycle, version control, source code control, documentation, unit testing, code verification, code deployment, and team collaboration.  

This level of software engineer should know software concepts, procedures, and best practices and apply them on a daily basis to meet deliverables. They should have a full grasp of Object Oriented Programming Concepts. In addition, they will work on most stories independently with minimal supervision; however they don't have a full grasp of the big picture, nor the full software development life cycle. Full latitude for independent judgment when applying skills and problem-solving capabilities, with oversight required by senior team members.  

This position collaborates with the development team, QA, Security, collaborative groups/clients and other cross-functional teams to define, provide for, and test deliverables.

Major Accountabilities: Software Development

Develop deliverable for QA (Code and unit test)

Review, analyze and collaborate with business analyst and development teams to fully understand requirement; contribute to the development approach for coding

Contribute to the development of data approach for coding - Understand data guidelines, and understand data sources available, what is new based on requirements, and how the project will impact common data stores

Collaborate with core team, QA, Security, and other cross functional teams to provide the appropriate solution

Provide SME on components or application and data to other teams; also, provide ad-hoc reporting

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Informatics
• Progressive, related application development experience.
• Solid experience in object-oriented design, algorithm design, data structures, and distributed computing.
• Expert with Microsoft technologies (C#, SQL Server, SQL, MSMQ).
• Experience with application performance and scalability concepts
• Bonus requirements: big data processing and open source tools, NoSQL (mongoDb, Hadoop, etc.)

Behavior Characteristics:

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts

GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Contract - 6 Months