Software Engineer

Overview:

The Computer and Statistical Sciences Center (CSSC) supports the Assessment program through software design and development and applied statistics specific to educational assessment. The staff comprises more than sixty software engineers, programmers, project managers, graphic designers, technical writers, testers, and system analysts.

CSSC’s main services include, but are not limited to:

• Building and maintaining systems around pre-production, processing, analysis, online testing, and electronic reporting of assessments
• Conducting analyses and generating data for assessment reports
• Performing research and development towards innovative functions of assessment systems
• Supporting systems around hosting, code and data deployments, system back-ups, etc.

Responsibilities:

The Software engineer will be an integral part of a software development team within AIR’s Computer & Statistical Sciences group. This group of professionals provides custom software solutions for our clients as well as internal support systems. Much of the work we perform is new development, so the right candidate will have the skills needed to perform full life-cycle software development. This includes participation in requirements gathering, application and database design, system documentation, writing and unit-testing efficient code, and deployment.

Qualifications:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• B.S. in Computer Science and 5+ years professional software development experience
• 2-5 years SQL experience to include work with relational databases and writing SQL queries
• 1+ years professional experience utilizing C#, ASP.Net, and XML
• Self-starting, independent thinker and worker
• Excellent analytical skills
• Highly detail-oriented
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work well on a team as well as independently

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• 3 years of C# and .Net experience
• SQL Server 2000 and Transact-SQL
• C++
• ASP
• VB Script
• JavaScript

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