Description
1 year.Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
7+ years experience in a Unix product development environment.
Strong telecommunications and wireless industry knowledge.
Strong knowledge of third party vendor tools (eg monitoring, scalability, performance tuning).
Strong working knowledge of software design processes and methods.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Experience using a source code management tool.
Solid understanding of system architecture.
Solid understanding of statistical and benchmark testing.
Proficient at Unix Shell Scripting (korn, Bourne, bash, etc.).
Expert at one or more of the following programming languages: C, C++ or Java.
Proficient at developing SQL.
Must have Oracle development expertise and design techniques.
Object Oriented development methodologies and design patterns ( Desirable ).
Experience with Integrated Development Environments (Forte, JBuilder, Visual Studio) ( preferred ).
Required Interpersonal Skills:
Ownership/Accountability for tasks/projects.
Work well within a team environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Independent work habits.
Proven ability to deliver quality software on time.
Act with a sense of urgency.
Positive attitude.
Maintain composure in a stressful environment.
Encourage a healthy team environment.
Support Project Management Process:
Project time reporting.
Estimate/Project risk analysis.
Identification of tasks and associated hours.
Progress tracking for projects/tasks.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist in the requirements phase for projects; apply current telecommunications knowledge and research current standards documents to keep up with the continuing changes in the industry. Create high-level design documents from requirements utilizing Object Oriented or Structured Methods that contain such items as use cases, flow diagrams, structure definitions and architecture diagrams. Create detailed design documents from high-level design documents utilizing Object Oriented or Structured Methods that contain items such as low-leveling state machine diagrams, common procedural definitions, database design elements. Code an application from detailed design specifications. Unit test applications using applications tools such as a symbolic debugger, protocol analyzer and message emulation scopes and internally developed application test tools using company's suite of development/test environments. Integration testing across interfacing functional groups that may be involved, such as Crossroads, billing and reporting. Lead project teams through the entire development process. Assist engineers assigned to the project by providing technical guidance through the development phases of the project. Review design documents, code and test results to ensure accuracy and completeness and adherence to the requirements. Become an SME of one area in wireless or Wireline telecommunications standards and network implementations. Leverage that industry knowledge in identifying solutions to company product and overall telecommunication industry problems. Document thorough release notes detailing the implementation process according to company procedures. Present the implementation plan in formal release planning walk-throughs. Assist operations with the actual implementation of an application. Perform post-implementation monitoring and testing to insure the release is functioning as expected. Work with Product Support to research customer reported problems. Analyze application logs, network traces and program traces to determine the root cause of reported problems. Using company's test environment and emulation tools, duplicate problematic scenarios reported by the customer. Research and recommend new technology, methodologies to help increase overall efficiencies.