Location: Johannesburg or East London
Description:
REPORTS TO: Regional HMIS Advisor
ABOUT FUTURES GROUP:
Futures Group Global is an international organization headquartered in Washington, DC, that provides management, marketing, research, and strategic planning for large multi-national companies, governments and universities. Founded in 1971, Futures Group Global specializes in public health and social issues, working with more than 60 developing countries. We help build local capacity and solve critical development issues such as family planning, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, safe motherhood, poverty alleviation, education, and the environment. For more information please see: http://www.futuresgroup.com/
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are looking for a skilled, motivated and creative part time .Net developer to augment our software development team. The position is a 3 month contract with the possibility of an extended opportunity. We are looking for outstanding individuals that can work independently to solve complex problems. A good work ethic and attitude is required and candidates must be prepared to deal with non-core activities such as assisting our business analyst and team manager with documentation requirements and level of effort estimations, , activity logs and sundry administrative documentation, and some staff training. Candidates should have at least 3-5 years software development experience. International development or health care experience is a plus.
The candidate will be leading a new effort to build software using the .Net platform using Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server. As such, the candidate must have experience designing the software architecture with the .Net platform in conjunction with a relational MS SQL database back end..
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Equipment to be used: Personal Computers
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Description:
REPORTS TO: Regional HMIS Advisor
ABOUT FUTURES GROUP:
Futures Group Global is an international organization headquartered in Washington, DC, that provides management, marketing, research, and strategic planning for large multi-national companies, governments and universities. Founded in 1971, Futures Group Global specializes in public health and social issues, working with more than 60 developing countries. We help build local capacity and solve critical development issues such as family planning, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, safe motherhood, poverty alleviation, education, and the environment. For more information please see: http://www.futuresgroup.com/
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are looking for a skilled, motivated and creative part time .Net developer to augment our software development team. The position is a 3 month contract with the possibility of an extended opportunity. We are looking for outstanding individuals that can work independently to solve complex problems. A good work ethic and attitude is required and candidates must be prepared to deal with non-core activities such as assisting our business analyst and team manager with documentation requirements and level of effort estimations, , activity logs and sundry administrative documentation, and some staff training. Candidates should have at least 3-5 years software development experience. International development or health care experience is a plus.
The candidate will be leading a new effort to build software using the .Net platform using Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server. As such, the candidate must have experience designing the software architecture with the .Net platform in conjunction with a relational MS SQL database back end..
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3-5+ years of applicable work experience
- 3+ years experience with Microsoft .Net Windows Forms, SQL Server and Visual Studio development environment
- Experience designing and writing bespoke applications using Visual Studio
- Experience in Source Code Management
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Develop .Net applications, including
- Be familiar data import / export to / from various formats
- Implement software design components including coding, code documentation, unit testing, debugging
- Write technical documentation related to the project
- Follow software best practices in an Agile / SCRUM environment
- Reports to the Senior Technical Lead
- Be a good communicator (Email, Skype, Telephonic)
- Be prepared to work with a diverse international team from Africa, Caribbean, India and USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Equipment to be used: Personal Computers
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