Senior Application Programmer (SR- 5266901)
Remote – United States
I.DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
OTS leads the State’s technology procurement process in order to standardize technology over the entire organization, seek efficiencies of operations, maintenance, and scalability of new products introduced to the OTS suite of services which can eventually be offered to all in-scope agencies.
The scope of the proposed services will include the following:
- Development, administration & configuration of a custom-built .NET development project.
- Provide technical knowledge transfer, training, documentation, mentorship, and guidance to State personnel for all requested work.
- Provide oversight and guidance of the customer-agency’s replacement software and make performance improvements.
- Perform code reviews and testing on new code.
- Participates in all necessary team meetings and design sessions in accordance with Scrum ceremonies.
- Cooperation with State’s Technical Architect to ensure compliance with OTS standards of State applications.
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
| Years | Required/Preferred | Experience |
| 5 | Required | C# |
| 5 | Required | ASP.NET Core (version 6.0 or later) |
| 5 | Required | MSSQL |
| 2 | Required | Enterprise-level Software Development |
| 2 | Required | Agile/Scrum |
| 2 | Preferred | Leading a team of Application Programmers under Microsoft development stack |
| 2 | Preferred | Hands-on experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as Vue.js, React, NodeJS, Angular, TypeScript, etc. |
| 2 | Preferred | Experience designing and developing distributed systems (Microservices/SOA) |
| 2 | Preferred | Experience developing reports with SSRS, PowerBI, Tableau, or other reporting tools |
| 2 | Preferred | Experience setting up, maintaining and using DevOps pipelines, including CI/CD, such as GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy, and automating tasks |
| 2 | Preferred | Git Version Control System, including branching strategies for complex systems |
| 2 | Preferred | Problem-solving and analytical abilities. Strong communication and teamwork skills. |
| 2 | Preferred | Strong understanding of RESTful API design and integration. |
| 2 | Preferred | Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, or cloud-native managed container orchestrators). |
| 2 | Preferred | Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code practices using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Biceps, etc. |
| 2 | Preferred | Solid understanding of security best practices for modern web applications. |
| 2 | Preferred | Experience working in Agile environments with iterative development practices. |
| 2 | Preferred | Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS. |
| 2 | Preferred | Familiarity with API integrations for external data sources. |
| 2 | Preferred | Exposure to modular or microservices architectures. |
| 2 | Preferred | Knowledge of message-based systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, ServiceBus) and asynchronous programming models. |
Note: Expected Start Date 04/27/2026 and Expected End Date 06/30/2029.
Hours worked should be within the State’s core hours of 7:00 AM CT to 6:00 PM CT. In addition, Contractor personnel may be required to work on State holidays, weekends and hours outside of the State’s core business hours in order to meet critical deadlines.