Overall Technical Development Lead

Title/Role: IA-HHS-DTL1-Overall Technical Development Lead

Worksite Address: Des Moines, IA

Agency Interview Type: In Person Only

Work Arrangement: Remote

Local candidates only.

This position is for an Overall Developmental Technical Lead on the DHS CCWIS (FACS Replacement) project. The position will have oversight over all technical aspects of the project. The person will work closely with the Sprint teams engaged on the project and be part of the decision-making team. That team will include the Solutions Architect, Project Manager(s), Test Manger, Business Manager, and Product Owners on the project.

The candidate will be working on our CCWIS (FACS Replacement) project. This project is rebuilding our Child Welfare Case Management system into a more modern Microsoft PowerApps/Dynamics application.

The life cycle methodology will be SAFe agile. The individual selected will be attending sprint backlog grooming, PI planning sessions, demos, and Agile ceremonies necessary to stay apprised on the project and ensure that business outcomes are met.

The candidate will be required to provide oversight to ensure work is handled efficiently and timely to ensure outcomes are met and when necessary, only when exhausting all options themselves before escalating to the Bureau Chief of Enterprise Systems and Technology. This leader will have light supervisory duties over Senior Developers, developers, source control/release planning, and CI/CD pipeline management for the project. These duties will be both involved inside and outside of the sprint methodology.

For remote access, individual must have personal internet connection bandwidth to handle Teams Meetings with video and screen sharing without disruptions.

Individual should work well in a team and independently as needed.

Responsibilities:

Make decisions on Solution Design & Help development leads overcome barriers

Candidate to escalate issues and barriers to the Bureau Chief that they can't resolve themselves

Mentoring/Coaching of less experienced staff on technical implementations

Troubleshooting support during development

Troubleshooting support for production as needed

Assist in designing, developing, and enhancing large transaction and reporting databases.

Assist in converting existing Legacy System into Microsoft PowerApps/Dynamics

Ensuring leadership is apprised of the status of the project

Guiding team project team members to troubleshoot all technical issues

Research, understand and apply best practices, cost-effective solution, policies and procedures towards all assigned tasks, roles and responsibilities.

Monitor Code practices and ensure developers are following standards for development

Required Experience/Skills:

Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related field or relevant work experience

Demonstrated experience developing in PowerApps/Dynamics

Proven experience leading large development projects developing a CRM solution

Lead or direct code reviews to ensure efficient, consistent, testable code

Proficiency with using Visual Studio 2017 and higher

Proficiency with C# and .NET Framework

Ability to communicate effectively to team members, peers, and business counter parts

Technical understanding of infrastructure components, their dependencies, and interactions between servers, virtual systems, networks, databases, web applications, Azure, etc.

Experience in working with Federal and State regulations/compliance issues with ensuring technical outcomes meet the necessary outcomes outlined.

Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services Certifications

Required

Experience with Data Modeling

Required 4 Years

Proficiency with different versions of Visual Studio (2017 & higher)

Required 5 Years

Experience with C#, .NET framework, JavaScript, and object oriented design/development.

Required 5 Years

Experience in architecting, writing and maintaining APIs/Services

Required 5 Years

Experience working in an agile environment

Required 3 Years

Experience in doing CI/CD work or leading teams that have done that work

Required 2 Years

Experience with Mainframe systems or transforming mainframe systems to newer technology

Desired

Safe Agile Experience

Desired

State or Federal Government Experience

Desired