Senior .NET Application Developer - Washington, United States - HRUCKUS

Description

Veteran Firm Seeking a Senior .NET Application Developer for Onsite Assignment in Washington, DC

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-owned consulting firm in Washington, DC, focused on strategic sourcing, supply chain management, and IT Staffing.

We want to fill a Senior .NET Application Developer role for the DHS - Office of Information Systems in the DC Government.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience developing enterprise applications using Microsoft technologies within a distributed (n-tier) architecture, 11+ years of experience developing applications using C#, ASP.NET, and 11+ years of experience developing enterprise applications that interact with MS SQL Server and Oracle databases.

If you're interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS seeks a Senior .NET Application Developer with 11-15 years of experience. The candidate has proven professional experience designing, developing, delivering, and enhancing Client-Server/Web-Based/Cloud-Based/Mobile Software Applications using Microsoft .NET Technologies, ASP, and C# (C-Sharp).

Position Description: DHS's OIS/Application Support Division I is looking for a Senior Application Developer whose primary responsibilities include designing, developing, delivering, and enhancing Client-Server/Web-Based/Cloud-Based/Mobile Software Applications using application software development languages/environments with .NET/ASP/Visual C#.

The candidate will implement and manage business-aligned IT services, ensure the application platform is high-quality and defect-free, and adhere to industry standards for development, testing, and deployment methodologies.

The successful candidates will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, characteristics, experiences, and abilities:

• Must have experience with .NET/ASP/Visual C#, SQL Server, SQL/Procedural Language. Hands-on experience with any of the following is favorable: Java, XML, HTML, JavaScript, BPEL, PHP, and WebLogic.
• Capable of designing, developing, and deploying applications that support users on the case and program management applications.
• Provides mentorship and technical advice to an Application/Reports/Query developers team.
• Provides strategic advice to the lead, management, and customers of the OIS.
• Capable of implementing programming standards that support a secure and defect-free application.
• Interacts daily with government clients to meet the technical requirements for new initiatives.
• Works with Quality Assurance / Quality Control teams to ensure the application remains secure and defect-free.
• Defines and documents processes to be used by all application developers on the team.
• Plans, researches, and recommends new equipment, software tools, and related technologies.
• Uses monitoring and performance analysis tools to troubleshoot and isolate application performance issues.
• Updates system and process documentation and produces user guides, ER diagrams, and SOPs as needed, including Visio Network design drawings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Duties:

• The developer will build and implement additional functionality and system enhancements as requested for assigned applications.
• Make system fixes to Assigned Applications as needed.
• Troubleshoot production issues.
• Work with the Business Analysts to understand the assigned application's current and new business processes and formulate IT solutions to improve efficiency.
• Build out enhanced reporting and dashboard capabilities.
• Perform proactive application monitoring activities, including enhanced audit log tracking, and conduct system upgrades and enhancements as required.
• The candidate will become an integral part of the ASD Team, making every problem associated with the platform a problem of their own, and will demonstrate the required initiative and critical thinking abilities necessary to resolve all issues and challenges accordingly.
• This individual will work closely with DHS OIS and its partner agencies to ensure the agencies' priorities are met. This is a position within the DHS OIS Division.

Position Responsibilities:

1. Demonstrates expertise in conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty.

2. Identifies improvements to project standards to achieve high-quality services/products. This is a professional position that may require subject matter expertise consistent with demanding and rare technological skills.

3. May require coordination of programming activities being conducted by the application development team.

4. Confers with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, inaccuracy, or feasibility of computer processing and project design.

5. Works with necessary personnel to determine if modifications are required with interested personnel to determine the necessity for modifications or enhancements.

6. Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business processes and programming solutions as directed by business and technical stakeholders.

7. May coordinate activities of application developers.

8. Able to identify best practices and standards for using the product.

9. Proven track record of hands-on technical design and code work within large complex systems.

10. Proven hands-on technical work with a variety of technologies.

11. Demonstrated technical expertise in integrating diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.

12. Delivers support and design for industry-specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.

13. Interact with executive-level business users or technical experts.

14. Advanced experience in the required technical subject matter.

15. May function as a niche technical SME (Subject Matter Expert).

16. Has proven experience across large and complex implementations and systems.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience

The target annual salary is $100,000-$107,000.

Skills Matrix

Skill | Required / Desired | Years of Experience

11-15 yrs. conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty | Required | 13

11-15 yrs. preparing complex technical documentation | Required | 13

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience | Required | 4

Experience in developing applications using C#, ASP.NET | Required | 11

Experience with database technologies, development methodologies, and front-end (e.g., Cognos)/back-end programming languages (e.g. SQL) | Required | 11

Experience with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Service Oriented Architecture | Required | 6

Experience with any of JIRA/Bugzilla/HP ALM tools | Required | 5

Experience with Databases using ADO.NET | Required | 7

Experience developing enterprise applications that interact with MS SQL Server and/or Oracle databases | Required | 11

Candidate should have strong ETL experience in Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence platforms | Required | 7

Experience with Visual Studio 2010 and later versions with .Net Framework with C# and VB | Required | 10

Experience developing enterprise applications using Microsoft technologies within a distributed (n-tier) architecture. | Required | 15