IT Software Engineer II

Boyd Gaming•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

The Software Engineer II is a lead-level developer and software designer, fully competent in 2-3 defined software programming disciplines or products. This position resolves semi-routine issues involving design, development, and application redesign, and is typically assigned to design, retrofit, or debug most aspects of a product or major subcomponent. This person will be responsible for contributing development efforts to one of several systems that are under the core responsibility of the Development Team.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software development required
Demonstrable skills and 3+ years of experience as a solid contributor developing with .NET technologies in complex systems environment using the following Microsoft frameworks such as .NET, WCF, SharePoint, SSRS
2-4 years of previous experience developing Windows applications and/or n-tier C/S systems using professional programming languages, extensions, and platforms with at least 2 of the following: C#, JavaScript, WPF, VB.NET, TSQL, Ajax, Silverlight.
In-depth knowledge of Windows Internals and messaging, the Window API, multi-threading techniques.
Working knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design (OOP/OOA&D), design patterns, as well as networking protocols and network programming interfaces
Working knowledge of interfaces such as ODBC, ADO, and XML
Experience in the full lifecycle design of software as well as commercial/open-source development processes and development tools.
Proven ability to produce technical documentation. Including software architecture and requirements documents and other design artifacts
Development skills with SQL Server databases/ TSQL in a high transaction volume environment

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree preferred in a related discipline; significant applied experience or a combination of education and experience may be substituted
Preferred knowledge of SQL Server Internals
Preferred real-time transaction processing experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Performs troubleshooting in the form of problem recognition, research, isolation, resolution and follow-up
Provides tier II or tier III support; performs root cause analysis and develops checklists
Monitors and tunes: network; system hardware; or software; for application performance; and protocol compatibility
Performs maintenance on: network devices; system hardware; or software including restoration of hardware, software or configurations
Anticipates and mitigates potential attacks to networks; system hardware; or software; or other connections to ensure the security of the system
Interfaces with vendors regarding new product evaluation and troubleshooting issues
Under general supervision, integrates and schematically depicts communication architectures, topologies, hardware, software, transmission, and signalling products
Participates with functional and empirical analysis related to design, development, planning, and configuration in the areas of networking, hardware & software
Develops P&Ps and general standards
Recommends procedures and controls for problem prevention
Simulates or recreates problems to resolve operational deficiencies
Under general supervision analyzes, makes recommendations, creates charts, diagrams and graphs to assist in analysis of problems or designs
Develops and maintains problem databases, participates in the development of test strategies, devices and systems
Develops and reviews technical documentation for approval by senior manager
Participates in implementations and rollouts of new networking; system hardware; or software; and tools
Coordinates installations with user departments
Assist and participates in disaster recovery planning and testing
Researches and identifies hardware and software to meet company needs
Under general supervision prepares detailed functional specifications and coordinates RFP processes