Microsoft - Sr. Software Engineer Job

Experience

3-5 Years

Job Description

• Design, code, test, debug, and maintain software applications using Microsoft technologies such as .NET, C#, ASP.NET, Azure, SQL Server, SharePoint, and other relevant tools and frameworks.
• Create technical documentation, including design documents, user guides, and operational manuals, and provide regular progress reports to project managers and stakeholders.
• Analyze the requirements and provide technical solutions w.r.t. Microsoft best practices.
• Configure security and perform administration tasks such as defining users and teams and assigning roles and privileges.
• Provide guidance and expertise to team members and participate in performing procedures, especially focusing on complex issues.
• Identify and resolve software defects, performance bottlenecks, and other technical issues in a timely manner, and provide technical support as needed.
• Conduct unit testing, integration testing, and performance testing to ensure the quality and reliability of the software applications.

Required Technical/ Functional Competencies

Requirement Gathering and Analysis:

• Working knowledge of requirement management processes and requirement analysis processes, tools & methodologies.
• Able to analyze the impact of change requested/ enhancement/ defect fix and identify dependencies or interrelationships among requirements & transition requirements for engagement.

Application Design:

• Basic knowledge of design principles and performance engineering concepts.
• Can create UI / Design and business logic elements and constraints, navigation, screen flow and layout.
• Create traceability matrix based on requirements.

Architecture tools and frameworks:

• Understanding of standard architectural principles, models, patterns, and integration points.
• Knowledge of non-functional areas like automation, performance, manageability, and portability.
• Ability to create process maps and architect systems based on functional and non-functional requirements.

Estimation and Resource Planning:

• Basic knowledge of estimation and resource planning techniques (WBS, FP, etc.).
• Able to identify required resources and utilize suitable estimation models for low-medium complete scenarios based on project scope.

Product/ Technology Knowledge:

• Working knowledge of technology product/platform standards and specifications.
• Able to implement code or configure/customize products and provide inputs in design and architecture adhering to industry standards/ practices in implementation.
• Analyze various frameworks/tools, review the code and provide feedback on improvement opportunities.

Test Management:

• Working knowledge of testing concepts, testing standards and best practices.
• Ability to create/review test cases, conduct unit testing, define metrics, and support testing processes.
• Perform integration testing, create integration test plans, execute automation test scripts/manual test cases, and perform regression tests.
• Document defects identified and perform defect fix.

Customer Management:

• Has working knowledge of customer's business domain and technology suite.
• Use latest technology, proactively suggest solutions to increase business, and understand customer's business.

Project Management:

• Demonstrates basic knowledge of project management processes, tools, and templates.
• Execute small/non-complex projects, provide inputs to supervisor for project management, create and maintain a quality dashboard, and support project management reporting for assigned work areas.

Domain/ Industry Knowledge:

• Working knowledge of customers' business processes and relevant technology platforms/products.
• Ability to prepare process maps, workflows, and business cases with application of industry standards and practices.
• Creation of medium to complex business models.

Required Behavioral Competencies

Accountability:

• Takes responsibility for and ensures accuracy of own work, as well as the work and deadlines of the team.

Collaboration:

• Participates in team activities and reaches out to others in team to achieve common goals.

Agility:

• Demonstrates a willingness to accept and embrace differing ideas or perceptions which are beneficial to the organization.

Customer Focus:

• Displays awareness of customers stated needs and gives priority to meeting and exceeding customer expectations at or above expected quality within stipulated time.

Communication:

• Targets communications for the appropriate audience, clearly articulating and presenting his/her position or decision.

Drives Results:

• Sets realistic stretch goals for self & others to achieve and exceed defined goals/targets.

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