Net Developer

Position Description and Summary:

• Imagine designing developing and maintaining statewide online application systems supporting over one million K12 students plus hundreds of thousands of parents teachers and school staff in Arizona.
• The Arizona Department of Education is creating awardwinning solutions using leadingedge technologies.
• This position will allow the ideal candidate to positively impact the projects and services that improve educational outcomes in our state.
• This position will be primarily responsible for development enhancement troubleshooting and maintenance for Web applications and backend processes built on a Microsoft technology stack.
• The successful candidate will be solutionoriented adapt to changing environments and able to work with minimal defined requirements.
• The ideal candidate must have previous experience implementing unit testing and debugging applications.
• This is a hybrid work environment requiring mandatory inoffice scheduled attendance days.
• The position requires residence within the State of Arizona.

Position Responsibilities:

• Review functional business requirements and design specifications to ensure understanding of deliverables such as application code and unit tests.
• Design develop and unit test new features to existing application or build out brand new application as per business requirements and design specifications.
• Identify debug and fix defects in application code.
• Work closely/collaboratively with crossfunctional teams (BA QA Operations Leadership).
• Provide estimates for development efforts.
• Participate in various SCRUM activities such as sprint planning stand ups and retrospectives.
• Participate in software design discussions and code reviews.
• Coordinate with Network Services team to ensure required environments are available.
• Coordinate with Operations team to create and deploy builds to appropriate environments.

Qualifications Required:

• Education Required: Bachelors degree in computer science Software Engineering or related field of study or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience Required: 5 or more years of professional Software Application Development experience utilizing the required knowledge skills and abilities listed above.
• Fullstack software application development with C# .NET Framework plus .NET Core 3.1 and above ASP.NET Web API ASP.NET MVC Razor Pages HTML CSS JavaScript jQuery and Bootstrap.
• Advanced understanding of objectoriented programming fundamentals and SOLID design principles.
• Ability to recognize and apply software design patterns and best practices.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Application Services Azure Functions Storage Accounts.
• SQL Server development writing stored procedures and functions plus intermediatelevel relational database modeling and design skills.
• Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Services or other centralized or distributed source control and work management systems.
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables to meet commitments.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with developers and business experts.
• Ability to work as part of a selfdirected team in which tasks are determined daily in coordination with coworkers rather than being assigned.
• Ability to excel in a collaborative and distributed team environment.
• Ability to work with a minimal amount of direction while being proactive in keeping management informed of project related issues.
• Ability to respectfully question ideas and share a point of view with others in support of the business requirements and needs.
• Ability to effectively communicate with various levels of employees ranging from entry level to senior leadership.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time and shift priorities quickly.
• Proven strong problemsolving skills troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications Preferred:

• Experience working on an Agile/Scrum team
• Experience in the Education or Government sector
• Strong preference for current experience developing with .NET 6 7 8.
• Strong preference for current experience developing Blazor Applications.
• Prior experience with Classic ASP VBScript Visual Basic 6 COM Components highly advantageous.
• Experience with application system design and architecture.
• Additional Azure Cloud Services such as Service Bus API Management Key Vault and others helpful.
• Use of Telerik Controls / Kendo UI framework in Web application development.
• Working knowledge of Power BI and SSRS for reporting and data visualization

Additional Information:

• LOCAL ARIZONA CANDIDATES ONLY
• Candidates should apply with the ability and willingness to work inoffice up to five days per week as business needs necessitate.
• Standard 7year background check