Senior Web Service Development Specialist

Sonoma Consulting Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm is seeking a Senior Web Service Development Specialist for a 12-month engagement in Santa Clara County, CA. The successful candidate will design and implement web services supporting public safety technology while coordinating with various stakeholders. Applicants should have over 5 years of relevant experience in technologies like .Net and SOAP, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and a strong understanding of software development principles. This opportunity offers a chance to make meaningful contributions to public safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience using programming languages and tools such as .Net, SOAP, WSDL.
• Experience with object-oriented software systems development life cycle.
• Solid understanding of software development principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement web service and application interfaces.
• Analyze business needs and propose alternative solutions.
• Prepare weekly status reports and coordinate project activities.

Skills

Define problems and recommend alternative solutions

Knowledge of technology integration strategies

Data security and privacy restrictions

Ability to implement IT applications for public safety

Ability to work closely with agencies

Work independently and as part of a team

Plan and prioritize tasks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

.Net

SOAP

Microsoft SQL RDBMS

Microsoft Team Foundation Server

Agile Development Practices

Job description

Senior Web Service Development Specialist

Sonoma Consulting is one of the fastest growing Global IT Consulting and Executive Search providers with offices in Naperville IL; Chicago IL; Tyson's Corner VA and Hyderabad India.

Our clients range from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies throughout the world. We look to our large recruiting team to continue to build upon the high standards we have set and ways to continually improve our recruiting process around the speed and quality of the resources we deliver. The Sonoma team prides itself on best model for delivery of IT Resources in a 24/7 model, our high level of professionalism and integrity which enables us to create long‑term, meaningful relationships with our clients.

Length of Engagement: 12 months, with option to extend

Location of Work: Santa Clara County, CA

Contract

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement an web service and application interface to support current and future public safety technology requirements in Santa Clara County
• Design, develop and implement a systems integration to support data sharing, business analytics, and reporting across multiple agencies and jurisdictions
• Design, develop and implement information privacy and security technologies that complies with local, State and Federal policies
• Prepare weekly status reports
• Coordinate with other ISD staff and management
• Coordinate project activities with customers and external stakeholders
• Design, build, test, implement, maintain, and enhance complex web services and business application systems
• Analyze business needs and propose alternative solutions; develop analysis models, which involves diagramming the customer's business requirements, including semantic and graphical constructs and relationships, using object‑oriented methodology
• Participate in the development and execution of system and integration test plans
• Assist in the development and execution of user acceptance test plans
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of the Release Strategy and Plan
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of the Back‑out/Recovery Plan and testing
• Participate in the execution of application version control, software library, and documentation
• Conduct and participate in code reviews
• Provide leadership and mentoring to other Web Service Development Specialists through cross‑training on web services
• Analyze vendors’ software packages to facilitate troubleshooting and tracing issues

Experience Required

• 5+ years of specific experience using programming languages and tools such as .Net, SOAP, WSDL, WADL, and Microsoft SQL RDBMS
• 5+ years of experience with .NET, JEE, SQL, Drools, application servers (IIS, Apache, JBoss), scripting
• 3+ years of specific experience with Microsoft Team Foundation Server
• 5+ years of experience with high‑level requirements management including requirements decomposition, secure systems engineering and development, trade‑off analysis, interface control, and testing and continuous integration
• Expertise in designing SOA technologies with SOAP and REST
• Experience with defining and developing document instances
• Experience with encryption standards to support securing SOA messaging
• 5+ years of experience in software development on Agile teams using Agile developer practices such as Pair Programming, Crystal, Refactoring, and ATDD
• Experience with user interface development, knowledge of databases and structures, and experience working with XHTML, HTML, XML, XSLT, Windows operating systems
• Solid understanding of sound software development principles and practices
• Object‑oriented software systems development life cycle
• Principles and techniques of software and systems quality assurance and control
• Test plan, test case, and test bed development and use
• Principles and practices of technical problem solving
• Principles, practices, and techniques of customer service
• Principles and practices of project and technical documentation
• Principles and techniques of programming, including programming languages and utilities
• Concepts of backing up and recovering files
• Application and program design and application analysis

Skills Required

• Define problems and recommend alternative solutions
• Knowledge of technology integration strategies, methodologies and best practices
• Data security and privacy restrictions on the storage, retrieval and transmission of public safety record information
• Ability to implement and develop information technology application(s) to support County public safety and justice agencies
• Ability to work closely with agencies and department technical and management resources
• Work independently and as part of a team, capable of performing high‑quality work in a fast‑moving environment
• Plan and prioritize personal tasking and communicate effectively verbally and in writing

Education Required

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 10+ years of related experience in software development. Additional years of applicable experience can be substituted for a degree.

Sonoma Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.