Full Stack Application Developer

DCED - TAS3 A4 SC2 (Full Stack Application Developer)

Location REMOTE ***The selected candidate will go to the 4th floor of The Keystone Building (400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120) to pick up their commonwealth-issued equipment on their first day and possibly do badging.***

The candidate will be a member of a dynamic team responsible for maintenance & support, creating, and implementing application solutions built in .NET for DCED’s Application portfolio.

Economic Development is looking for a mid to senior level resource with strong overall knowledge/understanding of full stack application development. They will be part of the DCED’s Application Maintenance and Support Team. This team will be responsible for routine maintenance and support, incident management and change management for DCED’s Application Portfolio. They are responsible for production service failures resolutions, emergency release for application outages, root cause analysis, after-action reporting, trouble shooting, reporting service, data extracts and data corrections, technology upgrades, scheduling change releases, design, coding, component, and assembly testing of application code.

The candidate will be responsible for:

• Ensuring the continued availability, functionality, improvement, and longevity of DCED’s applications.
• Supporting existing business applications.
• Managing application knowledge base to ensure continuity via documentation, collaboration with the team, and sharing knowledge.
• Extending the life of DCED’s applications by enhancing them to meet business needs and keep pace with technology.
• Striving to improve customer satisfaction and collaboration with business users.
• Responsible for daily operational needs of business and development team.
• Following, supporting, and implementing Division’s strategy and vision for DCED’s IT application portfolio.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5 years of'real' hands-on working experience is required. This excludes 'experience' earned academically and/or internship.
• Required: 5+ years of ASP.NET web development experience, and VB.Net and/or C#.
• Required: 5+ years of MVC, Java Script/JQuery, JSON, and WebAPI
• Required: 3+ years of database modeling/development experience; experience with SQL Server.
• Required: 2+ years of SSRS Report Builder skills.
• Required: 2+ years of HTML5/CSS3 and Bootstrap framework.
• Required: 2+ years of DevOps and familiar with the SCRUM/iterative/waterfall development.
• Experience with ITSM. Including Remedy & ServiceNow
• Experience with any modernization project is ideal.
• Prior experience with MS Access systems preferred.
• Experience with Customer Service is ideal.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Carry out development with security and accessibility in mind
• The ability to work effectively under pressure and set deadlines. Positive attitude and flexibility is the key to be successful in our team.

Other Skills, interests, and qualities:

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to understand business users’ requirements.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• The ability to build good relationships with clients and colleagues.
• The ability to gather and interpret data.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong Self-Motivation skills.
• A broad knowledge of technologies and applications.
• The ability to explain ideas clearly to technical and non-technical staff.
• A knowledge of industry quality standards, legislation, and best practice.
• The ability to work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
• A flexible and adaptable approach.
• A commitment to keep up to date with technology.