The scope of the proposed services will include the following:
● 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.
● Oversee 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 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 expert advice, assistance or guidance of a highly technical nature concerning specialized application tools, hardware, software or databases.
● Independently define data elements; design structures for databases; write and compile definitions and descriptions of data elements into dictionary form for use.
● Responsible for the preparation and supervision of formal system test procedures of highly complex application systems.
● 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.
Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:
● 5+ years of experience in web development with any combination of the following:
o C#
o SQL Server
o HTML
o Entity Framework (EF)
o Other 3rd or 4th generation programming language (3GL or 4GL)
● 2+ years of experience with any of the following cloud services:
o Azure App Services
o Azure SQL Server
o Azure DevOps
o AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:
● Prior experience supporting or maintaining applications for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF).
● Prior experience supporting or maintaining applications for the State of Louisiana or the Division of Administration (DOA), Office of Technology Services (OTS).
● Developing applications with third party APIs.
● Developing applications with payment processors or payment integrations.
● Experience with PGP encryption to securely send and receive files.
● Writing stored procedures
● Developing applications with any of the following:
o FluentValidation
o Hangfire
o CsvHelper
o RestSharp
Managing and maintaining source code in GitHub.