Lead Microsoft .NET Developer

Our government client is looking for experienced Lead Microsoft .NET Developer on a remote 12+ months renewable contract opportunity in Columbia, SC.

Role: Lead Microsoft .NET Developer

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Participate in a team environment comprised of agency staff to assist with the remediation and upgrade of administration transactional systems residing on agency servers migrated to the State IT Data Center. Emphases for the Programmer candidates will be on the modernization of legacy computer systems associated with Administrative systems, assisting with modifications of those computer systems to ensure upgrade compatibility from older to newer platform environments, application modifications to meet state and agency security standards, assisting with application evaluation and build specifications, and implementing industry standards following the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Specific Programmer duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:
• Perform complex programming functions, assistance, and technical advice, including design architecture, configuration, writing, testing, and documentation to the complex programming of agency computer systems as assigned.
• Modernization of legacy computer systems to ASP.Net MVC or CORE environment.
• Modification of existing computer systems to be compliant with agency security requirements.
• Migration and modification of existing computer systems in older environments to newer platform environments, following industry best practices.
• Ensure maximum system uptime for critical components to ensure business continuity.
• Diagnoses, isolates and de-bugs software problems and performs problem resolution.
• Monitors systems capacity and performance, plans and executes disaster recovery procedures and provides Tier 2 technical support.
• Adheres to Information Technology application development standards and security requirements.
• All code to be checked in and out through code repository Git.
• Ensure applications are compatible in major web browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox, etc.).
• Ensure supporting system database connection strings are updated to support database migration from DB2 to SQL database.
• Add required functionality to existing systems to retire active mainframe forms and streamline backend processes where possible.
• Prepare and maintain system documentation and architecture diagrams for applications assigned.
• Work in a collaborative effort to conceptualize total systems and/or product solutions currently in place and remediation to the system environment residing at the State IT Data Center.
• Ability to plan, organize, review, and implement associated project milestones to completion.
• Recommend and assist in the design of system architectures to align with organizational strategic business objectives.
• Requires mastery of technical and business knowledge in multiple disciplines/processes.
• Provide updates to the Project Team.
• Assist with the development of policies and procedures to conform and comply with agency standard cyber security policy design related to information risk management, designation of data as to criticality, confidentiality, and protection. (NIST 800-53, FISMA, SC InfoSec Requirements , etc.)

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. 5+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ASP MVC FRAMEWORK
2. 5+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH C#
3. 5+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH VISUAL STUDIO
4. 5+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH .NET FRAMEWORK
5. 5+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH SQL 6. 3+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH DB2

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
1. VERSION SOURCE CODE (TFS, GIT)
2. ADMIN SYSTEM EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HR PRACTICES, FINANCIAL BILLING, AND DATA SECURITY (PI, PHI)

SOFT SKILLS:
1. ABILITY TO ESTABLISH POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH TECHNICAL STAFF, CUSTOMERS, AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN DATA-CENTRIC MANAGEMENT.
2. EXCELLENT WRITTEN, ORAL, AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, or related

About Vector:
Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization's operating philosophy and commitment to ** People, Partnerships, Purpose and Performance - THE VECTOR WAY

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