Job Details

Title: Senior Application Programmer
Location: Remote, Louisiana
Duration: 3 years

Job Description:

The Senior Application Programmer will play a key role in the development, configuration, and administration of a custom-built .NET development project for the customer agency. This individual will provide high-level technical expertise, mentor state personnel, and ensure application architecture aligns with state standards. The candidate will work closely with the State's Technical Architect and development team in an Agile/Scrum environment to build, enhance, and optimize enterprise-level applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, administration, and configuration of a custom .NET development project.
• Provide technical knowledge transfer, training, documentation, mentorship, and guidance to State personnel.
• Oversee and guide the customer-agency's replacement software and drive performance improvements.
• Conduct code reviews and testing on new code to ensure quality and compliance.
• ctively participate in team meetings and design sessions following Scrum ceremonies.
• Collaborate closely with the State's Technical Architect to ensure alignment with OTS standards and enterprise architecture best practices.
• Provide technical oversight to ensure robust design and performance.

• 5+ years of experience with:
  • C#
  • SP.NET Core (6.0 or later)
  • MSSQL
• 2+ years enterprise-level software development experience.
• 2+ years working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Team leadership experience in Microsoft development stack projects.
• Experience with front-end frameworks such as Vue, React, NodeJS, Angular, Typescript.
• Designing and developing distributed systems (Microservices/SOA).
• Report development with SSRS, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
• DevOps experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy) and automation.
• Git version control strategies for complex systems.
• Strong front-end skills with HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Familiarity with Figma for UI/UX design and prototyping.
• RESTful API design and integration expertise.
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Security best practices (OAuth 2.0, JWT, HTTPS/TLS).
• Cloud experience with Microsoft Azure or AWS.
• Experience integrating external APIs.
• Modular/microservices architecture exposure.
• Message-based systems (e.g., RabbitMQ) and asynchronous programming.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

• Work hours should align with State core business hours (7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CT).
• May require work on holidays, weekends, or after hours to meet critical deadlines.

• Weekly status reports of completed and ongoing activities.
• Weekly/monthly timesheets as required by the State.
• Itemized monthly invoicing through the OTS Invoice Portal.
• dherence to State network security standards and policies.
• Completion of State onboarding and security training.
• Compliance with Louisiana State Confidentiality and HIPAA Business Associate requirements.

• Contractor must ensure all hardware and software comply with State network and security standards.
• Contractor is responsible for monitoring and managing billable hours to stay within approved Task Order limits.
• ll resources must be able to communicate fluently in English (verbal and written).
• Contractor must maintain and make available all work records for audit purposes.
• ll onboarding and security training must be completed prior to work commencement.
• Compliance with Louisiana State Information Security Policy and IRS Publication 1075 security requirements.