Director, eCommerce Systems

OVERVIEW:
The Director of eCommerce Systems will:

• Translate business requirements into system specifications
• Determine appropriate system architecture design to support system specifications for large scale eCommerce application
• Manage the design, development, testing, and support of all aspects and components of the eCommerce systems
• Manage priorities, project plans, tasks, and issues for a team of 6 to 10 staff
• Determine future direction and strategy for evolution of eCommerce systems
• Participate as a “hands-on” ASP.NET web developer to supplement team activities and act as a senior designer and developer

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES & COMPETENCIES:

• Manage a development and support team of 6 to 10 staff (which includes several offshore resources)
• Establish appropriate development and testing methodologies and tools
• Assure compliance with standard practices for quality, testing, support
• Drive innovation and adoption of new techniques and technologies as appropriate
• Work with business unit stakeholders and other IT functions to coordinate, plan, and execute short term and long term initiatives
• eCommerce System Design and Development Skills for Microsoft “Stack” including Windows, IIS, SQL Server, ASP.NET, etc.
• Database design, development, and support
• Logical vs. physical data base design in a Microsoft SQL Server environment
• Database monitoring and tuning, including index optimization
• Front end (i.e., client-side) design and development in support of both web and mobile interfaces
• HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript/J Query, XSL, Xpath, DOM, and multiple browser development and best practices
• Understanding of User Experience design with ability to coordinate, direct, and assist as needed with user experience and graphic designers
• Back end web design and development
• Strong ASP.NET architecture design and development with DHTML, C#
• Deep knowledge of the .NET 3.5/4.0 Framework, including Visual Studio 2010, C#, ASP.NET, ASMX and WCF Web Services
• Experience with ADO.NET and LINQ for data access and management
• Interface design, development, and support
• Interfaces with back end fulfillment and ERP systems using web services, XML import/export, and traditional file transfer methods
• Interfaces with content management and related systems
• Infrastructure operations
• Understanding of hardware, system software, and network configuration and design
• Performance monitoring strategies and tools
• Security, capacity, and stress testing and monitoring
• General Skills
• Software Development Best Practices and Methodologies
• Experience with modern software development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, etc.
• Experience with object oriented analysis, design, and coding techniques to maximize reuse, quality, and productivity
• Experience Test Driven Design and other testing methodologies
• Complete understanding of both Microsoft and 3rd Party ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) tools for database and code design, development, testing, control, release and change management, and collaboration in a team environment
• Assure adherence to standards and QA
• Perform regression, stress, and user acceptance testing
• Familiarity and experience with related technologies, frameworks, etc.
• Content management systems
• ASP.NET community applications and frameworks
• Project Execution
  • Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements
  • Communicate and enforce coding standards
  • Manages resource within budget and project schedule.
• Other duties may be assigned


SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:


• No direct reports
• Work collaboratively with a team of 6 other developers and designers (4 of which are offshore)

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