Comptroller - Senior dotNet FullStack Developer (Reopen)

Texas Department of Public Safety; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking agency committed to public service and innovation! This role offers the chance to lead and develop cutting-edge software solutions that enhance the operational efficiency of the Texas Comptroller's Office. You will work in an agile environment, collaborating with diverse teams to design and implement applications that serve the public. With a focus on personal development and a supportive workplace culture, this position is perfect for those looking to grow their careers while making a positive impact in the community. If you are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to meaningful projects, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Flexible Scheduling

Professional Development Workshops

Team-Building Exercises

On-the-Job Training

Qualifications

• 8+ years in web-based applications development using relational or NoSQL databases.
• Experience leading medium to large scale technology projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex software development work-streams using modern technologies.
• Research technology trends and recommend scalable solutions.

Skills

Solution Analysis

Application Architecture

Agile Methodology

Project Leadership

Microservices Development

Cloud Technologies

Continuous Integration

Application Security

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

.NET Framework

MongoDB

SQL Server

AWS

Jenkins

BitBucket

SonarQube

Job description

Applications must be filed at: https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=00048395

Please note that this job posting can be closed without notice and earlier than the closing date indicated in the posting if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage applicants to submit and complete the application promptly.

Are you ready to grow, make a positive impact? If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describes the culture here at the Comptroller’s Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more! The Comptroller’s office serves virtually every citizen in the state.

Our agency workforce is as diverse as the people of Texas we serve. We value our employees and take very seriously our collective commitment to public service. Personal development opportunities are strongly encouraged through available workshops, team-building exercises, and on-the-job training. We offer flexible scheduling that helps employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.

ABOUT THE Division

General description

The Texas Comptroller's Office is looking for an experienced and eager individual to join our Administrative Applications Section within the Information Technology Division. The ideal candidate is passionate about learning new technology and tools to create innovative applications used by internal and external users. You will be involved in working with our internal and external stakeholders in an agile environment to understand business needs and design solutions adopting industry best practices; programming the software solutions with unit testing; leading small to medium size technology projects and innovations; researching modern technology & tools; recommending scalable software solutions; working with the DevOps team to enable pipelines; following the entire Software Development Lifecycle from inception to deployment, following an Agile development methodology; guiding/mentoring junior team members; and providing maintenance and post-production support.

Work Hours

Work Hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 40-hour week, Monday – Friday. Occasionally work additional hours on evenings, weekends, and/or holidays, including working on-call 24 hours a day during a rotation. Hours may change based on business need.

Teleworking may be considered if certain working conditions are met. The candidate must have permanent residency within the state of Texas and must be able to meet in office requirements, which can vary among different sections (i.e. report to the office 1 day/month, 1 day/week, etc.). Travel reimbursements are not provided for teleworking.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Eight (8) years of work experience in solution analysis, design, implementation, and support of the front-end and back-end of web-based applications with relational or NoSQL database.
• Five (5) years of hands-on work experience in application architecture and design with microservices based modern technology stack.
• Four (4) years of work experience using Cloud technologies.
• Two (2) years of work experience leading medium to large scale projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Information Systems, or Management Information Systems.
• Eight (8) years of work experience using a structured Software Development Life Cycle methodology for software development and maintenance.
• Eight (8) years of experience with website development in Microsoft.NET environment (ASP.NET, C#, HTML, CSS, REACT, JavaScript, Typescript) with databases like MongoDB, SQL Server and/or DB2.
• Eight (8) years of experience developing and implementing microservices in Linux environment.
• Eight (8) years of experience in Agile and DevOps methodology as a developer.
• Five (5) years of experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Development tools preferably Jenkins, BitBucket, SonarQube, Git.
• Five (5) years of experience implementing complex applications security requirements.
• Four (4) years of work experience with SSRS and SSIS OR any BI tool.
• Four (4) years of hands-on work experience with Amazon Web Services Cloud technologies.
• Five (5) years of hands-on experience using NoSQL DB like MongoDB or similar.

Substitution

One (1) additional year of experience in .Net development work may substitute for (30) thirty semester hours of educational requirement with a maximum substitution of 120 semester hours (four years).

Licenses/Certifications (Preferred)

Scrum Developer certification from an accredited organization.

SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position requires the incumbent to primarily perform sedentary office work; however, mobility (standing and walking) is routinely required to carry out some duties. It requires extensive computer, telephone, and client/customer contact. The job also requires normal cognitive abilities requiring the ability to learn, recall, and apply certain practices and policies. It requires the stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions.

In this role you will:

• Lead and oversee highly complex software development work-streams implementation using modern technologies, tools, and techniques.
• Research new technology architecture trends and recommend scalable solutions to the agency.
• Create software solutions by adopting industry best practices and following CPA’s IT standards/practices, creating application specific architecture and vision.
• Develop systems documentation, best practices templates and procedures and automate development processes as needed.
• Create and/or lead technology Proof-Of-concepts and provide recommendations to the department.
• Train junior team members.
• Analyze software applications business needs.
• Create and document software solutions.
• Write systems documentation and process flows as needed.
• Oversee and ensure new software automation meets operational efficiencies.
• Create new processes/procedures to increase developer efficiencies.
• Provide technical leadership to multiple complex large-scale projects simultaneously.
• Research new technology industry trends and create adoption plans.
• Evaluate technology budget, create business case for new solutions, prepare technical delivery roadmap.
• Mentor team members on technical concepts and adoption and manage vendor engagement as needed.
• Provide production support, incident management and resolution including on-call rotation support.
• May provide 24x7 production support on a weekly on-call rotation schedule.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Important Note to the Candidate:

Salary is contingent upon qualifications. If you are scheduled for an interview and require any reasonable accommodation in our interview process, please inform the hiring representative who calls you to schedule your interview. Whenever possible, please give the hiring representative sufficient time to consider and respond to your request.

MILITARY PREFERENCE

To receive MILITARY PREFERENCE, you are required to provide proof by attaching the necessary documentation to this job application.

The Texas Veterans Commission provides helpful employment information. Go to: http://www.texasskillstowork.com, http://www.onetonline.org, https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/ or www.careeronestop.org for assistance translating your military experience and training courses into civilian job terms, qualifications/requirements and skill sets.

The Comptroller’s Office is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed applications. The application must contain the necessary information in the work history for the applicant to qualify for the position.

An applicant must be eligible to work in the United States to be hired at the Comptroller's office and must remain eligible, without sponsorship or any assurance of financial or other assistance from this agency, during the term of their employment.