Contract Oppty at LexisNexis

[Kannan]

Sr. Solutions Engineer

5 Month Contract

Bellevue WA (or could be done from Philadelphia PA)





The Senior Solutions Engineer will interface with stakeholders and
internal as well as outsourced resources to develop and deliver
technical solutions that will meet or exceed the stakeholders'
expectations. The position exists to provide subject matter expertise
in the domain and institutional knowledge for new development as well
as life cycle management of LexisNexis applications, systems, and
tools. This role works in collaboration with the LexisNexis community
as well as outsourced vendor engineering teams to provide consulting
and delivery towards all aspects and phases of software design and
development efforts. The Sr. Solutions Engineer identifies ways
technology solutions can be applied to support business strategies and
improve business processes. Individuals in this role will be
responsible for individual project deliverables (designs, code, unit
test plans, technical documentation, etc) as well as be responsible to
clarify business needs and provide direction to outsourced vendor
resources. In addition, they may be asked to assists product managers
and business representatives in requirements elaboration. Incumbents
will also review estimates and designs amongst the development team as
well as the invention team to ensure compliance with architectural
standards.



QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, math or
equivalent technical discipline or technical experiences;
Minimum of four years experience in all phases of product and/or
system development with Web Application and Client Server Application
development. Ideally, the candidate will have recent and relevant
experience with legal research tools, products, and related
technology;
Proven ability to lead major technical project design, engineering and
integration efforts with attention to detail and closure;
Demonstrated ability as a strong technical engineer who can design and
code as well as provide guidance to global development teams;
Minimum of 4 years of development experience with .NET and .NET
Framework 2.0 or later;
Hands-on development experience with VB.NET and/or C#, XML, XSL,CSS,
SQL queries, and Microsoft Team Foundation Server ;
Experience with SharePoint Web Part development, Flex or Silverlight
is a plus;
Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate and
positively contribute with all stakeholders, customers, consulting
solutions engineers, testing organizations, IT infrastructure and
global engineering teams, as well as adapt to the level of the
audience;
Demonstrated solid understanding of the technologies and domain
knowledge used within one or more components, as well as proven
ability to provide technical guidance.


ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Work with product managers, project managers, business unit partners,
consulting solution engineers, invention team engineers, etc. to
identify and understand customer workflow and business needs to help
in the development of their overall technical solutions strategy as
well as the development of new concepts, product requirements and
estimates
Work closely with the stakeholder to develop solutions that meet the
business needs like cost and time to market as well as align with the
overall LN architecture. If necessary, provide alternative solutions
to business units along with cost/benefit analysis. Be aware of the
needs of the business unit partners and work closely with GSD as well
as non GSD peers to meet those needs.
Display strong communication skills. Must be able to effectively
interact and communicate with technical (both internal and outsourced)
and business personnel as well as external customers
Provide answers to customer/stakeholder inquiries concerning system
software and applications. Provide software development and
consultation to prospective users
Analyze concepts and ultimately projects to accurately assess the cost
of providing solutions. Work closely with Product Managers, business
units and inventions team to understand the prototypes built by the
inventions team to provide cost estimates for build out, to provide
feedback regarding the long-term viability of proto-type designs and
assumptions, and deliver an operationalized end product from an
approved proto-type.
Provides technical leadership on all aspects of the company designated
development processes.
Provide technical leadership to offshore/onshore contractors, vendors
and other consultants as necessary and work directly with onshore and
offshore resources, sometimes before/after regular business hours
Provide technical support in sales presentations, customer meetings,
trade shows and other forums


If you are interested or might know someone who is seeking new
opportunities within the IT field please send me an email or give me a
call at (425) 283-1460. Also, if you have a current resume you would
like to forward, that would help me stay up to date!