Technical Lead, is a seasoned .NET specialist able to coordinate multiple contractor and employee resources in delivery of business outcomes for high volume critical customers. This position reports to Director, Digital Solutions / Customer Connectivity.
Personal Traits
The individual must exhibit the following core values:
Approachable
Adventurous
Relentless
Speedy
Additional traits specific to the position that are desired.
Ability to remain calm and productive under pressure, in a volatile environment
Prior leadership experience that demonstrates the ability to be a player and a coach as needed
Rapid, value-add oriented decision-making ability
Intense customer focus
Ability to adapt to change, to direct/control change and to facilitate change
Ability to accept and carry responsibility without reservation
Ability to focus on the care of the entrusted team, putting their needs and their success as a top priority.
Courageous people leadership, ability to motivate, influence and develop a diverse team of IT professionals.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional business team, identifying additional technical solutions that will enable us to keep their promise of providing industry-leading service.
Represents organization's vision and values. Understands and works within the organizations mission, operations, structure, and goals.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Expert level knowledge of .NET Web API is required. .NET Core knowledge is preferred, but Web API experience with legacy .NET is ok. At least 5 years of hands-on experience with .NET is needed for success.
Expert level knowledge of .NET fundamentals - Object Oriented Development, Generics, LINQ, Entity Framework, Unit Testing.
Some experience with design and prototyping tools and diagramming is desired.
Decent understanding of microservices architecture and related patterns is desired.
Expert level understanding of API versioning, management, telemetry, performance tuning and API documentation techniques (swagger or similar).
Able to create technical debt and technical roadmap assessments for API products.
Able to peer review, improve and implement presented Solution / Enterprise Architecture artefacts.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in computer science / MIS or similar related discipline is preferred, but not absolutely required. Hands on experience is prioritized.