Daily Archives: June 19, 2007

Vermont IT Jobs: Full Time Analyst/.NET Programmer Jobs in Montpelier

Union Mutual of Vermont Companies

Analyst/Programmer Positions Available

Would you like to work for an established local company with a down to earth, employee oriented work environment?

Are you a creative, analytical individual with solid programming and communications skills?

Union Mutual may have a place for you…

We are on the search for two enthusiastic developers with that rare mix of programming and people skills to join our .NET/web development team. As a part of the team, your responsibilities would include maintaining and supporting our existing environment, as well as working with end-users to develop solutions to business problems.

Our ideal candidates will thrive in an environment where they balance several tasks of varying priority while working with a number of different languages and systems. Professionalism, a positive work ethic and a keen attention to detail are paramount.

Desirable skills and experience include (but are not limited to):

·       Strong analysis and communication skills       

·       Thrives on projects both independently; and in a collaborative team-based environment

·       Profession or educational experience developing solutions using:

o       Object-oriented analysis and design methodologies

o       Microsoft .NET Framework (C# – ASP.NET/Web Services)

o       SQL/XPATH query

o       Source control (CSV or VSS)

·       A passion for learning new skills and languages

Additional exposure to the following would also be of benefit: 

·       Project management experience

·       Aptitude for web and graphical user interface design

·       Knowledge of application development security best practices

·       Best-practice testing methodologies (Test-Driven-Design; NUnit; JUnit; etc.)

·       Prior experience in the property/casualty insurance industry

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits including pension and 401K plans.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit, in strict confidence, a resume and cover letter to:

Union Mutual of Vermont Companies
Director of Human Resources
PO Box 158
Montpelier, Vermont 05601-0158


or submit to
Resume2007@umfic.com

SQL Server Service Broker at VTSQL meeting tomorrow night

VTSQL is having their June meeting tomorrow, June 20th.

Our pal, Jean-Rene Roy is coming down from Montreal to do a presentation on SQL Server Service Broker. This is one of those topics I found myself having to learn so that I could understand how Query Notification works in ADO.NET 2.0. But there’s a whole lot more to leverage from it besides what I’m getting from ADO.NET.

More meeting info here.

Patterns & Practices: Designing for Operations

INETA sent Keith Pleas to speak to the grateful Vermont.NET User Group last night. Keith presented the Designing for Operations project that PAG is working on. It was eye opening to many of us who have not spent a lot of time thinking about having our applications provide useful information to those who have to keep users happy and a joy for some who have had to write this stuff themselves in the past. Read more here…

[A New DevLife post]