Software Design Engineer

Our high-visibility client is looking for a strong, motivated and results-oriented Software Development Engineer with experience in producing enterprise products on various Windows and UNIX platforms. This is a challenging and key role in the development of products which will be leveraged by several teams in the client org as well as customers for managing Unix/Linux. The role will involve enterprise scale designs, development, and collaboration across many partner teams in the ever evolving datacenter industry. The team uses Agile development principles, works with industry standards and provides solutions to complex datacenter problems. The candidate should be a self-starter, have excellent communication, design, and analysis skills along with a proven history of client or server platform development skills.

REQUIRED SKILLS

- 4+ years of C++ coding on multiple platforms
- Commercial software release experience with one or more product cycles
- Experience with non-Windows OSs (Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Linux)
- Experience working in a collaborative, team oriented environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong design and analysis skills
- BA/BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics or equivalent field experience required

BONUS SKILLS

- Experience with C#
- Experience with Test Driven Development
- Experience with Unit Test Frameworks like CPPUnit
- Experience with Agile and SCRUM development principles
- Understanding of systems administration of Unix, Linux
- Experience with Configuration Management solutions
- Experience with System Center products
- Experience with BigFix, Altiris, LANDesk, HP Operations Manager, Tivoli Configuration Manager, or similar.
- Understanding of Enterprise management concepts

This contract position is expected to be about 8 months in duration.