Sitecore Backend Engineer - Remote

As a Software Developer 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 an Azure/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.    

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

• 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:

• 3+ years of recent experience with Sitecore 9+

• 7+ years of experience developing enterprise-level web applications as a back-end engineer OR 3+ years of experience and a bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline

• 3+ years of experience installing, configuring, and supporting high-availability databases for large-scale complex applications and monitoring the department’s cloud-based solutions and environments

• 2+ years of experience supporting and/or leading designing large-scale complex databases

• 2+ years of experience performance tuning databases and indexes for large-scale SQL databases, troubleshooting/resolving database performance issues, connectivity issues, security issues, etc.

• Must be able to travel to California for fingerprinting

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card) required by government for the position

• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.)

Professional Skills:

• Proficiency in the concepts involved with object-oriented programming (OOP)

• Strong understanding of .NET, C#, SQL, MVC

• Proficiency with at least one version control system, ideally git

• Familiarity with developing solutions alongside a Content Management System (CMS) such as Sitecore, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), WordPress, or similar

• 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 developing using Entity Framework

• Experience writing unit tests

• Experience troubleshooting and resolving security vulnerabilities within an application

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines

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Working at ICF

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Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email Candidateaccommodation@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Read more here: Requesting an Accommodation for the ICF interview process.

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$84,533.00 - $143,706.00Nationwide Remote Office (US99)