Application Developer II-.Net Developer

County of Mecklenburg, NC•Charlotte, NC

About The Position

Our mission is to serve Mecklenburg County residents by helping them improve their lives and community. We are a growing team of talented and passionate IT professionals who are dedicated to delivering creative tools and innovative solutions to engage and serve more than 1 million County residents as well as 6,000 employees. We provide business-valued IT solutions and services that are flexible, engaging, and innovative to serve the residents of Mecklenburg County. POSITION SUMMARY This position is the second level of the Application Developer series. Provide support and configuration for packaged and custom Mecklenburg County applications. This position, under general supervision, is responsible for implementing and supporting technology for business applications including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Finance and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems in addition to other Line of Business (LOB) applications used by the organization. Specific responsibilities include installing vendor application packages, application configuration, data analysis, data cleansing, application monitoring, root cause analysis and general troubleshooting. Application Developers are responsible for writing and maintaining code, performing analysis work and may lead application development activities. The Application Developer is responsible for designing, coding, testing, correcting, and documenting complex programs, reports, and scripts from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result. The incumbent will work closely with other IT staff supporting Health and Human Services custom-developed applications and will be part of a larger team dedicated to the Public Health Department. HHS domain includes Community Support Services, Social Services, Community Resources, and Public Health Department. The position reports to HHS domain development manager under the Service Development division.

Requirements

Minimum of three years of programming experience
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
Knowledge of Current software development technologies, trends, and methodologies
Knowledge of Common software engineering design patterns
Knowledge of Enterprise application development in C#
Knowledge of Significant experience with iterative and test-driven development practices
Knowledge of Agile Methodology
Knowledge of Azure DevOps
Skills Microsoft.NET Framework 4.x with Web Forms, VB.NET and C#
Skills Microsoft.NET 6/7 WebAPI, Entity Framework Core
Skills Microsoft NET 6/7 Blazor, MVC, Razor Pages
Skills Experience with source code control and software configuration management tools
Skills Experience with relational database design and administration
Skills Experience with JS libraries, HTML5, and CSS
Skills Experience developing in a continuous integration environment using source code control, automated testing, and build automation
Skills Experience with agile development practices
Abilities Contributing to Team Success: Actively participates as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals
Abilities Building Partnerships: Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas, teams, departments, units, or organizations to help achieve business goals
Abilities Communication: Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the information provided
Abilities Collaboration: Works effectively and cooperatively with others; establishes and maintains good working relationships
Abilities Customer Focus: Ensures that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafts and implements service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs
Abilities Decision Making: Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; compares data from different sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences
Abilities Driving for Results: Sets high goals for personal and group accomplishment; uses measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously works to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement
Abilities Managing Conflict: Deals effectively with others in an adversarial situation; uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or more people
Advanced proficiency in current version of Visual Studio
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office
Experience with SQL Server Reporting Service
Experience with SQL Server Management Studio

Nice To Haves

Experience in PowerApps/Dynamics 365 Development
Experience in Azure PaaS (Platform as a Service) Development
Experience in messaging-driven Integration Development using tools like Service Bus, MSMQ, and ActiveMQ.
Familiarity with Common Design Patterns

Responsibilities

Design, Develop, and Support line of business custom application using Microsoft technology stack, including but not limited to, C# ASP.NET MVC, Web Forms, VB.NET, PowerApps/Dynamics 365, Azure App Services, Service Bus, Web Jobs, Function App, etc.
Provide end-to-end support of existing applications, both internally developed, and vendor provided
Support IT staff through programming efforts and modifications needed for applications and automated processes
Assist in the development of procedures including the creation of documentation to support those procedures
Assist IT and other departmental staff in reviewing, analyzing and evaluating business processes and end user needs to support business requirements
Assess, test and implement software (including version updates) and security patches to supported third party applications
Provide support for business applications within the enterprise
Provide setup and configuration of applications
Develop recommendations for enhancing approaches for software support services
Analyze performance of program and acts to correct deficiencies
Participate in the development and implementation of processes that improve efficiency and enhance productivity
Coordinate the implementation of software updates with staff.
Work with software vendors to understand, configure, enhance, and support software products