Software Architect - remote

Posted 3 years ago  • Metairie, LA

COVID19 Update 8/1/2020: We are looking for 2 Senior Developers / Architects immediately and a PM/BA hire soon thereafter. I'm grateful to say that due to the essential nature of our client base, our sales and operations pipelines have not been negatively impacted by COVID-19. We offer full WFH and will provide the equipment necessary for an effective set-up. This is a full-time position, NOT A CONTRACT POSITION.

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Susco Solutions is located in the Greater New Orleans Area and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Louisiana. We develop custom web-based business software with a focus on legacy system conversions. Our primary development platforms are C# .NET for web services and Ionic/Cordova for mobile apps. 

Requirements 

  • 15 Years web development experience
    • Elicitation of requirements from non-technical business users
    • Conceptually design systems based on business requirements
    • Perform technical lead role through the SDLC
  • Highly proficient in
    • Database schema design and analysis
    • Complex SQL Queries and Operations
    • A Server-side language such as C#, Java, Ruby, Python, or PHP
    • JavaScript
    • CSS/HTML
    • Team Git branch management
  • Ability to adapt to rapidly changing environments
  • Self-motivated with a positive attitude
  • Willingness to drive large projects to completion in a fast-moving environment 
  • Experience with Legacy system conversions
  • Experience with common integration protocols including but not limited to
    • SOAP
    • REST
    • SFTP
    • ODBC
    • TCP/IP
    • IMAP
  • Basic understanding of networking and operating systems administration
    • Connectivity Troubleshooting
    • DNS / SSL Certificates
    • Active Directory

Preferred

  • BS/BA degree
  • C# Expertise
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Resident of Louisiana

Nice-to-Have

  • Experience with Kendo UI
  • Experience with Angular
  • Azure experience
  • Linux experience 
  • Mobile development experience

Responsibilities 

  • Working closely with project manager to help lead 2000+ hour projects
    • Assisting with the development of scope documents and budgets for new work 
    • Creation of WBS/tasks to accomplish project requirements
    • Ensuring time and progress data is accurate in the project management system
  • Client communication
    • Product Owners
    • Stakeholders
    • Internal IT
  • Overseeing junior, intermediate, and senior developers
    • Lead stand up meetings
    • Provide architectural direction
    • Managing git branches and pull requests
    • Ensuring development adheres to architectural and coding standards
    • Ensure work is performed within budget
  • Reverse-engineering large undocumented legacy systems
    • Analyzing legacy schema / data
    • Analyzing poorly written, undocumented code
    • Importing data from various deprecated legacy systems
    • Documenting replacement system requirements based on legacy analysis
  • Application Development, primarily ASP.NET (C#.NET) 
  • Requirements analysis
  • Database Design and Maintenance
  • Perform work within allotted hourly budgets and within specific timeframes 

Perks

  • 15 days annual PTO, 8 holidays
  • Heath, Life, Dental, &Vision Insurance, Long &Short-Term Disability, 401(k)
  • Company Leadership dedicated to personal &professional growth
  • Any employee can refer a new client and get 5% of year one's revenue, and 2.5% thereafter.
  • Quarterly bonuses based on company performance
  • 3 days annual self-directed learning days
  • Paid lunches 2-3 times per week
  • Fully Remote, except for the occasionally all-hands, estimated to be once per 3 months once COVID issues are resolved. Travel will be paid.
  • Ad-Hoc wellness-based gifts, subsidized meditation training
  • Company Outings: happy hours, crawfish boils, long lunches, go-karting
  • Video games consoles onsite