Application Developer VB.Net

Job Title: Senior Applications Developer (VB.NET / .NET 4.5 / InRules) 
Estimated Hours: 12 Months + 3 Optional Renewal Years
Work Location : Charleston, WV 
Business Hours: Mon–Fri, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST)

Key Roles & Responsibilities
The selected Senior Applications Developers will work directly with CPRB’s IT and Business teams to maintain, enhance, and support the COMPASS enterprise application:
Application Maintenance & Feature Enhancement: Write, modify, and optimize code within the COMPASS application (.NET 4.5 Framework, VB.NET, ASP.NET) to align with evolving state statutory requirements and operational needs.
Rules Engine & Database Development: Implement and modify business logic using InRules / irAuthor 4.6 and write optimized stored procedures and database scripts in SQL Server 2020.
Batch & Process Optimization: Maintain high-volume batch jobs handling monthly pension contribution processing, active member credit tracking, and retiree benefit disbursements.
Issue Triage & Troubleshooting: Collaborate with business analysts to triage production issues, identify root causes from reported defect logs, and engineer resolution fixes.
Testing & Monthly Deployment Cycles: Perform unit testing, system integration testing, and regression testing. Coordinate with business users to validate output before releasing code changes within monthly deployment windows.
Source Control & Documentation: Track code changes, maintain design documentation, and manage source versioning using Microsoft Visual Studio.

Candidate Qualification Requirements

Education:
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science from an accredited college or university (Diploma required), OR Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a related technical field with official transcripts highlighting relevant computer science coursework.

Core Language & Framework Experience (10+ Years Minimum):
10+ years of hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using VB.NET(Specifically they are looking VB.Net not advanced technologies,without VB.NET they will not considered).
Extensive experience within Microsoft Visual Studio (including VS 2013) for code debugging, source control check-ins, and consistent documentation.
Team-based development experience upgrading, refactoring, and configuring legacy and modern codebase iterations.
End-to-end software testing experience, including unit testing, system integration testing, and regression testing.

Domain & Specialized Technical Skills (2+ Years Minimum):
2+ years developing and optimizing any Pension Administration solutions is big plus.
2+ years building and optimizing .NET Framework Batch processes.
2+ years experience with InRules / irAuthor 4.6 rules engine integration.
2+ years experience working with the State of West Virginia’s DPAS Solution (or any related state agency software systems).
2+ years hands-on proficiency across the complete stack: ASP.NET, XML, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, SQL Server 2020, and SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)