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The Need:

Our client is looking for a qualified full-time Senior Integration Software Engineer with manufacturing systems experience to help facilitate both the ongoing support of existing manufacturing systems as well as system upgrades and integration for new systems.

This support is needed starting immediately and does not have a planned end date. The position will be reassessed on a regular basis. 

Location: Greenville, SC (Onsite)
Contract: LTC - Initial 1-Year term with right to extend. CTH is not currenly in scope or this position.
Work Status: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (US Citizen preferred or permanent resident Green Card) 

Day-to-day job responsibilities:

• Development or modification of manufacturing middleware 
• Support related to software and interfacing with key users using Service Now
• Daily team standups using Agile and Gitlab for software management.
• Collaboration with key individuals and team lead
•  Documentation of processes, installation, and release notes
• Work with SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) on observability of middleware/software

Must Have Requirements:   All are required unless otherwise noted.

• Education and Experience:
  • Degree: Computer Science background or equivalent experience.
  • Experience: 7+ years overall with 2 years of experience leading activities within a team. For example, leading development or modification of a component or application, leading deployments, or leading other team ceremonies or events. 
  • Setting: 2+ years in a production manufacturing or large industrial setting. 
• Computer skills
  • Languages: C#(.net), Blazor (preferred), Java (preferred)
  • Data: PostgreSQL and Oracle (Must understand Relational Databases)
  • Infrastructure: Command of Windows/Linux, Kubernetes, and CI/CD Pipelines (Gitlab CI/CD)
• Methodology: Operates natively within Agile/Scrum Principles.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills are required to support collaboration across domestic and international teams. Proficiency in additional languages is a plus.

Work Schedule:

• Normal work hours 40 hrs/ week Monday – Friday, however occasional shifts in schedules can be made to provide coverage for project installations and start-ups requiring weekend or holiday coverage.
• Overtime work may be approved as needed but will not be typical.
• Work schedules will vary based on project need and assignment.  

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 30% travel over a 12-month period
• Maximum 5-6 trips per year and up to 2 international trips maximum (France, Brazil, Canada, Mexico), the rest is domestic
• Projected breakdown
  • 80% are 1-week trips 
  • 10% to 20% are 2-week trips
  • 3-week trips (try to avoid trips this long, if possible)
  • Occasional emergency travel (corporate jet) once per year, if at all.
  • Vast majority of travel is given a 3 to 8-month notice.
  • Work around PTO/vacations

Who is the internal/external customer:

Internal users at 26 production manufacturing sites in the US, Canada and Mexico.

Size of group:

The Integration team consists of 11 people and includes: 1 Manager, 1 Team Lead, 1 Architect, 6 Developers, 1 Site Reliability Engineer.

Technical Environment: 

Currently these systems are predominantly Windows Servers running .NET Framework applications in C# application on with UI (user interfaces)  in either legacy ASP.Net or WPF with back-end Oracle Database.  These systems are deployed on VMware ESXi clusters on premise in datacenters at our facilities.  This model is moving towards a micro service architecture using containers on Kubernetes (K8) using .NET Core with UI in Blazer and database in PostgreSQL on VMware Tanzu.

At The Hiring Group, our mission is to create a win-win situation for both our contractors and our clients, by focusing on the well-being of our contractor team. Our mantra is "Great Contractors Deserve Great Benefits." We provide our contractors with gold-level medical (employer paid at 50%), vision, and dental insurance, at least two weeks of PTO, 401k with employer match, training and development opportunities, and 24/7 dedicated consultant support. By investing in our contractors, we aim to increase employee retention, satisfaction, and productivity, which translates to increased value for our clients. We have been ranked several times on the Inc 5000 fastest-growing companies list, Best Places to Work in the U.S. by Inc Magazine, and Best Companies to Work for in South Carolina.

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