Sharepoint Developer (MOSS)

SHAREPOINT DEVELOPER (MOSS)Technical & Functional Role - Regular Full-timeEstablished in 1955, Panduit Corporation has sales over $750 million, 4000 employees, 12 manufacturing plants and more than 3 million square feet of facilities. This is an exciting new position with a global manufacturing leader in Network Connectivity and Wire/ Cable Management Solutions in Tinley Park, IL.  In this role, you will play an integral role in continuing Panduit’s initiatives for best-in-class technology services to staff and to customers as a Portals and Business Analyst expert at our World Headquarters just south of Chicago, IL. Overview:This is a great opportunity to incorporate your hands-on developer and implementation experience, business analysis expertise, and IT project management skills. This position will be responsible for the development and implementation of strategy, software framework, and implementation roadmap, to create a common way to translate stakeholder business needs across multiple business teams using Sharepoint Portal technologies. This position will evaluate partner and employee portal strategy input from key stakeholder teams in order to ensure that Panduit’s Portals meets internal customer/key stakeholder business objectives and partner needs. Specific Duties: Analyzes business/user needs, documents requirements, designs and specifies functional and technical solutions; provides project management through solution implementation. Designs test cases that ensure implemented solutions function without error/disruption to business operations. Evaluates commercial portal technologies and architects solutions that meet Panduit Portal requirements. Maintains detailed knowledge of the business’ current technology/infrastructure. Takes ownership of problems or supports issues that arise in the operation of assigned business systems, ensuring that all issues are resolved in an expedient fashion and to user satisfaction.  Skills, Training, Experience Required: 7+ years of experience Bachelor’s degree in a related technical area or equivalent. Strong preference is given to those who have continued to upgrade their skills through education and training. MBA preferred. Experience with MOSS, Sharepoint, Websphere or other major enterprise portal solution software. Working knowledge of basic principles, features, and commands of Portal development technologies. Hands-on experience developing Portals and Portlet applications. In-depth knowledge and experience with multiple Portal designs on multiple technology platforms. Has consulted on or led the technical design of a high-impact, multi-technology complex applications. Is experienced with facilitating design reviews and walk-throughs. In-depth knowledge of the design of effective Portals for various target audiences. Has experience with evaluating design effectiveness, readability, usability, intuitiveness, and navigation. Has successfully designed Portals for business users. Has successfully completed many and varied functional requirements analysis. Has expertise and broad experience using modeling tools for multiple requirements. Monitors industry and vendor products for improvements and enhancements in best practices. Significant experience in resolving complex, multi-component failures. Experienced with troubleshooting non-recurring and performance-related problems. Has successfully organized internal cross-functional teams to resolve major problems. Experience planning, estimating, staffing, organizing, and managing multiple IT projects. Is able to articulate requirements and manage expectations of both business and technical staff. Has managed multiple complex IT projects to a budget and deadline. Has produced project progress reports for both technical and business audiences.  Panduit offers an attractive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, wellness program, 401(k) with matching, profit sharing, tuition reimbursement and more. All final candidates must undergo a background check and drug screening as part of our employment process. This includes prior employment, education, social security verifications along with criminal background check, and financial/ motor vehicle records (where required for position). Panduit Corp is an equal opportunity employer. Keywords: Portal, Portlet, Sharepoint, Websphere, portal developer, portal architect, business analyst, business consultant, IT, project management, MOSS, enterprise portal, .NET, SSO, collaboration, Web 2.0, IBM, Microsoft, Accenture.    See Job Description