Publicis Groupe

Company Description

Digitas is the Global Marketing & Technology Services brand and part of Publicis Groupe.Digitas' Connected Marketing Agency proposition is based on the principle that there are better ways for brands to connect with people and people with each other. Leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities and a proprietary planning process called North, Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes for our clients. Recognised by Gartner, Forrester, IDC and WARC, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 4,000 employees across over 30 countries and 50 offices.Digitas India’s 300+ member technology teams works with some marquee brands in India, North America, UK, Nordics and Australia. Our teams comprise of people with some of the most advanced technology skillsets and platform expertise – Front end, Mobile, Content Management (Sitecore, Adobe, Episerver, Drupal], Commerce [Hybris, Demandware, Magento, Sitecore], Marketing Automation [Adobe, Salesforce], DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure and more. We are Strategic & implementation partners with best OEM’s like Sitecore (Gold), Adobe (Premium), Salesforce, Acquia.Our offices are in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Gurgaon and Mumbai, with flexible options for our talent to operate from any part of the country.To connect with Digitas or learn more, visit: www.digitas.com/en-in/

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Overall technical responsibility for project(s) within respective teams including work streams and leading developers.
• Be the conduit between UK leads, architects and your developers in India.
• Prior to the implementation phase of a project, lead the handover from the architect on technical designs
• Whilst you will lead a technical project, you will also be a developer resource for approx. 50% of your time on a given project.
• Work alongside the architect to lead the implementation phase.
• Raise technical issues and risks with the architect and project managers.
• Pro-active in maintaining and increasing the teams and your own technical knowledge.
• Encourage and lead best practice within the project team to ensure we continue to produce high quality work.
• Lead by example by attending and being punctual in all team meetings/scrums.
• Ensure all tickets within your project are managed effectively.
• Ensure all code reviews take place and audited regularly.
• Be the first escalation point for the project team.
• Ensure client communications in tasks/tickets and emails follow the rules of engagement.
• Ensure documentation/knowledge base of the project is kept up to date among the team
• Chair daily meetings with team members ensuring all members are aware of working priorities – escalate as necessary

Requirements

• 7+ years of overall development experience with C#, ASP.net and web development.
• 5+ years of experience in Sitecore coding (including version 8.2 or 9+)
• Knowledge of Sitecore Forms, SXA/Helix/Habitat, xDB and TDS/Unicorn
• Experience of Solr search including customizing and deploying solrCloud
• Some NoSQL experience with Sitecore – MongoDB, Redis
• Expert level experience in the following technologies: ASP.Net MVC with Sitecore, RESTful services, Entity Framework, LINQ
• Experience with design patterns, Object-Oriented programming
• Proficient knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, preference of using GitFlow mechanism.
• Strong knowledge of Continuous Integration concepts and experience using Bamboo/Jenkins
• Proficient soft-skills are essential day to day skills to help with client communication via email, conference calls, team chat etc.
• Knowledge, core understanding and experience of working in a team that made use of cloud networking including but not limited to network load balances, SSL, web apps, web servers, CDN’s, Web Application Firewalls etc.
• Experience of deploying to Azure web apps or web servers.
• Ability to constantly learn and stay in touch with evolving standards and development technologies

Nice to have

• Sitecore Certification
• Degree level education in a relevant subject
• Knowledge of other Sitecore CMS competitors is useful (AEM, EPiServer, etc)

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Additional Information

Publicis Groupe Commitment to Diversity & Equity Policy:

Publicis Groupe is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion in spirit and in action at every level of the organization. It reflects our core values and embodies our purpose of building a great company enabling human potential. We have a deep-rooted appreciation for how diversity of thought drives innovation, and we ground that value in a culture of collaboration and connected thinking. 

• Diversity & inclusion are business imperatives on which Publicis Groupe will not negotiate. While fostering a work environment that is inclusive of all talent is a collective responsibility, it is leadership’s job to nurture the career aspirations and goals of all our talent. Promoting gender equality starts at the top and the Groupe will not tolerate anyone speaking for our organization who does not value the importance of inclusion. Publicis Groupe works very hard to champion diversity and will continue to insist that each agency’s leadership be champions of both diversity and inclusion.
• Our Core values “ VIVA LA DIFFERENC’E is based on the very aspect of celebrating differences 
• Our strategy focuses on bringing together teams with diverse perspectives, disciplines, and experiences, because diversity of thought best serves our clients and their customers who they aspire to impact

Equal Employment Commitment:

1. We provide equal opportunities to all our employees and to all eligible applicants for employment in our company. We do not unfairly discriminate on any ground, including race, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
2. When recruiting, developing and promoting our employees, our decisions will be based solely on performance, merit, competence and potential.
3. We shall have fair, transparent and clear employee policies which promote diversity and equality, in accordance with applicable law and other provisions of this Code. These policies shall provide for clear terms of employment, training, development and performance management.