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About the Position

Sitting within Data & Technology Architecture Dept, the Python Developer is responsible:

• Solution the design and develop the software using waterfall/Agile methodology.
• Perform investigation, troubleshoot issues by developing scripts, SQL queries.
• Work closely and collaborate with the SOC Analysts and Infrastructure Engineers/System Owners for scope, schedules, requirements, tests, bug fixes, etc.
• Work with deployment team/DevOps team on setting up continuous integration, build and release automation.
• Discuss, analyze and recommend design improvements or corrections to developers throughout the development process.
• Develop and establish quality assurance deliverables and testing framework, including create and maintain test plans and test cases in accordance with changing requirements, throughout development.
• Conduct performance and load tests, validate the output and expected outcomes and feedback on improvement required.
• Conduct application performance and security testing to ensure we have a robust and secured system in place.
• Provide estimates for stories during sprint planning for Agile project.
• Convert acceptance criteria into automated unit tests cases.
• Support production issues.
• Involve in application deployment to the various environments.
• Provide proper documentation to developed tools.
• Knowledge transfer to users.

Other scope of responsibilities include:

• Assist the Security Operations Center to automate BAU and new processes (eg. Data enrichments from various sources, auto ticket creations, syncing of tickets across systems, etc).
• The work will require the developer to develop tools that integrates across different security devices using various methods, from interaction with APIs, screen scrapping to client GUI interactions, etc.
• The developer may be required to understand from basic scripting language of the various security tools in order to help with the script development.
• Scripts can be implemented in a mixture of client-side, server-side and/or hybrid-cloud environments.

What you will bring to our team:

• MUST have relevant Software Development experience and relevant software development certifications in Python will be an added advantage.
• Must be familiar with Regular Expressions.
• Certified Software Testing Professional and/or Certified Software Quality Analyst or an equivalent certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience with scikit-learn and machine learning projects will be an added advantage.
• Experience with ServiceNow API calls will be an added advantage.
• Experience with client side programming, automation with thick clients and web scrapping will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrable skills in Windows, *nix, and/or Cloud development
• Demonstrate knowledge of automated software testing methodologies such as unit testing, integration testing, functional testing, test driven development (TDD) and behavior driven development (BDD).
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues ranging from system resource, application stack traces to cloud API events.
• Track record in implementing systems with high availability, high performance, high security hosted at various data centers or hybrid cloud environments will be an added advantage.

AvePoint is proud to employ talent from many different backgrounds, experiences and identities. We believe that diversity and inclusion drives our success and is at the core of how we hire, communicate and collaborate to deliver value and excellence. We are committed to fostering an environment where people can bring their whole selves to work and feel a sense of belonging, and we continue to work toward creating a workforce that represents the diversity of our customers and communities.