IT Developer

Job Description
Job Title: IT Developer


Duration : 12 Months

Note: Remote Position. Desirable if the candidate is located in California, one hour away from either JCC San Francisco or Sacramento office location.

Minimum Job-Specific Skills/Qualifications Required (in order of relative importance):

• 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:

• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with business subject matter experts to define and document application strategies through interactive workshops and executive-level presentations.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, non-technical language.
• Enterprise Application Architecture: Design and develop multi-tier, distributed web-based systems ensuring high availability and scalability. Experienced in VB.NET, .NET, C#, Angular, and the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform ecosystem.
• Full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): Lead end-to-end application development, including requirements analysis, system design, coding, testing, deployment, post-production support, conversion, data reconciliation, user training, and documentation.
• Server Platforms: Architect, install, configure, maintain, and upgrade Lucee/ColdFusion, WebLogic, Apache, and Tomcat servers for optimal performance and reliability.
• Database Engineering: Design and optimize Oracle 19c databases, author efficient ANSI SQL and PL/SQL queries, create data structures, views, and stored procedures, and implement performance-tuning best practices.
• Cloud Architecture & Modernization: Design, deploy, and optimize Microsoft Azure cloud architectures (IaaS, PaaS, serverless), create modernization roadmaps, and drive application refactoring, containerization, and adoption of cloud-native patterns.
• Security & Compliance: Engineer secure payment gateway integrations using industry-standard encryption, tokenization, and PCI DSS controls. Configure and manage Azure Active Directory and identity solutions for centralized authentication and authorization.
• Networking & Infrastructure: Apply deep knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, and software-defined networking to architect secure, high-performance cloud networks.
• Deployment, Migration & Automation: Execute deployment strategies and data migration plans to ensure seamless cutovers with minimal downtime. Administer and automate Linux environments leveraging shell scripting and configuration management tools for robust operations.
• CI/CD & Development Tools: Implement CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, automating builds, tests, and releases. Leverage open-source toolchains including IDEs, build systems, libraries, frameworks, and version control best practices for streamlined development workflows.
• UX/UI & Reporting: Design web user experiences and interfaces, and produce reports and dashboards using Crystal Reports, Bi-Query, SQL Developer, and Power BI.
• Design Patterns & Testing: Apply object-oriented design and architectural patterns and produce comprehensive system test plans and scripts.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive technical specifications, architectural diagrams, and design artifacts.
• Delivery Track Record: Consistently deliver products on time and within budget, achieving high user satisfaction and quality standards.

A. Analytical Experience

• Requirements translation: Transform business, informational, and technical objectives into clear functional specifications and detailed architectural diagrams.
• Solution evaluation: Analyze, compare, and recommend technical solutions, providing thorough cost-benefit assessments to guide decision-making.
• Complex problem solving: Decompose intricate challenges into actionable steps and craft solution designs for web and cloud-based workflows.
• Documentation: Develop and update comprehensive technical specifications and architectural design documents.

B. Development Tools

• Version control: Expertise in Git, GitHub, and SVN, including cloning, branching, merging, resolving conflicts, submitting pull requests, and conducting code reviews following industry best practices.
• IDE and editors: Skilled with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Notepad++, Sublime Text, and GitHub Desktop for efficient coding and project management.
• Platforms and testing: Proficient in Linux and Windows environments, with hands-on experience using Postman and Fiddler for API testing and debugging.
• Automation and CI/CD: Implement automated workflows using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, and leverage shell scripting and configuration management tools to streamline environment setup and maintenance.

C General Skills

• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, adept at conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Interpersonal: Demonstrated ability to build and sustain effective working relationships across teams and organizational boundaries.
• Methodologies: Experienced in applying both traditional and agile project management methodologies to drive successful outcomes.
• Office proficiency: Advanced user of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Forms, and Visio for documentation, reporting, and diagramming.
• 2. Additional Skills/Qualifications Desired:
• Web Application Development: Extensive experience designing, developing, and maintaining web applications using Lucee and Adobe ColdFusion (CFML), Java (Spring/Hibernate), modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5/CSS3, XML/XSD, JSON, and RESTful APIs. Skilled in writing custom tags, optimizing performance, implementing APIs, and ensuring compliance with accessibility protocols for large organizations.
• Database Expertise: Proficient with both relational and cloud-native databases, including MS SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, and Oracle Database Cloud Service (DBCS).
• Cloud and DevOps: Experienced in designing, deploying, migrating, and managing applications in AWS and Azure, particularly in government cloud environments. Familiar with DevOps practices, including automation, monitoring, logging, alerts, and metrics.
• API Design and Integration: Skilled in API design (including versioning and public APIs), third-party integrations, identity management for authentication and authorization, message exchanges, and service-oriented messaging.
• Application Security: Knowledgeable in systems security and data encryption, identifying vulnerabilities such as outdated libraries or insecure calls, and implementing application security using Azure Active Directory.
• Secure Remote Access & Scheduling: Experienced in designing secure remote-access architectures and optimizing scheduling processes to maximize efficiency and reduce manual overhead and errors.
• Requirement-to-Code Delivery: Strong ability to translate functional requirements into technical designs and production code, bridging stakeholder needs with development solutions as both

a Business Systems Analyst and Application Developer.

• Testing & Quality Assurance: Proficient with open-source and automated testing tools, developing system test plans and scripts, and conducting usability testing to validate interaction design and identify issues.
• Operational Analytics & Reporting: Skilled at enhancing data models and reporting capabilities (e.g., Daily Activity Log improvements) to deliver richer operational insights.
• Accessibility & Digital Government: Proven track record in developing web accessibility compliance protocols and digital government strategies for enterprise-scale projects with public sector partners.
• Solution Design & Analysis: Experienced in analyzing and developing solution designs for web and cloud-based processes and systems, partnering with California courts, state agencies, and other public-sector bodies.
• A Programmer/Analyst is competent to work on all difficult phases of programming and design and many phases of complex systems design and programming.

If you are: bright, motivated, skilled, a difference-maker, able to get things done, work with minimum direction, enthusiastic, a thinker, able to juggle and multi-task, communicate effectively, and lead, then we would like to hear from you. We need exceptionally capable people for this role for our client, so get back to us and tell us why

you think you are a fit.

About Us:

Since 2000, Tri-Force Consulting Services ( has been an MBE/SDB certified IT Consulting firm in the Philadelphia region. Tri-Force specializes in IT staffing, software development (web and mobile apps), systems integration, data analytics, system automation, cybersecurity, and cloud technology solutions for government and commercial clients. Tri-Force works with clients to overcome obstacles such as increasing productivity, increasing efficiencies through automation, and lowering costs. Our clients benefit from our three distinguishing core values: integrity, diligence, and technological excellence. Tri-Force is a six-time winner among the fastest-growing companies in Philadelphia and a four-time winner on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies.