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Title: IT Developer
Contract: 12 months
Location: California(fully remote)
Summary of work
The Court Interpreter Data Collection System (CIDCS) is used by client staff to maintain records of certification and qualification for interpreters statewide. The system is used by court staff to research availability and qualification status of interpreters. Trial courts can research and report interpreter usage data. CIDCS is used by court interpreters to record their profile and session information.
The goals of this project are to collaborate with Language Access Services the technical strategy, gather requirements and deliver enhancements including but not limited to:
• Improvements to the Online payment processing and annual compliance attestations.
• Improved capture of Daily Activity Log data, including enhancements.
• Expanded and enhanced reporting in client Admin and Court Staff portals.
• Upgraded remote-access functions and Master List management.
• Ongoing maintenance, operations and quality-assurance support.
• Research and document long-term options for modernizing CIDCS.
Skills/Qualifications Required:
Candidates must have a minimum of ten (10) years of hands-on experience in software design, development, and architecture, demonstrating mastery of all required software platforms. Equivalent years of directly related professional experience or advanced academic credentials may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE IN:
- Collaborate with business SMEs to define and document application strategies through interactive workshops and executive-level presentations, translating complex technical concepts into clear, non-technical language.
- Architect, install, develop, document, maintain, and upgrade Lucee/ColdFusion server platforms, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Design and optimize Oracle 19c databases, authoring efficient SQL queries and implementing performance-tuning best practices.
- Administer and automate Linux environments, leveraging shell scripting and configuration management for robust operations.
- Engineer and support secure payment gateway integrations, incorporating industry-standard encryption, tokenization, and PCI DSS controls.
- Lead full-cycle application development: requirements analysis, system design, coding, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
- Execute application deployment strategies and data migration plans to ensure seamless cutovers and minimal downtime.
- Leverage open-source toolchains—IDEs, build systems, libraries, and frameworks—to streamline development workflows.
- Design, deploy, and optimize cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, and serverless services.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, automating builds, tests, and releases.
- Produce and maintain comprehensive technical specifications, architectural diagrams, and design artifacts.
- Configure and manage Azure Active Directory and identity solutions for centralized authentication and authorization.
- Develop roadmaps for legacy applications and provide recommendation for application modernization, driving refactoring, containerization, and cloud-native adoption.
- Apply deep networking knowledge—TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, and software-defined networking—to architect secure, high-performance cloud networks.
Additional Skills/Qualifications Desired:
- Practical experience developing and maintaining web applications using Lucee and Adobe ColdFusion (CFML), including writing custom tags, optimizing performance, and implementing RESTful APIs.
- Proven ability to wear multiple hats as both a Business Systems Analyst and an Application Developer, bridging stakeholder requirements with technical design and development.
- Proficient in relational and cloud-native databases, including MS SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Cosmos DB.
- Architect and develop web applications using Java (Spring/Hibernate), modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5/CSS3, XML/XSD, JSON, and RESTful APIs.
- Partner with California courts, state agencies, and other public-sector bodies on enterprise-scale software projects.
- Enhance the Daily Activity Log’s data model and reporting capabilities to deliver richer operational insights.
- Automate interpreter cross-assignment workflows, reducing manual scheduling overhead and errors.
- Design secure remote-access architectures and optimize scheduling processes for maximum efficiency.
Compensation:
The estimated pay range for this position is USD $65.00 – 72.00/Hr. and is an Exempt role.
Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on the circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.