Remote Cosmos DB contract jobs

Sword partner with private and public sector organisations across Finance, Energy, Manufacturing, Media and Government who count on the Sword team to deliver innovative solutions and services. 

We are currently looking to add an experienced Full Stack Senior Developer on a contract basis to our Professional Services team.

This ongoing contract opportunity (6 months +) will support full remote working for candidates already based in the UK and will involve the deployment of cutting edge tools and solutions. 

You will join an existing project team in the delivery and maintenance of complex enterprise solutions built using industry standard patterns, practices and components.

As well as an attractive day rate commensurate with the depth of experience that we require, you will have the opportunity to work with a technically talented team.

In terms of the technical skill-set required, we're looking for first class developers with expertise of using most of the following...

Core back end skills

•C# and .Net Core

•Azure Functions and WebApps

•RESTful API design

•Event driven architectures

•Test automation

•Cloud native programming

•Database (SQL and NoSQL), Cosmos DB (Advantageous)

Core front end skills

•JavaScript SPA development, React

•TypeScript

•CSS (SASS / Less)

•HTML 5

•Mobile development

•Front end build and package management

Core other

•Build and deployment automation, TeamCity, Azure DevOps, Octopus,

•Knowledge of service bus architecture and development

•CI / CD, preferably with Azure DevOps

•Azure infrastructure as code, PowerShell, DSC, ARM

•SOLID, DRY, DDD principles

Please apply online in the first instance.

Join a team of passionate thought leaders in a dynamic and collaborative environment! New Signature’s AppDev team is growing fast and we’re looking for X10 Developers to join us on a 12 month contract (Poland, Romania, Italy, Portugal, Lithuania , Spain and other parts of the EU)

ROLE DESCRIPTION

At New Signature we are currently hiring .NET/Azure Developers to join us on a 12 month contract, start dates are in December, January and February. You must be eligible to work in the EU and the role will be working remotely.

Project domain:

Electricity Industry

Technical scope: 

Building a complex, microservices-driven calculations engine to replace the existing legacy Settlement Administration Agent.

Duration:

12 months

Must Have

A very good understanding of Microservices, Domain Driven Design, and Integration patterns

Ability to effectively work independently while being a good team player

C# (.net Core)

SQL Server

Cosmos Db

Azure Service Bus

Preferred to Have

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipelines)

Arm Templates

Asp.net Core MVC

Soft skills:

• Ability to effectively work independently while being a good team player
• Work in a fast paced, agile environment

ABOUT NEW SIGNATURE

Who are New Signature?

We are a pure Microsoft, pure public Cloud solutions provider. The 2017 Acquisition of Paradigm Systems & Dot Net Solutions by New Signature accelerated a suite of capabilities to support the world's most prestigious and recognisable brands, helping them to become digital organisations powered by the Cloud.

We have over 500 people across the UK, US, Canada, South Africa, the Philippines and Australia, with our UK office growing over 70% YoY and headcount more than tripling.

How has this been possible?

Our values of being Generous, Authentic, Innovative and most importantly, Human, has enabled a unique approach to provide outstanding customer experiences, drive transformational results for clients across all company sizes & successfully deliver pioneering solutions that challenge the status quo. We’ve quickly established ourselves as a recognized expert at the forefront of Microsoft's technology stack with exceptional services to empower our customers, colleagues, and community.

OUR CORE VALUES

Our employees are driven by our values and know that they make a positive difference every time that they help a customer to solve their challenges. Our focus on delivering great customer experiences empowers our people to build rewarding relationships that contribute to our positive work environment.  You can learn more about our culture here:  New Signature Culture 

N Human

We use our hearts and minds to collaborate for success.

We harness technology to drive business, but we never let that replace our human connections. We use our hearts and minds to collaborate for success and instill confidence in our customers through relationships forged from trust.

e Generous

We are giving and respectful.

With our efforts to always be generous, we elevate our service level with empathetic and considerate communications and actions. We always find a way to support our customers and colleagues by giving of our time and talent and equally respecting the time and talent of others.

w Authentic

We tell it as it is, with positive intent.

Being authentic helps to nurture our strong and trusted relationships. We are honest, transparent, and reliable. When you partner with New Signature, you are partnering with a group of purposeful, outcome-driven and results-oriented professionals.

Innovative

We push the boundaries at the intersection of people, process and technology.

For us, there are no limit to our dreams. We continually innovate and push boundaries at the intersection of people, process, and technology to bring our customers and colleagues the best solutions first.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

As a Global Cloud Transformation Consultancy business, New Signature understands diversity and inclusion in the workplace brings benefits to our customers, our business and most importantly, our people.  We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.  

New Signature prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other factors protected by federal, state or local laws.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including all aspects of the recruiting and employment life-cycle at New Signature. 

EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY

New Signature requires candidates to prove eligibility to work in the UK. Offered candidates may be asked to complete a background check as permitted by applicable employment regulations. Depending on the requirements of the job, these record checks may include any or all of the following education verification, employment verification, drug screening, and criminal record check. 

2 senior software developers with web application development skills in C#.NET, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Cosmos DB and integration with Azure Active Directory B2C.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Work in an Agile environment, focusing on sustainable development of high performance scalable, and maintainable enterprise solutions.
• Participate in design discussions around architecture and business requirements with the Lead Engineer, architects, product owners, and business analysts. Work with a fairly undefined and unbounded problem to produce scalable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to local and offshore teams.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement and development best practices across products, teams, architecture, and implementations.
• Ensure successful system delivery to the production environment and assist the operations and support team in resolving production issues as necessary.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to coding best practices.

Education and/or Experience:

• Significant experience in software development delivering solutions into production and a track record of getting stuff done.
• Self-motivating, self-directing, a great communicator, and a desire to take personal responsibility to complete tasks and solve problems.
• Prior enterprise-level development and lifecycle experience. Experienced in working on large enterprise, high-availability, software products before.
• Strong understanding of the .NET development stack working on the Microsoft Azure, or similar, cloud platform.
• Strong understanding of modern database technologies. Relational databases, SQL, and NoSQL a plus.
• Proficient in C# .NET Core
• Experience developing software in an agile environment and shipping features in a fast-moving, cross-disciplinary team (Product Owners, Designers, Business Analysts, QA, etc.)
• Experience successfully working remotely and/or with geographically dispersed teams.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to remain current on technical updates and apply new knowledge to the job.
• Strong analytical skills to solve and model complex business requirements.
• Sound understanding of software development best practices.
• Ability to collaborate on a cross-disciplinary team with and clearly communicate solutions to both technical and non-technical team members.
• Must exhibit strong professionalism and be effective working with senior management.
• Ability to multitask and effectively manage time.
• Ability to perform tasks and complete projects with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work on call support including weekends on rotational basis.
• Ability to provide, as well as receive, feedback collaboratively and in a constructive manner.

Contract position with very enticing pay per hour.