Senior Backend Software Engineer (Remote)

As a Sitecore Technical Lead at ICF Next, you will apply your analytical and critical thinking skills to help solve client challenges.

You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment, enjoy flexible work arrangements, and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth.

This role requires strong web application development skills in a Sitecore / C# development environment, the ability to properly prioritize, own and drive the work, and work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile environment.

The Work

ICF is supporting California State Government customer applications, which are built with Sitecore and React components.

The delivery team consists of delivery support, front and back-end developers, UX / UI designers, content strategists, SMEs, business analysts, testers, and infrastructure and security professionals.

The team works in 2-week iterations (10-week program increments) to develop new features, functionality, and modernization supporting both Information Technology and Marketing roadmaps.

As a contractor to federal or state governments, all hires may be required to complete additional background screenings at the time of hire or any time thereafter as requested.

Responsibilities :

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to service dedicated client account in an Agile environment

Develop impactful features and / or fixes from a back-end development perspective for an enterprise-level web application

Implement and / or introduce modernization to Sitecore and .NET C# applications

Coordinate with and work alongside front-end developers to integrate front-end development deliverables with the Sitecore Content Management System (CMS)

Optimize technical documentation standards, internal processes, and solutioning

Troubleshoot complex systems and 3rd party integrations

Ensure comprehensive testing and remediation is performed on completed work alongside QA team members, as well as developing unit tests

Provide accurate documentation and ticket updates to the team’s Microsoft DevOps platform to enable accurate insight into the work being performed

Help business analysts write out granular user stories from a back-end development perspective by identifying any gaps, breaking down requirements into tasks, and / or providing estimates.

Troubleshoot current and legacy systems

Talk directly with the client to explain the technical side of the application for any errors found or new features developed

Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospective meetings

Suggest areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions

Foster client relationship from a technical aspect

Participate in incident response as a member of the on-call incident management rotation

Required Skills and Qualifications :

You must be a U.S. Citizen (required by government for the position)

All work must be conducted within the U.S.

9+ years as a full stack engineer involving delivery of complex, website related design / development that includes system integrations with more than one third-party system in addition to integration with Sitecore OR 5+ years of experience and a Baccalaureate-level degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline

3+ years developing secure web applications using modern techniques, languages, and frameworks

3+ years developing and consuming web-based RESTful APIs with JSON payloads

3+ years using distributed version control systems (e.g., git)

3+ years designing and implementing RDBMS data models, data load processes, as well as optimizing and maintaining those implementations

2+ years operating in a technical lead capacity using agile software development methodologies

2+ years architecting modern web application systems and / or critical website-related system enhancements

2+ years working with / around automated configuration management, continuous integration / deployment, and monitoring solutions

2+ years modernizing applications and interfaces leveraging containerized applications and microservices

2+ years working on sites with accessibility requirements and standards

Have at least ONE of the following certifications

MSFT Certified Developer

Sitecore Developer Certification

MSFT Certified Solutions Developer

Azure Developer Associate

Must be willing to travel to California for fingerprinting

Professional Skills :

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-workstream project team

Very strong oral and written communication skills

Excellent attention to detail

Preferred Skills :

Experience with CI / CD pipelines, ideally Azure DevOps

Experience writing unit tests

Experience troubleshooting and resolving security vulnerabilities within the application

Experience working with Sitecore and C# websites

Proficiency in the concepts involved with Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

Experience troubleshooting complex systems and third-party integrations