Full-Stack Sitecore Engineer - Remote

As a Full-Stack Sitecore Engineer at ICF Next, you will apply your analytical and critical thinking skills to help solve client challenges. You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment, enjoy flexible work arrangements, and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth. This role requires strong web application development skills in a Sitecore/C# development environment, the ability to properly prioritize, own and drive the work, and work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams in an Agile environment.

The Work

ICF supports California State Government customer applications, which are built with Sitecore and React components. The delivery team consists of delivery support, front and back-end developers, UX/UI designers, content strategists, SMEs, business analysts, testers, and infrastructure and security professionals. The team works in 2-week iterations (10-week program increments) to develop new features, functionality, and modernization supporting both Information Technology and Marketing roadmaps.

As a contractor to federal or state governments, all hires may be required to complete additional background screenings at the time of hire or any time thereafter as requested.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to service a dedicated client account in an Agile environment as a full-stack engineer.
• Develop holistic features and/or fixes from a full-stack development perspective for an enterprise-level web application.
• Implement and/or introduce modernization to Sitecore and .NET C# applications.
• Additionally support the development of Sitecore functionality and/or fixes by implementing the JavaScript, markup, and styling.
• Optimize technical documentation standards, internal processes, and solutioning.
• Troubleshoot complex systems and 3rd party integrations.
• Ensure comprehensive testing and remediation is performed on completed work alongside QA team members, develop unit tests, and support the automated testing efforts with the software Cypress.
• Provide accurate documentation and ticket updates to the team's Microsoft DevOps platform to enable accurate insight into the work being performed.
• Help business analysts write out granular user stories by identifying any gaps, breaking down requirements into tasks, and/or providing estimates.
• Troubleshoot current and legacy systems.
• Talk directly with the client to explain the technical side of the application for any errors found or new features developed.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospective meetings.
• Suggest areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions.
• Foster client relationship from a technical aspect.
• Participate in incident response as a member of the on-call incident management rotation.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.)
• Must be able to travel to California for fingerprinting
• 3+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer in conjunction with Sitecore and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical discipline OR 7+ years as a full-stack engineer involving the delivery of complex, web application related design/development that includes system integrations with more than one third-party system in addition to integration with Sitecore.
• 3+ years of experience developing web applications utilizing modern ES6 JavaScript alongside other frontend technologies/tools.
• 3+ years developing and consuming web-based RESTful APIs with JSON payloads.
• 3+ years using distributed version control systems (e.g., Git).
• 3+ years designing and implementing RDBMS data models, data load processes, as well as optimizing and maintaining those implementations.
• 2+ years of experience supporting and resolving items related to web application security.
• 2+ years architecting modern web application systems and/or critical website-related system enhancements.
• 2+ years working with/around automated configuration management, continuous integration/deployment, and monitoring solutions.
• 2+ years modernizing applications and interfaces leveraging containerized applications and microservices.
• 2+ years working on web applications with accessibility requirements and standards.
• 1+ year of experience developing applications with React.
• Please note: All required qualifications listed above must be met and will be reviewed and verified by our government client prior to or following hire

Professional Skills:

• Strong understanding of HTTP, HTML, CSS, ES6 JavaScript, and Web Standards.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-workstream project team.
• Very strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience building with Next.js and Sitecore JSS
• Accredited with, or willing to obtain a Sitecore Developer Certification.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ideally Azure DevOps.
• Experience writing unit tests.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving security vulnerabilities within the application.
• Experience working with Sitecore and C# websites.
• Experience optimizing frontend build processes with Webpack, Gulp, or similar.
• Experience writing stylesheets with SASS, LESS, or Tailwind.
• Experience working with React, including functional components and Hooks.
• Experience working with Web Components.
• Experience working with Cypress for automated testing.
• Experience testing and resolving web accessibility compliance items with Deque aXe or WAVE, alongside manual screen-reader testing.
• Experience working within an Agile based team, notably via the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Proficiency in the concepts involved with Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
• Experience troubleshooting complex systems and third-party integrations.

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we're not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO (https://www.icf.com/legal/equal-employment-opportunity) policy. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records., At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.