PREMIER FIELD ENGINEER - .NET

Job Category: Customer Service & Support
Location: Bentonville, AR, US
Job ID: 832253-107811
Division: Services & Support

PREMIER FIELD ENGINEER - .NET Developer
Location: Bentonville, AR

Do you love to solve problems and help improve the quality of Microsoft's developer products? If so, this is a great opportunity for you. You will be working with customers and partners building new applications using technologies that span the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and Windows platforms.

PFE is looking for a technical & passionate PFE to help our customers with the latest generation of developer tools and technologies for .NET Development. We are looking for a PFE with experience in technical design, managing and building new relationships with internal and external customers and ISV partners, and great team spirit. This person must be able to drive support consulting engagements, write technical and non-technical communications, and work effectively with our partners and customers to help make them successful in their software development activities. You must have exceptional customer service and problem solving skills, the ability to work with minimal supervision, and operate as a self-contained business unit within the PFE team.

The purpose of the Premier Field Engineer (PFE) position is to provide Microsoft customers with reliable technical solutions to the complex integration problems associated with business solutions built on the Microsoft platform. The PFE Team supports a diverse variety of technical solutions built with Microsoft technology and products. Typical tasks performed in this role include specific problem isolation and correction, user mode debugging, conducting application design and supportability reviews, performance tuning, application stability consulting/troubleshooting, code reviews, and porting/migration assistance, configuration management, pre-rollout testing and general development consulting. This position is intended to be on-site and dedicated to one customer, and travel requirements vary based upon customer/partner software development cycles and changing needs, and could be as much as 25%. Overnight travel is required.

Requirements:
Solid technical developer skills in the following areas are needed to work effectively in cross-group situations and to drive towards integration-oriented solutions:
Net Framework 2.0 - 4.x
ASP.NET
IIS 6-7.5
Development with .NET languages C# & VB.NET, WCF, and data access technologies

Preferred:
Strong business background in Fortune 500 and/or experience with software consulting firms.
MCSD, MCAD, or other applicable advanced certification - not required at hire but must be obtained within 12 months of hire

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