Developer or development lead interested in expanding management skills while maintaining hands-on involvement in development, enhancement and support for Fox Home Entertainment Business applications
Responsibilities:
In this position, employee will be directly responsible for the tasks described below and/or will be responsible for supervising other developers engaged in the tasks described below:
1. Analysis and Design
- Leads fact gathering sessions with customers.
- Consults with Business Analysts to identify and analyze technology needs and problems.
- Leads group application design activities.
- Performs data flow diagramming and/or process modeling (code architecture).
- Writes technical specifications for application components.
- Prepares estimates for design, coding and testing.
- Designs complex software and database objects.
- Develops new complex features and functions for software applications.
- Develops new complex software solutions according to defined application requirements.
- Performs Unit Testing and debugging of applications.
- Identifies complex integration and user acceptance test scenarios.
- Provides programming support through all testing phases and general releases of software.
- Adheres to department programming standards and methodology.
- Performs peer and lower level code reviews.
- Prepares pre-release and release process documents including Change Control, contingency and fallback Plans.
- Creates production turnover and systems documentation.
- Assists the Infrastructure group with configuration and deployment of new systems.
- Conduct functional analysis for production support activities.
- Identify complex problems and analyze potential solutions including workarounds.
- Perform tuning, repairs and/or maintenance to production applications.
- Work with other IT departments on integrated system support, as required.
- Works as a member of a cross-functional, integrated development team.
- Performs workload planning, tracking accomplishments, team meetings and status reporting.
- Works with the other developers to continually improve development standards and other departmental processes and documentation.
- Provides technical assistance and mentoring to lower level developers.
- Communicates plans, status and issues to management on a regular basis.
- Adheres to department standards, policies, procedures and industry best practices.
Knowledge:
- Deep understanding of web technologies and reporting tools.
- Deep understanding of data analysis techniques.
- Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle methodologies.
- Knowledge of relational database concepts and database management systems.
- Knowledge of Entertainment industry business practices a plus.
- Capable of translating complex business needs into technical solutions.
- Ability to create process flow diagrams and flowcharts using Visio or similar charting tool.
- Advanced skills in developing applications using VB, ASP.Net and HTML 5.
- Advanced skills in SQL, stored procedures, triggers and views, preferably using SQL Server, Oracle and Netezza databases.
- Advanced skills in Excel including Pivot tables and Macros.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Minimum 5 years experience developing web applications
- Minimum 3 years experience implementing reporting applications
- Minimum 2 years experience managing other developers
COMPETENCY LEVEL
Technical Comprehensive
Problem Solving Comprehensive
Self Direction Comprehensive
Communication Proficient
Relationship Management Proficient
Teamwork Proficient
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.