**In Person Interview** Initial PO for 12 months; usually projects with this customer goes for 3+ years ***w2 or 1099 or c2c; must attend in person interview; primarily remote; First week onsite then once a month.
Imagine designing, developing, and maintaining state-wide online application systems supporting over one million K-12 students, plus hundreds of thousands of parents, teachers, and school staff in Arizona. The Arizona Department of Education is creating award-winning solutions using leading-edge technologies. This position will allow the ideal candidate to positively impact the projects and services that improve educational outcomes in our state.
<>Position Summary
This position will be primarily responsible for development, enhancement, troubleshooting and maintenance for Web applications and backend processes built on a Microsoft technology stack. The successful candidate will be solution-oriented, adapt to changing environments, and able to work with minimal defined requirements. The ideal candidate must have previous experience implementing, unit testing, and debugging applications.
This is a hybrid work environment requiring mandatory in-office scheduled attendance days. The position requires residence within the State of Arizona.
<>Responsibilities
- Review functional business requirements and design specifications to ensure understanding of deliverables such as application code and unit tests.
- Design, develop and unit test new features to existing applications or build out brand new applications as per business requirements and design specifications.
- Identify, debug, and fix defects in application code.
- Work closely/collaboratively with cross-functional teams (BA, QA, Operations, Leadership).
- Provide estimates for development efforts.
- Participate in various SCRUM activities such as sprint planning, stand ups and retrospectives.
- Participate in software design discussions and code reviews.
- Coordinate with Network Services team to ensure required environments are available.
- Coordinate with Operations team to create and deploy builds to appropriate environments.
<>Required Skills
- Full-stack software application development with C#, .NET Framework plus .NET Core 3.1 and above, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET MVC, Razor Pages, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
- Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming fundamentals and SOLID design principles.
- Ability to recognize and apply software design patterns and best practices.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, Application Services, Azure Functions, Storage Accounts.
- SQL Server development, writing stored procedures and functions, plus intermediate-level relational database modeling and design skills.
- Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Services or other centralized or distributed source control and work management systems.
- Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables to meet commitments.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with developers and business experts.
- Ability to work as part of a self-directed team, in which tasks are determined daily in coordination with co-workers, rather than being assigned.
- Ability to excel in a collaborative and distributed team environment.
- Ability to work with a minimal amount of direction while being proactive in keeping management informed of project related issues.
- Ability to respectfully question ideas and share a point of view with others in support of the business requirements and needs.
- Ability to effectively communicate with various levels of employees ranging from entry level to senior leadership.
- Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time and shift priorities quickly.
- Proven strong problem-solving skills, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Skills:
- Strong preference for current experience developing with .NET 6, 7, 8
- Strong preference for current experience developing Blazor Applications
- Prior experience with Classic ASP, VBScript, Visual Basic 6, COM+ Components highly advantageous
- Experience with application system design and architecture
- Additional Azure Cloud Services, such as Service Bus, API Management, Key Vault, and others helpful
- Use of Telerik Controls / Kendo UI framework in Web application development
- Working knowledge of Power BI and SSRS for reporting and data visualization
Required Experience:
- 5 or more years of professional Software Application Development experience utilizing the required knowledge, skills, and abilities listed above.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience working on an Agile/Scrum team
- Experience in the Education or Government sector
<>Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field of study, or equivalent professional experience.
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