This is a whole time contractual role working for a sports advisory service. We are data insights consultancy specializing in sports. We consult to a number of sporting organizations in a diversity of different roles.

We are now expanding, and see the need to grow our capacity at extracting and data-basing sports information.

Your role can be as a full time programmer, implementing solutions as instructed by our head programmer. This may be an opportunity to grow in experience over the 12 month period, working under a senior programmer with a lot of industry knowledge. We expect to maintain a multi-year relationship beyond the first year with somebody that suitably fulfills our programming needs.

The successful applicant will require having:

* Strong knowledge of the programming language and .NET framework C#

* Strong knowledge of SQL Server database, you MUST be able to show the ability to Create, Maintain and Query a Database

* Understanding of IOC containers and how they could be used

* Understanding of XPath and XML query language.

In addition, the successful applicant will have:

* Sign a Non Disclosure Agreement in reference to all work conducted for our organization

* Very excellent/ good English skills

* Initiative and Creativity, if a better solution is seen, the programmer could readily voice their opinion on how to conduct processes more efficiently

* Flexible in rapidly moving from project to project

* Good programming habits with commented code and well structured that conforms to industry standards

What you will expect from us:

* Flexible working hours, you select how you want to work, as long as the projects are completed on time

* An expectation of four weeks paid holidays per year

* An employer that encourages the best during independent thinking and real responsibility

* Committing to your career growth during being guided by a senior programmer

Remuneration expectation:

We are looking for a programmer in the range of $5,000 to $10,000 USD per year.

Application requirements:

* Cover letter briefly addressing your suitability for the needs

* Resume

* Completion of the subsequent test:

Test:

Prepare a Console application that asks the user to input their name. When the user inputs their name it should print out "Hello {name}!". The application could loop and ask the user the similar question again after they have entered an answer. If the user enters "exit" the application should end.

There will be conditions for definite names where a different output could be displayed if these names are entered. They are as follows.

Name    Output

Micky    "Hello Mr Mouse!"

James   "Hello Jimmy!"

Time      "The time is: {time}"

(where {time} is the current time.)

Skills required:

.NET, Database Administration, C# Programming, SQL, XML