Education and Certifications:

Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience. (Required)

Certifications: Microsoft or other certification related to desired KSAs (Desired)

Primary Job Duties and Tasks:

The activities these candidates will be tasked with include, but are not limited to the following:

Lead and mentor a team of application developers and database engineers in the construction and remediation of agency financial business systems or system components for integration with Florida PALM. (https://myfloridacfo.com/floridapalm)

Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, and stakeholders to understand the functional and non-functional requirements of the applications.

Translate business requirements into architectural designs that align with business goals and department standards.

Design the overall system architecture, and define how different components of the system interact.

Design, develop, lead system and integration testing, and implement software applications using the .NET framework and C#.

Utilize ASP.NET (or ASP.NET Core) for web application development, including MVC, Web API, and Blazor for client-side and server-side programming.

Develop and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and functions.

Develop user interfaces and ensure the front end is responsive, accessible, and user-friendly.

Develop scheduled batch processes to support required integrations with Florida PALM and other systems or platforms.

Review code, architecture, and design to ensure they meet department standards.

Analyze and optimize the performance of the application.

Design strategies for scaling the application and batch processes efficiently as user demand and data volume grows.

Ensure the application adheres to security best practices and compliance requirements.

Utilize Azure DevOps and adhere to department standard practices such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).

Coordinate the development of application deployment or implementation plans and manage implementation activities.

This position will provide technical guidance, leadership and expertise in supporting the department in developing, architecting, and maintaining applications, APIs, data mappings, and monitoring high- volume complex data integration processes, with a focus on agency financial business systems.

Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

The submitted candidate must be able to apply common knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

Minimum Required KSAs:

5+ years of experience in .Net/.Net core, including API development,

5+ years of experience in DDL, DML T-SQL skills, advanced stored procedure writing skills, tables, primary keys, foreign keys, constraints, indexes, transactions, process logging, and error handling.

3+ years of experience in leading, mentoring, and managing a team of developers and engineers. 3+ years of experience in application architecture / technical design / technical diagramming

3+ years of experience with data mapping.

3+ years of experience in batch process development and batch cycle support 3+ years of analyzing and interpreting large datasets, including cleaning, transforming, and visualizing data. 3+ years of Experience in testing high-volume of complex data integration processes. Familiarity with system catalog views, and Azure Cloud

1+ years experience with Azure Dev Ops Pipelines and GitHub repositories.

Ability to provide excellent customer support; meticulous quality of work and work product.

Preferred:

3+ years demonstrated experience in development and/or support of financial business systems

Prior experience working with a state government agency

General understanding of standard accounting practices

General Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

The submitted candidate(s) must be able to apply common knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

1. Communication: Have the ability to clearly convey information, in both written and verbal formats, to individuals or groups in a wide variety of settings (i.e., project team meetings, management presentations, etc.). Must have the ability to effectively listen and process information provided by others.

2. Customer Service: Works well with clients and customers (i.e., business office, public, or other agencies). Able to assess the needs of the customer, provide information or assistance to satisfy expectations or resolve a problem.

3. Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions.

4. Flexibility: Is open to change, new processes (or process improvement), and new information. Has the ability to adapt in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. Ability to receive and give constructive criticism and maintain effective work relationships with others.

5. Interpersonal: Shows friendliness, courtesy, understanding, and politeness to others.

6. Leadership: Motivates, encourages, and challenges others. Is able to adapt leadership styles in a variety of situations.

7. Problem-Solving: Able to identify, evaluate, and use sound judgement to generate and evaluate alternative actions, and make recommendations as accordingly.

8. Team Building: Encourages, inspires, and guides others toward accomplishing the common goal.