Application Architect II

Job Description: 

This is a contract position needed for the development of critical priority modernization projects effort in the Division of Unemployment Insurance. Candidates will play an integral role in providing technical strategy and contractual oversight on work performed by teams as part of modernization development effort. Project work will include: application architecture design and development, development of user stories, quarterly planning strategies, product roadmaps, and other key strategic deliverables;  selection and review of on premis and cloud tools and technology; code reviews and work item reviews to ensure that they meet the department's technical objectives and are compliant with required security requirements; and in-the-weeds development using a variety of languages and tools. Successful candidates will have demonstrated success in designing, creating, and maintaining web services, system integration, web development, and Agile Scrum development methodology. 

Top Required Skills & Years of Experience:

• 15+ years of Web and client-server application development experience, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, implementation, and support
• 15 years of experience in MVC framework 
• 15 years of C#.net. First 5 years ASP/.NET acceptable

Nice to Have Skills:

• GCP or AWS or Azure Cloud experience
• React, SonarQube, Liquibase experience
• Previous experience providing this service for government a plus, and experience with DWD's environments will be especially valuable.