Systems Development Manager - eCommerce

Key Words: Development Manager, eCommerce, .NET, C#, HTTP, SMTP, Ajax, RSS, XML.

We have been retained by a Consumer Industry client in Northwest Chicago in search of a Systems Development Manager - eCommerce. This position manages the activities of technical personnel in support of the company's eCommerce application to ensure uninterrupted operation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as a liaison to eCommerce infrastructure and services vendors.
• Monitor infrastructure to insure 24x7 availability and performance of eCommerce site.
• Oversee development of eCommerce web application functionality.
• Evaluate business requirements for technical feasibility and eCommerce best practices.
• Estimate, plan, track and provide status on technical projects and activities.
• Identify and mitigate project risks. Be a primary problem solving resource.
• Oversee the technical work of vendor consultants and consulting teams.
• Define and enforce company technical standards and best practices.
• Evaluate technology vendors and products.
• Develop, improve and enforce software development processes.
• Supervise the performance of systems analysis and programming functions.
• Plan the level of resources needed in each function and provide for the selection and training of adequate personnel.
• Review and approve proposed systems solutions.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or Related Field.
• Minimum experience includes ten years in Information Technology, three years managing an eCommerce site, and five years of developing and deploying eCommerce applications in a high availability environment.
• eCommerce capabilities and process flows, preferably in a B2B business environment (catalog management, user profiling, etc.)
• Web application development (.NET, C#).
• Internet and networking technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, XML, RSS, AJAX, etc.).
• Software engineering methodologies.
• Version control and release management practices.
• Development and deployment of applications on Windows.
• Load testing, profiling and performance tuning.
• Strong written and oral communications, coaching/counseling, software quality assurance, and the use of automated project management and systems design tools.

Salary of $100,000 with exceptional benefits, including 15% Bonus.