Overview
Job Details
| Solicitation Reference Number: 529601556 | Working Title: Software Engineer 3 | Title/Level: Software Engineer 3 |
| Category: Applications/Software Development | Full Time | NTE Rate:$147.35 |
Texas Health and Human Services Commission requires the services of 1 Software Engineer 3, hereafter referred to as Candidate(s), who meets the general qualifications of Software Engineer 3, Applications/Software Development and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
All work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).
Level Description
8 or more years of experience, relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, independently performs a variety of complicated tasks, may lead and direct the work of others, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
Job Description
Develops software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes. Investigates problem areas. Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
Additional job details and special considerations
The Department of Information Resources (DIR) requires the service of one (1) Software Engineer 3 position who meets the general qualifications of Software Engineer 3 and the specifications outlined in this document for the above-named customer. The Software Engineer 3 contractor position is part of the HHSC IT Administrative Applications Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team and will play a crucial role in designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining RPA solutions. The Software Engineer 3 will perform developer duties that will include solution design and development, process automations, infrastructure management, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The contractor role is for a senior robotics developer for technologies that may include BluePrism, Microsoft Power Automate, and Azure. The role will be responsible for developing, testing, and troubleshooting bots that will automate various business processes. Hands-on experience with BluePrism, Microsoft Power Automate, and Azure is a must along with the ability to troubleshoot and validate HTTP responses. Knowledge of DOM, HTTP protocol, JavaScript, and HTML is also required. This will be a fast-paced project working in an Agile (Kanban/Scrum) environment.
| Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. | ||
| Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
| 8 | Required | Hands-on experience with RPA development, with at least 4 years specifically using Blue Prism |
| 8 | Required | Experience with web development including HTML, JavaScript, DOM and HTTP protocol |
| 8 | Required | Experience with SQL/No-SQL databases |
| 8 | Required | Experience with RESTful web services |
| 4 | Preferred | Experience with API development |
| 4 | Preferred | Experience with process discovery, requirements gathering, and solution architecture |
| 4 | Preferred | Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Java, or Python |
| 3 | Preferred | Experience with Azure infrastructure including troubleshooting |
| 3 | Preferred | Experience with software development using Agile methodology |
| 1 | Preferred | Experience with Power Automate development |
| 1 | Preferred | BluePrism Certification |
| 1 | Preferred | Microsoft Power Platform Developer Certification |
| 1 | Preferred | Prior experience supporting Health and Human Services and OIG |
The primary work location(s) will be at 701 W 51st Street, Austin, TX 78751. The working position is Hybrid - On Site and Telework. Any and all travel, per diem, parking, and/or living expenses shall be at the Candidate's and/or Vendor's expense. Texas Health and Human Services Commission will provide pre-approved, written authorization for travel for any services to be performed away from the primary work location(s). Pre-approved travel expenses are limited to the rates and comply with the rules prescribed by the State of Texas for travel by its classified employees, including any requirement for original receipts.
The Candidate(s) may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends, evenings and holidays, as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
**HHSC MAX NTE Rate: $144.00/HR for this position**
TERM OF SERVICE
Services are expected to start on or around December 15, 2025, and are expected to be completed by August 31, 2026. Total estimated hours per candidate shall not exceed 1500 hours for FY26.
Initial Purchase Order Term:
Any Purchase Order resulting from this Request for Resumes is effective on the date of issuance and expires on the last day of the State fiscal year in which the Purchase Order was issued, unless sooner stated in the Purchase Order or unless sooner terminated, renewed, or extended as provided in the Purchase Order.
Renewal Option(s):
HHSC, at its sole discretion, may renew the Purchase Order for up to three, one-year optional renewals. Such renewal(s), if exercised, shall be subject to all the requirements and terms and conditions of the Purchase Order.
WORK HOURS AND LOCATION
A) Services shall be provided during normal business hours unless otherwise coordinated through the Agency. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding Texas state holidays when the agency is closed.
B) The primary work location will be 4601 W Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78751.
Position is ONSITE/Hybrid at the location listed above (with some hybrid work - determined by the hiring manager). The program will only accept LOCAL ONLY candidates for this position. (Onsite Days, Mondays and Tuesdays) and (Remote Days, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays).
The program will only allow candidates who are LOCAL TO THE AUSTIN AREA ONLY.
Please do not submit candidates who are currently out of state and are planning to move to Texas. Candidates must already reside in Texas.
C) Any and all travel, per diem, parking, and/or living expenses shall be at the worker s and/or Vendor s expense.
D) The worker may be required to work remotely at HHSC discretion, up to 100 percent of the time.
E) The worker may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends, evenings and holidays, as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through the Agency.
OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Interviews will be conducted: (check all that apply)
By Phone
In person
Through Microsoft Teams
This position is subject to the availability of funding.
Initial Purchase Order Term:
Any Purchase Order resulting from this Request for Resumes is effective on the date of issuance and expires on the last day of the State fiscal year in which the Purchase Order was issued, unless sooner stated in the Purchase Order or unless sooner terminated, renewed, or extended as provided in the Purchase Order.
Renewal Option(s):
HHSC, at its sole discretion, may renew the Purchase Order for up to three, one-year optional renewals. Such renewal(s), if exercised, shall be subject to all the requirements and terms and conditions of the Purchase Order.
A vendor s submission of a candidate may be disqualified if:
- The vendor fails to add the candidate to competitive solicitation, or RFR, in the DIR ITSAC Portal.
- Another vendor submits the same candidate for the same competitive solicitation, also known as a request of resume (RFR).
- The vendor submits more than one candidate for the same competitive solicitation, or RFR.
- The vendor submits a candidate after the response period for a competitive solicitation, or RFR.
- The vendor fails to format the email subject line properly, when submitting a candidate for a competitive solicitation, or RFR:
- Proper Formatting: Solicitation Number, Vendor Name, Candidate First and Last Name, Position Type and Level
- Example: 529123456, Sanders Technologies, Jane Doe, Project Lead 3
- The vendor fails to follow any other instructions noted in the competitive solicitation, or RFR.
In submitting a resume for this solicitation, the vendor attests to their compliance with e-verify for the submitted candidate. E-verify requirements are outlined in Appendix A, Section P. Immigration, of the Standard Terms and Conditions for Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contract.
Worker must sign an Acceptable Use Agreement as a condition of employment.
Worker must sign and return an HHSC Information Technology Staff Augmentation Contractor Integrity Agreement (IT Form 4710) before a purchase order is issued.
Vendor must sign and return and HHS Information Security Cybersecurity Training Acknowledgement () before a purchase order is issued.
The vendor must conduct a criminal history investigation of the Worker and provide the results to HHSC prior to the issuance of any purchase order. The criminal history investigation must have been conducted within six months prior to the issuance of any purchase order, including a purchase order for modifying or extending the terms of the agreement. Should the Worker not be acceptable to HHSC at any time because of the results of the criminal history investigation, then HHSC may immediately terminate its purchase order and related service agreement or request replacement of the Worker in question.
By accepting the purchaser order, the Vendor agrees to comply with the .
- Response must be submitted in accordance with Customer specifications by the response deadline listed in Section VIII of this solicitation. Failure to do so will result in disqualification of the response.
- Vendor hereby represents to DIR they are registered as a Texas Vendor, with all necessary Texas taxpayer identification numbers with the Comptroller of Public Accounts and be in good standing with that office, and otherwise be authorized to do business with the State of Texas.
- Form D (Right to Represent) - a Candidate whose name and Form D is submitted by more than one vendor for the same opportunity may be considered by the Customer. The Customer, at its discretion, may hire a Candidate submitted by multiple Vendors.
- Vendors may not submit resumes outside of the process for solicitations. (Appendix A, Section 11. C).
- Vendor is prohibited from contacting a Customer to discuss an open competitive solicitation during the Work Order Solicitation; however, Vendor is allowed to market their business to Customers. (Appendix A, Section 13. 3)
- Vendor is prohibited from submitting a substitute candidate during the interview process if the original candidate is no longer available. Vendor may offer a replacement candidate, if the Purchase Order (PO) has been issued and the original candidate is no longer available. (Appendix A, Section 11. E).
- The Vendor and/or its subcontractors, if any, shall certify that they are not suspended or debarred from doing business with the federal government as listed in the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) maintained by the General Services Administration, and (x) as of the effective date of the Contract, are not listed in the prohibited vendors list authorized by Executive Order #13224, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism," published by the United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. DIR will verify EPLS status via the . Vendors listed on the prohibited vendors list will result in disqualification of the entire response.
A. Candidate resumes and references from the responses shall be made available to the Customer in accordance with Customer specifications. The determination of candidates to be interviewed and the final award shall be made by the Customer. For Texas State Agency customers, WorkQuest resumes must be reviewed and a determination made to either select the WorkQuest candidate or reject the WorkQuest candidate and report this decision on the Agency's State Use Report per Texas State Use Act, Chapter 122, Texas Human Resources Code.
- Candidate Reference Form, submit copy for each Candidate.
- Candidate Qualifications - Vendor must complete and merge with resume.
- Candidate Acknowledgement Form, Vendor must obtain signature from Candidate and merge with resume.
- Candidate Resume - submit copy for each Candidate.
- Vendor may submit no more than 1 candidate resume(s) for this job.
- Candidate Reference Form, Candidate Qualification Form, Candidate Acknowledgement Form, and Candidate Resume to be merged into one (1) document and sent to the Customer in accordance with Customer specifications in PDF Format. Order of merge is to be: Candidate Qualification Form, Candidate Resume, Candidate Reference Form and Candidate Acknowledgement Form.
- Instructions for where to send forms and resume(s): Vendors should input their candidate information in the vendor DIR ITSAC Portal. Once completed, the vendor should submit that candidate resume to
- Log into the portal and complete the following for each Candidate.
- Candidate Name
- Hourly Rate: Rates shall not exceed the Not-to-Exceed rates contained in Vendor's contract with DIR for the noted position(s). In the event that the Vendor submits an hourly bill rate that exceeds the NTE bill rate in the contract, the candidate will be submitted to the Customer with an hourly bill rate that is reduced to the NTE hourly bill rate in the contract. (Appendix A, Section 12. A.). If the Customer submits a Solicitation that does not require an NTE rate, then the rate will be negotiated between the Customer and Vendor prior to Award.
- Date of Candidate availability
- If sub-contracted provide company name, sub-contract in accordance withcentage and company HUB type.
- Vendors certified as Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs) by the State Procurement Division (SPD) shall include HUB Ethnicity & Gender Codes as defined by the SPD. Insert HUB Ethnicity/Gender code assigned to the Vendor by the SPD. If vendor is not a HUB insert N/A. Vendor shall use the HUB Ethnicity & Gender Codes assigned to the Vendor by the SPD. DIR shall verify Vendor's HUB Ethnicity & Gender Codes status via the .
- Send resume packet for each Candidate (Instructions in Section X)
- Name the resume packet (PDF) document(s) following the guidelines below:
- Solicitation Number, Vendor Name and Candidate Name. i.e.: 52905008_VendorName_CandidateName.pdf
- Order of merged PDF is to be:
- Candidate Qualification Form
- Candidate Resume
- Candidate Reference Form
- Candidate Acknowledgement Form.
- For questions or comments regarding the solicitation, contact .
- For contract related questions, refer to the Contract Manager listed on the .
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| Solicitation Number: 529601556 | Title/Level: Software Engineer 3 |
| Candidate Name: | Category: Applications/Software Development |
| Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. | |||
| Actual Years Experience | Years Experience Needed | Required Preferred | Skills/Experience |
| 8 | Required | Hands-on experience with RPA development, with at least 4 years specifically using Blue Prism | |
| 8 | Required | Experience with web development including HTML, JavaScript, DOM and HTTP protocol | |
| 8 | Required | Experience with SQL/No-SQL databases | |
| 8 | Required | Experience with RESTful web services | |
| 4 | Preferred | Experience with API development | |
| 4 | Preferred | Experience with process discovery, requirements gathering, and solution architecture | |
| 4 | Preferred | Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, Java, or Python | |
| 3 | Preferred | Experience with Azure infrastructure including troubleshooting | |
| 3 | Preferred | Experience with software development using Agile methodology | |
| 1 | Preferred | Experience with Power Automate development | |
| 1 | Preferred | BluePrism Certification | |
| 1 | Preferred | Microsoft Power Platform Developer Certification | |
| 1 | Preferred | Prior experience supporting Health and Human Services and OIG |
| RFO: 445 Solicitation Number: 529601556 | Title/Level: Software Engineer 3 |
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| I hereby authorize Mahantech Corp to submit my resume in response to the temporary staffing Solicitation 529601556 for Texas Health and Human Services Commission. I understand that submission of my resume by multiple vendors may result in my disqualification from this opportunity. Customers reserve the right to hire a candidate submitted by multiple vendors. Worker signature: _______________________________ Date: _______________________ |