Senior Geospatial Software Developer at Denver Water Denver, CO

Hong Kong Study Skills Research Institute; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 104,174 - 118,064; Full time

Job summary

The Hong Kong Study Skills Research Institute is looking for a Senior Geospatial Software Developer to join their team in Denver, Colorado. This position involves advanced technical responsibilities in the design, development, and support of geospatial business applications.

Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and at least 7 years of related experience, with proficiency in C#, .NET Core, and ESRI products. This role allows for a hybrid work schedule, requiring onsite presence for at least two days a week.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of related work experience.
• 5+ years of combined experience in C#, .NET Core, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience in Agile development and Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, and support business applications.
• Ensure compliance of application systems with standards.
• Provide 24/7 production support on a rotational basis.

Skills

C#

Microsoft .NET Core

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

ESRI products

Agile development

Git

ArcGIS

Azure/AWS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

ArcGIS REST

SQL Server

Oracle

Job description

Senior Geospatial Software Developer at Denver Water. Denver, CO, USA.

Location: Denver, CO, USA.

Posting Close Date: May 15, 2025.

Hiring Range: $104,174 - $118,064 annually.

Full Pay Range: $90,415 - $141,083 annually.

Work Schedule: Onsite or Hybrid (minimum two days in office in the Denver Metro Area).

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of related work experience.
• Any equivalent combination of certifications, education, or experience that provides required skills, knowledge and abilities for the position.

Preferred Experience

• 5+ years of combined professional experience in one or more of the following: C# and Microsoft .NET Core, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• ESRI product lines and supported APIs including ArcGIS REST.
• Integration of ArcGIS applications with other enterprise systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, or cloud services such as Azure or AWS.
• Agile development and Scrum.
• Source code management using Git.
• ESRI Web AppBuilder, Experience Builder, ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, or .NET for building applications that run on web browsers.
• Experience with ArcGIS native SDKs such as .NET, Swift or Kotlin for building native mobile applications.

Licenses, Registration, and Certifications

• GIAC Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB) certification preferred.
• Must complete required HIPAA training within the first 6 months of hire.

Position Summary

IT Sr. Application Developer provides advanced technical expertise in the analysis, design, development, deployment, and support of business applications.

Plan, direct, coordinate, and support activities to provide automated business applications and solutions.

Develop, implement, and support applications to meet business needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply technical expertise in the analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, support, and documentation of complex business applications.
• Ensure application systems are in compliance with standards and organizational objectives.
• Perform analysis of business application requirement needs and manage installation of hardware and software.
• Maintain and manage installs, upgrades, patch application, and troubleshooting of third‑party packaged business applications.
• Develop requirements, ensure application integration, and perform unit, functional, and system tests.
• Ensure change management procedures and methodologies are implemented and followed.
• Provide 24/7 production support on a rotational basis within the team for business applications.
• Provide technical support and consultation to other functional IT areas and troubleshoot application and programming problems.
• Evaluate and deploy business process efficiency for feature/functionality, system integrity, security and data quality to improve the business process.
• Perform database application configuration and tuning techniques to ensure software functions are customized to meet business needs.
• Collaborate with internal/external user community customers, technology and business consultants, end users, section managers, IT management, and colleagues to identify business requirements, assess feasibility and impact to other applications, consider available technologies and approaches, recommend solutions, and prioritize project tasks.
• Resolve issues including scope, time, quality, and communication, and risk, and coordination management to ensure cross‑functional team members meet project deadlines.
• Apply defensive application design and secure coding practices to avoid security vulnerabilities.
• Implement effective security controls against web application vulnerabilities beyond application input validation.
• Implement a baseline security standard for the web application development cycle (SANS SWAT checklist), improving security and reducing exposure to common vulnerabilities such as the OWASP Top 10 Risks.
• Prepare for and perform IT and/or ICs cyber incident response as required.