.NET Sitecore Developer

Avanade UK is looking to hire an experienced .NET Sitecore Consultant. This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual to join the market leader in the delivery of enterprise scale Microsoft solutions, help our customers drive value through innovation, and be part of our success story.

Our consultants contribute to the full software development life cycle; from bids for work, workshops, business requirements gathering, functional and technical design, coding and testing of software applications to meet technical and business requirements.

We're looking for experienced Sitecore consultants with deep technical development experience in the .NET framework, C#, SQL Server and ASP.NET; with experience in customer facing web sites or E-commerce applications.

Core Skills Required:

• Sitecore 6+
• ASP.NET/MVC
• C#
• .NET 3.5-4.5
• Javascript
• HTML
• CSS
• SQL (2008+ and SQL Azure)
• Strong consultant

Desired Skills:

• Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Application Lifecycle Management
• Windows Azure
• BizTalk
• PowerShell
• Workflow Foundation
• Sitecore Certification
• Microsoft Certification
• Automated testing
• Datamodelling

Professional Skills:

• Excellent communications, written and oral and ability to communicate complex concepts
• Ability to quickly build relationships
• Strong client interface and presentation skills
• Manages customer expectations effectively
• Strong business acumen
• Willingness to travel (80%)
• Passion for learning
• Effective time management skills
• Other key skills should include leadership, accountability, excellent communication skills, teamwork, conflict management and negotiation.

All Avanade employees share some common values; passion about technology, eager to take on responsibility and to apply knowledge to real business solutions. Avanade attracts individuals who are proactive, thrive on challenges, feed off success, and look at moving targets not as obstacles but as opportunities. Avanade is an exciting place to work. It is imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit and promotes self-reliance, open communication, and collaboration.

About Avanade

Avanade is the leading global technology integrator specialising in the Microsoft enterprise platform. The company was co-founded in April 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft, thus combining the deepest understanding of Microsoft technologies with proven experience in delivering results to the customers. Today, Avanade is majority-owned by Accenture.

Avanade is the only global IT solutions consultancy 100 % dedicated to using the Microsoft platform to help enterprises achieve profitable growth. Through proven solutions that extend Microsoft technologies, the company helps enterprises increase revenue, reduce costs and reinvest in innovation to create competitive advantage. Avanade's consultants deliver value according to each customer's requirements, timeline and budget by combining insight, innovation and the talent of our global workforce, which includes the industry's most extensive offshore community of Microsoft technology experts.

Further Information

Travel is an integral part of this position; although a majority of our work is based in the UK, candidates must be willing and able to travel as is required by the needs of our customers and our business. Although not frequent, this could also involve international assignments.

In return we offer a very comprehensive package including market leading salaries, private healthcare, generous pension fund, an extended benefits allowance of GBP1,900 per annum and 25 days paid vacation.