Application Architect

• Client: State of Wisconsin
• Job ID: 148575
• Job Title: Application Architect III
• Due: 9/25/2025 at 4:00PM CST.
• INTERVIEW NOTES: PLEASE NOTE: A real-time screenshot photo of the candidate MUST be uploaded to candidate's bid upon confirming the interview. Please see "DCF Realtime Photo Requirement & Instructions" document in the Attachments section of this posting for details.
• Interviews will be set up shortly after the posting close date.
• MUST provide three (3) business references for the interview. (One reference must be a supervisory level.)
• Interview process: via Zoom/Teams
• Duration: 6/30/2026, with the potential to extend for an additional term(s)
• Candidate MUST be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI prior to starting the role at their own expense. Local candidates preferred.

Top Skills:

• Experience with implementing OIDC in .Net web applications (6 years)
• Writing Custom SQL (9 years)
• .NET MVC with C# (9 years)
• Full stack development (9 years)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Candidate MUST be physically located in the United States. International candidates/phone numbers will not be accepted.
• Candidate must follow ALL DCF work rules
• Candidate must be available to perform all work during the Central Standard Time (CST) business hours 9:00 am 3 pm (or CST hours as defined by the hiring manager)
• Candidate will be required to provide their own equipment for this position (See job description for required specifications.)

Job Description: This position is primarily to work on a high-profile web application project within the Child Care and Child Welfare (CCCW) section of DCF. There are multiple projects underway which include an Enterprise-wide migration effort to a unified authentication platform using Okta which will require the candidates to have strong experience and working knowledge of OIDC and be able to implement secure authentication flows and project sensitive API s using access tokens; additionally experience with identity and access management platforms such as Okta is preferred. Other projects in flight and upcoming include .NET MVC and .NET 8 web applications with some use of JavaScript, Blazor, and Kendo UI components, and the candidate will be joining an existing team. A vast majority of the portfolio is modernized off legacy mainframe applications to web applications using ASP.NET MVC with C#, WebAPI, n-tier architecture and SQL Server. This developer will work on other projects as needed.

The person in this position will work closely with the team in designing and developing the front

end and server side of the web application. Project duties include requirements analysis, design, front-end and back-end web application development, testing, participation in interactive code reviews, and development using JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC with C#, with SQL Server, DB2, and Oracle databases. Expectations for this position are development of quality code using TDD, participation in active code reviews, sharing expertise, respectful communication, transparency, technical documentation, and the ability to perform production support.

Preference will be given for familiarity with automated testing methodologies, GitLab or Jenkins or other continuous integration platforms and solid coding experience using TDD. Knowledge of DCF programs, prior experience with the Wisconsin CARES system and familiarity with State of Wisconsin application systems, procedures, and development standards is highly preferred and familiarity with the DCF YoungStar application is a plus. In addition to our main applications running on C# .NET 6 MVC, and older apps running on VB.NET Web Forms.