Careers at Equinox IT Solutions

• Defines site objectives by analyzing user requirements; envisioning system features and functionality.
• Designs and develops user interfaces to internet/intranet applications by setting expectations and features priorities throughout development life cycle; determining design methodologies and tool sets; completing programming using languages and software products; designing and conducting tests.
• Recommends system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchase alternatives.
• Integrates applications by designing database architecture and server scripting; studying and establishing connectivity with network systems, search engines, and information servers.
• Creates multimedia applications by using authoring tools.
• Completes applications development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities; contributing to team meetings; troubleshooting development and production problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.
• Supports users by developing documentation and assistance tools.
• Updates job knowledge by researching new internet/intranet technologies and software products; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

• Maintain and extend complex and cutting edge network applications.
• Recommend and implement technology enhancements, and develop report mechanisms on status of the environment, and provide support and administrative assistance on software products.
• Perform complex research, design, and software development tasks within a specific business functional area or product line.
• Provide direct input to project plans, schedules and methodology while developing cross-functional software products
• Produce software design — typically across multiple systems
• Interface with end users, programmers, vendors, and senior management on all issues related to the network support of the product.
• Review of project requirements & definition and the formulation of project specifications (i.e., functional, design, etc.)
• Verification and validation of engineered system (hardware and/or software) to specifications
• Involved in technical, system architecture and application conception
• Create effective and unit tested code that meets functional, quality, and temporal requirements
• Interface with clients as well as subcontractors and solve issues and problems to satisfaction of company and client.

• Analyze business requirements and provide best solutions for security remediation requirements of Applications.
• Develop SSIS packages required to load data from upstream systems.
• Create SQL Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers & Complex queries.
• Control source code versions, code baseline and branches using TFS.
• Manage technical challenges and communicate to project manager any risks associated with the development and mentor development team through the technical challenges.
• Identify inefficiencies in current databases and investigate solutions.
• Manage the Dev, QA, Staging and Production release deployments.
• Working in a collaborative development environment, providing assistance & technical guidance to fellow team members.
• Analyze input stream files and outbound files which integrate upstream and downstream systems.
• Responsible for the delivery of architecture artifacts that will demonstrate the project's adherence to strategy, design patterns, and best practices.
• Working on bug fixes which involve analysis and resolving complex database issues.
• Produce ad-hoc queries and develop reports to support business needs.
• Develop test and implement Biz Talk Applications.
• Troubleshoot daily production issues related to existing Biztalk applications.
• Develop and support enterprise Microsoft SharePoint services

• Define and coordinate the technical tasks for the development of the software and/or interfaces. Provide architectural and infrastructure direction.
• Consistently demonstrated ability to exceed the requirements of Senior Software Engineer.
• Good knowledge of the company product development lifecycle and the process tools.
• Good knowledge of C#.net, web services (C#.net, VB.net, VB 6.0, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, OOA and OOD Concepts).
• Sound Proficiency with Microsoft .NET/ Java technologies.
• Sound Knowledge of unit testing methodologies and frameworks.
• Sound interpersonal and team working skills.
• Create/Manage architecture diagrams/plans.
• Provide weekly status reports and time accounting.
• Serve as the interface between the developers and the project manager.
• Act as a mentor for the developers on the team.
• Coordinate and implement new system installations. Perform system walk-through of technical and operational features for new or existing systems.
• Has strong technical skills and often develops the architecturally significant components of the software system and/or interfaces.
• Ensure all the developers understand the big picture because their work has implications.
• Monitor upcoming new development activity for potential impact to overall environment.
• Know the status of the developer’s work and detect slippage.
• Communicate technical issues/decisions effectively to PM and Sponsor by using business term.

• Administration, updating, and management of a full HADOOP cluster both in the LAB,UAT, and Production environments, as well as the net new environments being created for this project.
• Maintain and support all process requirements for OS/middleware patching, access requests, Puppet Blueprint Patch updates ,Lab server management, production support.
• Aligning with the system engineering team to propose and deploy new hardware and software environments required for HADOOP and to expand existing environments.
• Working with data delivery teams to setup new HADOOP users. This job includes setting up Linux users, setting up Kerberos principals and testing HDFS, Hive, Pig and MapReduce access for the new users.
• Cluster maintenance as well as creation and removal of nodes using tools like Ganglia, Nagios, Cloudera Manager Enterprise and other tools.
• Excellent Application and server troubleshooting skills.
• Puppet/Ruby/Python, Ruby, Shell scripting skills. HADOOP Administration + scripting abilities with various portions of the HADOOP ecosystem. Pig, Hive, Hbase, etc.
• Working extensively on UNIX Level System Administration, Middleware (Tomcat preferred) and Database such as MYSQ,ORACLE and TERADATA.
• Create and keep current all SharePoint/Confluence documentation on lab management details for servers, projects, and knowledge base.
• Ability to attend training for new software/infrastructure on demand. Experience with GIT and SVN are required(Source control)