Our client is currently seeking a Programmer Analyst. Duties Include: * Consuming and manipulating data: Access and manipulate data from SQL Server 2008 by creating and using ad hoc queries and stored procedures; and access and manipulate data from stores via the Microsoft Entity Framework * Testing and debugging: Create unit test plans; implement tracing; and debug, rework, and resolve defects in code * Deploying web applications: Plan the deployment of web applications via IIS; create setup programs that install web applications and allow them to be uninstalled; deploy web applications; and add assemblies to the global assembly cache * Supporting web applications: Optimize the performance of web applications; diagnose and resolve errors and issues * Configuring and securing web applications: Configure web applications; configure security for web applications with IIS; configure authorization and authentication within code behind; configure and implement caching; configure and implement session state; and install and configure server services Mandatory Skills/Experience: * Previous experience creating and deploying new or revised, but very large/complex (e.g., more than 20 pages) .NET web sites, .NET web application programming, sound experience programming with Visual Studio 2010 IDE to create MVC 3 (Razor view engine) ASP.NET web-applications patterned after the MVVM architecture with Visual Basic or C# * Previous multi-project experience writing SQL Server 2008 stored procedures, basic knowledge of Microsoft Entity Framework, basic knowledge of LINQ-SQL Desirable Skills/Experience: * Moderate HTML skills (either HTML 4 or HTML 5) * Exposure to Telerik MVC controls and NHibernate. Moderate JavaScript skills * Moderate CSS skills (either CSS 2 or CSS3), including transfer of the project from a development computer to a "production server" using IIS7 * Exposure to TFS as both source control and task manager