Senior Application Technical Specialist (Quickbase)

Job Description

Job Description

Location: Washington, DC.

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Duration:12-month contract, with possible extension

W-2 or 1099

No C2C, visa transfers, or sponsorship

This position is housed under Application Software Development (ASD) Division (ASD) of the Office of Information Systems (OIS) in direct support of the YSD Truancy Application and projects for troubleshooting, upgrades, enhancements.

DHS’s Application SoftwareDevelopment (ASD) Division (ASD) is looking for a Senior Application Developers whose primary responsibilities include design, development, delivery, and enhancement of Client-Server/Web-Based/Cloud-Based/Mobile Software Applications using QuickBase Application Platform.

The candidate will be responsible for the implementation and management of business aligned IT services. Ensuring the application platform is of high quality, defects free and adheres to industry standards for development, testing and deployment methodologies.

Must have experience with QuickBase Development. Hands on experience with any of the following is favorable: Java, XML, HTML, JavaScript, BPEL, PHP, WebLogic,. NET/ASP/Visual C#, SQL Server, SQL/Procedural Language.

The successful candidates will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, characteristics, experiences and/or abilities:

·Capable of design, develop and deploy applications that support users on the case and program management, especially with YSD Truancy QuickBase Application.

·Provides mentorship and technical advice to a team of Application/Reports/Query developers.

·Provides strategic advice to the lead, management, and customers of the OIS/ASD Division.

·Capable of implementing programming standards that support a secure and defective free application.

·Interact daily with government clients to meet the technical requirements for new initiatives.

·Works with Quality Assurance / Quality Control teams to ensure the application remains secure and defect free.

·Evaluates, designs, and implements accepted programming standards as they relate to the YSD QuickBase Application and infrastructure.

·Defines and documents processes to be used by all application developers on the team.

· Plans, research, and recommend new equipment, software tools, and related technologies.

· Uses monitoring and performance analysis tools to troubleshoot and isolate application performance issues.

· Updates system and process documentation, produces user guides, ER diagrams, and SOPs as needed - Including Visio Network design drawings.

· Other duties as assigned.

The candidate will become an integral part of the ASD Team, making every problem associated to the platform a problem of their own and will demonstrate the required initiative and critical thinking abilities necessary to resolve all problems and challenges accordingly.

This individual will be working closely with DHS ASD and its partner agencies to ensure the agencies’ priorities are met. This is a position within DHS OIS/ASD Division.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field or equivalent experience.

Required Experience:

• Enterprise applications using Microsoft technologies within a distributed (n-tier) architecture — 15 Years (Required)
• Convey technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty — 13 Years (Required)
• Complex technical documentation — 13 Years (Required)
• Develop applications using Quickbase Dev Platform - 11 Years (Required)
• Developing applications using C#, ASP.NET — 11 Years (Required)
• database technologies and front-end/back-end development (SQL, Cognos, etc.) — 11 Years (Required)
• Enterprise applications interacting with MS SQL Server and/or Oracle databases — 11 Years (Highly Desired)
• Visual Studio 2010+ and .NET Framework 2.0–4.6.2 using C# and VB — 10 Years (Desired)
• Strong ETL experience in Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence platforms — 7 Years (Highly Desired)
• databases using ADO.NET — 7 Years (Desired)
• Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Service-Oriented Architecture — 6 Years (Required)
• JIRA, Bugzilla, or HP ALM tools — 5 Years (Required)
• WCF and Sevice Oriented Architecture - 6 Years (Highly Desired)

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Experienced in Microsoft .NET application development in enterprise environments
• Skilled in designing, developing, and enhancing mission-critical systems
• Strong in technical documentation, coding standards, and secure development
• Proficient in troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and optimization
• Experienced in mentoring teams and coordinating programming activities
• Effective working with Business Analysts, QA teams, and government stakeholders
• Detail-oriented, technically driven, proactive, and accountable for quality and performanc