Senior Specialist, Applications Development

Role Overview

Requirements Analysis & Estimation

• Analyze business, functional, and non-functional requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and define solution scope.
• Participate in effort estimation and provide inputs for project planning, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Contribute to the preparation of requirement documents, user stories, and technical specifications.

Solution Design

• Translate high-level architecture into detailed technical designs and implementation plans.
• Develop design artifacts, workflows, technical specifications, and solution documentation.
• Evaluate design alternatives and recommend optimal solutions based on scalability, performance, maintainability, and business needs.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards and engineering best practices.

Application Development

• Develop, enhance, review, and maintain software applications and services.
• Produce high-quality code aligned with coding standards, security requirements, and performance expectations.
• Conduct peer code reviews and incorporate feedback to improve overall product quality.
• Develop reusable components, utilities, and automation capabilities to improve development efficiency.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Create unit test plans, test cases, and testing documentation.
• Perform unit, integration, system, functional, and user acceptance testing support activities.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve defects while ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Support test automation initiatives and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Architecture & Technical Governance

• Participate in the creation and review of application architecture and technical design documents.
• Ensure solutions conform to architectural guidelines, technology standards, and security requirements.
• Contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and solution governance forums.

Release, Deployment & Implementation

• Support configuration management, build automation, and release management processes.
• Participate in deployment planning and implementation activities.
• Assist in application rollouts, production validation, and go-live support.
• Ensure successful productionization of applications with minimal operational risk.

Production Support & Maintenance

• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve application incidents and production issues.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive measures.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and support teams to ensure issue resolution within agreed SLAs.
• Contribute to application stability, performance optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key point of contact for customers, business users, and project stakeholders for assigned deliverables.
• Facilitate effective communication between technical teams, project managers, and client representatives.
• Provide timely and accurate project, solution, and delivery updates.
• Support customer-facing activities, workshops, demonstrations, and implementation discussions to ensure successful project delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders by demonstrating technical expertise, responsiveness, and accountability.

Technical Skills

• Programming in MS Visual C#, Dot Net Framework
• Programming in RESTful API
• Coding SQL for Sql Server
• Working knowledge of SDLC methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.
• Understanding of software engineering practices, development frameworks, and engineering tools.
• Ability to execute assigned tasks independently while adhering to quality standards.
• Understanding of design methodologies, architecture principles, design patterns, and anti-patterns.
• Ability to convert architectural requirements into detailed technical designs.
• Knowledge of scalable, secure, and maintainable system design practices.
• Experience in requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, and traceability.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Familiarity with requirement management tools and methodologies.

Requirements

• Analyze business, functional, and non-functional requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and define solution scope.
• Participate in effort estimation and provide inputs for project planning, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Translate high-level architecture into detailed technical designs and implementation plans.
• Develop, enhance, review, and maintain software applications and services.
• Produce high-quality code aligned with coding standards, security requirements, and performance expectations.
• Conduct peer code reviews and incorporate feedback to improve overall product quality.
• Create unit test plans, test cases, and testing documentation.
• Perform unit, integration, system, functional, and user acceptance testing support activities.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve application incidents and production issues.
• Programming in MS Visual C#, .NET Framework.
• Programming in RESTful API and coding SQL for SQL Server.