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Join AZAD Technology Partners as a Software Developer / Programmer and provide high level programming support to the Transmission Technology System Development and Support organization. The organization develops and implements customized technology solutions to support the Control Centers. This position involves interpreting design specifications, assisting in technical design, coding software, and following test and deployment procedures, complying with project documentation requirements, and working on a development team using a mix of development methodologies including Agile. This position will support one or more teams as a software programmer. This is a 2 years plus consultant position with high probability of long term and ongoing continued employment. The position is hybrid with onsite 1 - 2 days weekly as needed in Vancouver, Washington. The hourly pay rate range for this position is $65.00 - $70.00. The ideal candidate must possess the minimum qualifications: - Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, Engineering, or a directly related technical field is preferred. - With a degree, in applicable field, 5 years of experience is required - Without an applicable degree, 7 years of experience is required. - Applicable Certifications may count for 1 year of experience. - Experience should include demonstrated software programming work experience in Computer Science/Information Technology and transforming data for automation efforts. Required experience: - Developing with .NET framework and C# - .NET programming within an experienced development team - Object Oriented design principles - Database Access (i.e. Entity Framework, NHibernate, ADO.NET) - .NET Remoting, COM, and DCOM - Microsoft Visual Studio IDE - Experience with T-SQL development to write complex queries involving multiple tables. - Experience in Extracting, Transforming and Loading (ETL) data from Excel, flat files, BCP utility, DTS, SSIS, and SSRS services - Microsoft Office Suite applications, specifically PowerPoint, Access, and Project - Valid U.S. Driver's License is required. Preferred Skills: - Demonstrated ability to quickly become familiar with existing systems and codebases - Experience using or automating PowerWorld Simulator or other electric power system simulation software (such as GE PSLF and V&R ROSE) - Microsoft PowerShell - Web services and socket-based protocols (i.e. XPATH, XML Schemas, XSLT, WCF, SOAP) - Version Control Systems (i.e. TFS, Subversion, Git, Mercurial) - Current experience practicing test-driven development using test automation frameworks/tools (i.e. NUnit, MSTest, Moq, Rhino Mock, TypeMock, Pester) - Exposure to other programming languages (i.e. C++, Java) - Must produce code that coworkers can maintain and must be agreeable to peer reviews - Ability to take over support of code written by other developers - Excel at solving problems by debugging, troubleshooting - Designing and implementing solutions to complex technical issues. - Governmental processes and (electric) utility experience AZAD Technology Partners is looking for bright, talented, flexible, and customer centric problem solvers who enjoy the challenges associated with solving the most complex problems by utilizing the most sophisticated technologies and strong people skills. AZAD Technology Partners values diversity - in backgrounds and in experiences. We are committed to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and are striving to build an even more diverse, inclusive team that reflects the people and communities where we live and work. AZAD Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer that considers and employs qualified individuals based upon job related qualifications regardless of race, color, sex, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, national origin, age or any other status protected under applicable local, state or federal law. #J-18808-Ljbffr