Application Engineer/Programmer

Title

Application Programmer

Client

State of LA

Location

Remote

Resumes Due

April 15th

Rate

Up to 70/hr

Duration

~1.5 years

Description/Role

The two positions will provide Application support for OTS Customer Agency's Civil Fines System. The Civil Fines System launched in December 2021 and serves the following functions:

• Enables the public to search for Civil Citations to pay their fine or to complete an education course for a reduced penalty.
• Provides Customer Agency's program and accounting staff with an administrative portal to manage the Civil Program's daily operations.

The Civil Fines System was developed using the following technology and hosting:

• C#
• ASP.NET Core
• Entity Framework (EF) Core
• SQL Server
• Fluent Validation
• Hangfire
• React with TypeScript
• Bootstrap HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• Integrations utilizing JSON Web APIs and webhooks
• Azure App Services
• Azure SQL Server

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

The duties of an Application Programmer include, but are not limited to:

• Provides maintenance and support of the Civil Fines System, including existing integrations (i.e. Course System) and new integrations prioritized by the agency (i.e. CAD, RMS, licensing revocation, etc.).
• Design, code, compile, test, debug, modify and document any new or existing functionality for the system within accepted standards, procedures and guidelines of the OTS.
• Supports the installation, administration, configuration and maintenance of the application.
• Identify, respond, research and resolve program, data, or system software problems, frequently on an individual basis, in consultation with other employees and/or users.
• Meet with Customer Agency's users and OTS staff to determine needs; write program and/or system specifications and guidelines.
• Evaluates user requests for changes to determine specific tasks and effects on existing programs and systems; discusses and explains program and system modifications to users; and writes user guides and other documentation as needed.
• Completes change requests, enhancements, and system design for the assigned system; providing system modifications that are reliable and easily maintainable; providing system modifications that are interoperable and interface with other systems and networks.
• Coordinates and completes development, testing, and implementation tasks for the assigned system; including coordinating with third party vendors and various OTS verticals.
• Monitor, review and audit performance of the customer-agency's software and makes performance improvements.
• Provide advice, assistance or guidance of a technical nature concerning specialized application tools, hardware, software, or databases.
• Independently document and compile definitions and descriptions of data elements into dictionary form.
• Responsible for the preparation and organization of formal system test procedures of complex application systems.
• Collaborate with and review the work of programmers working on the assigned system to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Prepare and monitor work plans and schedules to ensure timeliness.
• Participates in OTS AppDM team meetings and report status on work upon request.
• Provide technical knowledge transfer, training, documentation, mentorship and guidance to State personnel for requested work.

Skills/Experience Required

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:

• 2+ years of experience in web development with any combination of the following:
  • C#,
  • ASP.NET or ASP.NET Core,
  • SQL Server,
  • HTML,
  • Entity Framework (EF)
• Other 3rd or 4th generation programming language (3GL or 4GL)
• Experience with any of the following cloud services:
  • Azure App Services
  • Azure SQL Server
  • Azure DevOps
  • AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Previous experience supporting or maintaining applications for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
• Previous experience supporting or maintaining applications for the State of Louisiana.

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:

• Developing applications with a public API and Swagger documentation for inbound integrations.
• Developing applications that utilize FluentValidation for server-side validation of form submissions.
• Developing applications that utilize Hangfire for background job processing.
• Developing applications that utilize CsvHelper to read and write CSV files.
• Developing applications that utilize third party APIs via RestSharp.
• Developing applications that utilize third party payment integrations.
• Utilizing PGP encryption to securely send and receive files.
• Writing stored procedures.
• Managing and maintaining source code in GitHub.
• Experience completing or managing work in Jira Atlassian software.
• Experience maintaining documentation in Microsoft SharePoint.