Contractor - Sitecore

Experience

8-10 Years

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sitecore Developer with 8 to 10 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise-level web applications using Sitecore CMS. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Sitecore architecture, .NET technologies, and front-end development practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Sitecore-based web applications.

• Customize Sitecore components, templates, layouts, and workflows.

• Integrate Sitecore with third-party systems and APIs.

• Optimize performance and scalability of Sitecore solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX/UI designers, QA, and business analysts.

• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and deployment activities.

• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to Sitecore implementations.

• Stay updated with the latest Sitecore features and best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 8 to 10 years of experience in Sitecore development.

• Strong proficiency in Sitecore 9.x/10.x, including SXA, JSS, and Helix principles.

• Solid experience with ASP.NET MVC, C#, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery.

• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and web services integration.

• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Azure/AWS cloud environments.

• Knowledge of Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) and Sitecore Experience Commerce (XC) is a plus.

• Strong understanding of SEO, accessibility, and responsive design.

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sitecore Developer Certification.

• Experience with personalization and analytics in Sitecore.

• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is a plus.

Education:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Required Technical/ Functional Competencies

Requirement Gathering and Analysis:

• Extract requirements for complex scenarios and prototype independently.
• Identify impacted modules/features/functionalities and provide high-level estimates.
• Develop traceability matrix and identify transition requirements.

Application Design:

• Good knowledge of design principles and performance engineering concepts.
• Able to create UI/Design and business logic elements, navigation, screen flow, and layout based on applicable criteria and constraints.
• Identify and apply design standards following applicable criteria and constraints.

Architecture tools and frameworks:

• Familiarity with industry tools and frameworks, analyze and use them based on customer requirements.
• Work with SMEs to explore and implement new tools/frameworks.

Estimation and Resource Planning:

• Identify and assign resources required to complete tasks.
• Use appropriate estimation models for medium-high complexity scenarios.
• Track and report gaps between budgeted and actual spending.

Product/ Technology Knowledge:

• Implement code or configure/customize products, drive adoption of industry standards and practices, contribute to development of reusable assets and innovative solutions.
• Analyze frameworks/tools and present recommendations, develop of training and certification material, and demonstrate thought leadership through whitepapers and webinars.

Test Management:

• Create iteration and system integration test plan. Develop and review test cases, conduct unit testing, define metrics, and support testing processes.
• Able to conduct RCA, verify system builds and test environments, and create business scenario test cases/automation test scripts.

Customer Management:

• Use latest technology, communicate effectively, demonstrate leadership, present technical offerings, and proactively suggest solutions.

Project Management:

• Working knowledge of project management process, tools, and templates.
• Execute medium projects effectively, create/ review milestone/metric reports, project status, closure reports, create continuous quality improvement plan, and provide inputs for organization-wide process assets.

Domain/ Industry Knowledge:

• Apply industry standards and practices, creating complex business models in line with customer requirements independently.
• Analyze current-state and define to-be processes in collaboration with SMEs, present recommendations with tangible benefits.
• Drive process improvement initiatives, ROI analysis through innovation.

Marketing:

• Basic knowledge of Marketing, understand Market Trends and Conduct Market Research.
• Source relevant Market Data and Prepare Report.
• Write Blogs and Participate in External Forums.

Pre-Sales:

• Good knowledge of bid process and understanding of RFP/RFI’s.
• Prepare Response documents to Medium Scale Bids.
• Work with Sales Team to ensure successful closure of sales process.
• Attend to customer requests for information on RFI’s and assist Technical Team with sales enquiries.

Required Behavioral Competencies

Accountability:

• Takes responsibility for and ensures accuracy of own work, as well as the work and deadlines of the team.

Collaboration:

• Shares information within team, participates in team activities, asks questions to understand other points of view.

Agility:

• Demonstrates readiness for change, asking questions and determining how changes could impact own work.

Customer Focus:

• Identifies trends and patterns emerging from customer preferences and works towards customizing/ refining existing services to exceed customer needs and expectations.

Communication:

• Targets communications for the appropriate audience, clearly articulating and presenting his/her position or decision.

Drives Results:

• Sets realistic stretch goals for self & others to achieve and exceed defined goals/targets.

Resolves Conflict:

• Displays sensitivity in interactions and strives to understand others’ views and concerns.

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