Contractor - Sitecore Job

Experience
8-10 Years

Job Description
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.

Accountability
Required Behavioral Competencies

• 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.

Certifications
Mandatory