Job TitleNET Core DeveloperLocationChicago, IL (Hybrid)Job Description/ResponsibilitiesThe ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of performance optimization, security best practices, and coding best practices.Must have advanced skills in.NET Core, SQL, C#.NET Framework/Standard/Core, ASP.NET Web API, and RESTful APIs.Must be self-motivated and expected to initiate required activities on their ownAble to learn and understand the customer experience and apply this to their daily development decisionsThe qualified candidate will work in an Agile/Scrum delivery model and perform duties in a manner consistent with a complex, diverse, dynamic hardware and software environment that serves a complex education communityBe able to perform benefit analysis for IT solutions and make recommendations for technology direction particularly for performance and security.The qualified candidate will solve architectural and design challenges around performance, security, and reliability.Be able to use deep technical knowledge to make low level design decisions and writing code to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements.Be able to monitor and debug code to ensure the security and stability of the site.Participate in the development and maintenance of middle and backend layers for Mobile Platform by maintaining existing codebase as well as extending it with new features.Implement solutions according to design, requirements, and standards.Write unit tests, conform to code standards, have your designs and code reviewed, use both static and performance analysis tools.Work closely with your team members and the software team leads to ensure you're on track.Assist in continually improving our software development process and the development environment.Skills / Experience: Qualifications:Significant experience in Web Service development and Service-Oriented Architecture5+ years of software development experience of API programming5+ years of.NET Core experience2+ years of Cloud development experienceSenior Developer with strong leadership and communication skillsSolid understand of security issues related to multi-tier enterprise applicationsRequired:Expertise in.NET Core and SQLUnderstanding of Static and Dynamic Code vulnerabilitiesKnowledge on GIT, TFSKnowledge on Veracode or similar toolsASP.NET MVC FrameworkC#Solid understanding of AWS Cloud service and IntegrationSolid understanding of SOAP, REST, and Web API based web service protocolsCloud Technology: AWS -Neptune, Dynamo DB, document DB, RDS SQL, Mongo DB (medium), EC2 hosting,.NET Core: Microservices,.NET core middlewareLogging: Kibana, Elastic search, Log stashDev Tool: Fiddler, Postman and CharlesDevOps: Docker and Kubernetes (understanding)Testing tool: XUnitExperience with Microsoft Enterprise LibraryExperience with Microsoft Entity Framework and/or LINQ to SQLExperience with Test Driven Development and automated unit testingExperience with Event Base ArchitectureExcellent written and oral communications skills