IT Software Engineer II

Boyd Gaming Corporation has been successful in gaming jurisdiction in which we operate in the United States and is one of the premier casino entertainment companies in the United States. Never content to rest upon our successes, we will continue to evolve and retain a position of leadership in our industry. Our past success, our current business philosophies and our sound business planning, combine to position Boyd Gaming Corporation to maximize value for our shareholders, our team members and our communities.

The Software Engineer II is a lead-level developer, software designer and is fully competent in 2-3 defined software programming disciplines or products. This position resolves semi‑routine issues involving design, development and application redesign, and is typically assigned to design, retrofit or debug most aspects of a product or major subcomponent. This person will be responsible for contributing development efforts to one of several systems that are under the core responsibility of the Development Team.

• Performs troubleshooting in the form of problem recognition, research, isolation, resolution and follow‑up
• Provides tier II or tier III support; performs root cause analysis and develops checklists
• Monitors and tunes: network; system hardware; or software; for application performance; and protocol compatibility
• Performs maintenance on: network devices; system hardware; or software Including restoration of hardware, software or configurations
• Anticipates and mitigates potential attacks to networks; system hardware; or software; or other connections to ensure the security of the system
• Interfaces with vendors regarding new product evaluation and troubleshooting issues
• Under general supervision, integrates and schematically depicts communication architectures, topologies, hardware, software, transmission, and signaling products
• Participates with functional and empirical analysis related to design, development, planning, and configuration in the areas of networking, hardware & software
• Develops P&Ps and general standards
• Recommends procedures and controls for problem prevention
• Simulates or recreates problems to resolve operational deficiencies
• Under general supervision analyzes, makes recommendations, creates charts, diagrams and graphs to assist in analysis of problems or designs
• Develops and maintains problem databases, participates in the development of test strategies, devices and systems
• Develops and reviews technical documentation for approval by senior manager
• Participates in implementations and rollouts of new networking; system hardware; or software; and tools
• Coordinates installations with user departments
• Assist and participates in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Researches and identifies hardware and software to meet company needs
• Under general supervision prepares detailed functional specifications and coordinates RFP processes

• Bachelor's Degree preferred in a related discipline; significant applied experience or a combination of education and experience may be substituted
• 5+ years of professional software development required, equipment used.
• Demonstrable skills and 3+ years of experience as a solid contributor developing with .NET technologies in complex systems environment using the following Microsoft frameworks such as .NET, WCF, SharePoint, SSRS
• 2-4 years of previous experience developing Windows applications and/or n‑tler C/S systems using professional programming languages, extensions, and platforms with at least 2 of the following: C#, JavaScript, WPF, , TSQL, Ajax, Silverlight.
• In-depth knowledge of Windows Internals and messaging, the Window API, multi‑threading techniques.
• Working knowledge of object‑oriented analysis and design (OOP/OOA&D), design patterns, as well as networking protocols and network programming interfaces
• Working knowledge of interfaces such as ODBC, ADO, and XML
• Experience in the full lifecycle design of software as well as commercial/open‑source development processes and development tools.
• Proven ability to produce technical documentation. Including software architecture and requirements documents and other design artifacts
• Development skills with SQL Server databases/ TSQL in a high transaction volume environment
• Preferred knowledge of SQL Server Internals
• Preferred real‑time transaction processing experience is a plus

Boyd Gaming is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.