Rick Johnson from Kirkman Consulting is looking for candidates for a client who’s recently opened a development center in Melbourne.  The company is an outsourcing company who is looking to compete with off-shoring companies and is in desperate need for “.NET and Biztalk developers”.  I’ve posted the job description below:

Microsoft C# Mid and Sr. Level Developer

Job Description

• Work with the functional analysis team to understand the business requirements and help to translate these into technical specifications and work items.
• Work with the other Developers to build a highly scalable, and reusable architecture within the .NET Framework.
• Create simple technical documents for use in translating the edge-point requirements to other technical developers in adjacent teams.
• Develop user interface applications, backend services and data access layers within the .Net Framework.
• Understand the design and have a strong working knowledge of development within Microsoft SQL Server object development.
• Understand and have a strong working knowledge of MVC and JQuery.
• Understand the Visual Studio 2008 IDE including the ability to create service references and work with Team Foundation Server (TFS).
• Create unit tests within Visual Studio and demonstrate TDD development.
• Report and correct defects as well as confirming the defect corrections of others on the team
• Participate in Agile Methodology sessions and understand the basics of the Agile SDLC.
• Work well in a small team environment, be a self-starter and mentor other team members.
• Understand the basics of business object development including the ability to work with Design Patterns, WCF and Linq-to-Objects.

Job Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum (3-5 years Mid) (5+ years Senior) experience in application design, development and testing in .NET Framework/C#.
• Minimum 3-5 years experience with .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, C#, SQL Server 2005,
• Understanding of databases and database concepts such as SQL and relational database design.
• Understanding of software development concepts including programming languages (C# and XML), Object oriented analysis and design, and design specifications.
• Experience in development of backend Windows based applications. Knowledge of CSLA, XSLT, and serializers are helpful but not absolutely necessary.
• Experience with development tools such as Visio UML Diagrams and Visual Studio 2008.
• Should have specific knowledge of some the following areas:  Command, Abstract Factory, Singleton and Façade Design Patterns.
• WCF services, including the ability to define endpoints, create data contracts, message contracts and work with configuration files.
• Create and work with SQL Server 2005 tables, triggers, and stored procedures.
• Create and deploy reports with SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Must have good analytical skills and a solid understanding of cross-cutting concerns.
• Must enjoy programming and be excited about the opportunity to exercise the skills.
• Must pay attention to detail and have tenacity
• Must have a solid understanding of common software failures exceptions and how to deal with them in a programming environment.
• Should be able to get along with other team members.

I do have to apologize, Rick sent me this posting in June, and I’ve just gotten to posting it now. Anyone interested in the position should contact Rick directly at rjohnson@kirkwoodIT.com.

We were contacted by Erin Isaacs at TekSystems regarding a position they’re trying to fill for a C# developer in the Melbourne area.  Here is the summary of the job description that we recieved:

TEKsystems is seeking an experienced C# ASP.NET developer for a 1 year contract in Melbourne, FL.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years experience with website development.  The project will involve supporting and upgrading an existing website to display content received from multiple systems.

Responsibilities will include:

• Collecting and documenting requirements from multiple in-house departments

• Conducting and documenting design reviews and user interface reviews

• Testing and documenting new features in addition to full regression testing

• Installation of changes on production website

• Administering production website pre and post deployment

Technical Requirements include experience with C# and ASP.NET, SQL 2005, Visual Studio 2005/2008, Visual Source Safe and HTTPS. A Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent is required.

For more information, please call Erin Isaacs at 407-736-8504.

If you think you may be interested, please contact Erin for more information.

Tonight we had one of our best meetings to date.  We did a BarCamp style meeting tonight and everyone brought some great topics to talk about.  Thanks to Sebastian for showing us the Flash clock, Frank for showing PhotoSynth, and Matt for showing us his Arduino project, Barduino.  An extra thanks to everyone for also sitting through my muddled talk about testing.

As always thanks to Zach and Darryl for providing the projector and screen.  No topics yet for the next couple months, but watch the blog for more information.  If you’d like to see a presentation on a particular topic or would like to give one, please feel free to drop us an email or leave a comment here and we’ll try to get it on the list.

See you next month!

It’s conference time of year and over at Adogo I compiled a list of upcoming events that I thought was worth posting for us as well.  Below is what I have thus far:

• BarCamp Orlando – April 18, 2009 – Orlando, Florida
• mySQL Users Conference – April 20 – 23, 2009 – Santa Clara, California
• SpringOne Europe – April 27 – 29, 2009 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Microsoft Tech-Ed – May 11 – 15, 2009 – Los Angeles, California
• cf.objective() – May 14 – 16, 2009 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 360 | Flex – May 18 – 20, 2009 – Indianapolis, Indiana
• wedDU – May 21 – 22, 2009 – Sydney, Australia
• JavaONE – June 2 – 5, 2009 – San Fransisco, California
• Scotch on the Rocks – June 1 – 5, 2009 – London|Manchester|Edinburgh, England
• Top Gun (formerly Webmaniacs) – June 8 – 10, 2009 – Washington D.C.
• CFUnited – August 12 – 15, 2009 – Leesburg, Virginia
• Adobe MAX – October 4 – 7, 2009 – Los Angeles, California
• No Fluff, Just Stuff Tour – April – November 2009 – Assorted locations

Here are a few events that have already come and went, but are worth mentioning for anyone who would like to plan for the next year:

• CodeMash – January 7 – 9, 2009 – Sandusky, Ohio
• acts_as_conference – February 6 – 7, 2009 – Orlando, Florida
• Ignite Orlando – March 4, 2009 – Orlando, Florida
• FlexCamp Miami - March 6, 2009 – Miami, Florida
• Orlando .NET Code Camp – March 28, 2009 – Orlando, Florida

If you know of any events that I may have missed, let us know and I’ll add them to the list.  I wasn’t able to find any PHP related events, so if anyone knows of any, please let us know.  Also, Joe has posted on the Adogo LinkedIn group asking if anyone is going to cf.objective or CFUnited this year.  If you will be heading out, drop the group a note on the thread.

Sebastian, Darryl, Frank, and I represented RAnDOM at this month’s Space Coast .NET User Group meeting.  Ken did a great job of talking about the various options available in Silverlight for data binding with objects and services.  Silverlight definitely has more options than Flex in terms of data binding (one-time, one-way, and two-way), so it’ll be interesting to see what’s coming in Flex 4 to compete.  Ken also gave a peak at some of the new features in the recently released Silverlight 2.0.

Thanks again to Ken for letting me speak about RAnDOM to meeting goers as well.  Great job!