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Senior Associate.Platform.L2

Company Sapient
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Annually
Location United States, Virginia, Arlington
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel None
Published on 11/2/2009
Description
GOVERNMENT SERVICES (GS)

Sapient Government Services, Inc. (“SGS”) is leader in helping government agencies transform in the areas of business, technology and marketing to drive long-term change and evolve the citizen experience. Offering a robust suite of high value services including program planning and governance, technology development and integration, strategic communications, and process engineering – our teams are helping government agencies become more accessible and transparent through the use of technology.

SGS is looking for individuals who want to make a difference. We are focused on transforming government and the work we do changes lives. Our environment fosters growth and creativity, demands openness and client-focused delivery, and celebrates initiative and innovation.


Job Title: Senior Associate, Technology –SharePoint Technical Strategist
Reports to: Senior Manager
Department: Government Services
Location: Tysons 80% / Arlington 20%
Employee Status: Regular full-time
Travel: >5 %
Start Date: immediately

Job Summary/Position Purpose:
The Senior Associate, Technology is part of the project team and takes responsibility for a specific component or element of a technical solution to include architecture, planning, estimation, implementation, documentation, issue resolution and quality assurance. This candidate will also work with subject matter experts and stakeholders within the team and client organization to ensure that appropriate design steps and technical standards are agreed upon as part of a comprehensive system development lifecycle (SDLC) process.

The successful candidate will be self-directed and capable of providing strategic and technical leadership in delivering Portal Solutions using Microsoft SharePoint and related technologies. Especially helpful would be additional experience with server farms, high availability, failover, disaster recover, continuity of operations, performance tweaking, server virtualization, networking, integration and security.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Provide recommendations, design, architecture, implementation support, testing, and documentation of of web-enabled portal solutions using SharePoint technologies
  • Provide recommendations in portal vision and direction drawing experience from similar projects or engagements.
  • Provide subject matter expertise to identify and recommend workable solutions. Work with business users to gather requirements, write functional and technical specifications.
  • Installation of High Availability Clusters (HA Clusters) and conduct performance testing
  • Develop and maintain standards and processes for portal development, as well as information architecture for specific implementations.
  • Demonstrate expertise with a broad set of development tools/technologies

    As a Sr. Associate you will also:
  • Develop conceptual and technical design including use of SOA technologies and techniques.
  • Conduct testing including all phases; systems, integration and performance and ensuring traceability.
  • Mentor more junior team members.

    Required Qualifications & Technical Skills:
  • 3-5 years of experience in portal design, configuration, tuning, installation, development &/or implementation.
  • Extensive experience configuring web parts, Windows SharePoint Services.
  • Experience developing portal strategies for MS SharePoint platform. Direct experience with SharePoint 2007 solutions is preferred.
  • Minimum 3 years development experience in Java. Experience with .NET technologies including ASP.NET, VB.NET, C# and extensive experience with SQL Server 2005.
  • Solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and the proven ability to “independently” lead a team of 3-5 people during multiple phases of the lifecycle.
  • Experience on Government projects.
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    Strongly Desired:
  • MS SQL Certification, SharePoint Certification.
  • Experience in a Consulting environment.
  • Experience implementing large scale custom development and/or system integration projects in one or more phases of the SDLC.
  • Experience with MS Project and other scheduling tools/strategies - able to create a detailed project plan with defined tasks and communicate ownership to client and team leads
  • Active security clearance

    Education:
  • Bachelor’s Degree required from college or University

    About SGS:

    Sapient Government Services is a leader in helping government agencies become more accessible and transparent through the use of technology -- our teams bring a track record of delivering mission-critical solutions, the ability to leverage commercial best practices and unique insights as part of the only leading interactive agency with a dedicated Federal practice.
    Our ability to foster collaboration, provide rapid results and solve challenging problems has enabled us to serve as trusted advisors and build long-term partnerships with Government agencies including the United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Library of Congress. For more information, please visit: /government.

    ¬Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation. Sapient Corporation and SGS are Equal Opportunity Employers.df-tc

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