Microsoft .NET Development Services at The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

Roles for the Microsoft .NET Development Services Job

• Develop a project plan and development methodology.
• Evaluate user needs and undertake requirements analysis including benchmarking with leading journal publishing management systems.
• Work with the internal IT team and ERP developers to design the system and integration architecture.
• Iteratively develop the application using standard Microsoft .NET coding conventions including requisite source code comments.
• Employ appropriate development and user tests and ensure industry standard quality controls are in place.
• Deploy and provide user training and support for the application for a period of 12 months.
• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Provide end user and system administrator training and support.

Deliverables:

• Online Research paper workflow management system integrated with existing Microsoft Navision ERP.
• User and administrator training.
• System documentation.

Competencies:

• Experience with Microsoft .NET development and Microsoft Navision ERP integrations
• Working knowledge of architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC)
• Familiarity with the ASP.NET framework, SQL Server and design/architectural patterns (e.g. Model-View-Controller (MVC))
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Experience in business requirements gathering and system design
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience in user training

Microsoft .NET Development Services Job Qualifications

• Degree in IT related field
• At least four (4) years’ experience in Microsoft .NET application development