Microsoft .NET Lead Developer

County of Mecklenburg, NC•Charlotte, NC

2d•$108,468 - $142,363

About The Position

The success of Mecklenburg County rests on strong, competent talent at all levels of the organization. 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. Our mission is to serve the residents of Mecklenburg County by providing business-valued IT solutions and services that are flexible, engaging, and innovative. POSITION SUMMARY This position is the third level of the Application Developer series. This position, with minimal supervision, is responsible for designing, coding, testing, correcting, documenting, and reviewing complex programs and scripts from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result. The Application Developer in this class is responsible for leading an application development team to deliver applications based on detailed specifications. The primary function domain for this position is Health and Human Services, which contains a large portfolio of ASP.NET applications and Microsoft Power Platform. This role will primarily focus on Microsoft.NET stack but will involve Power Platform development as well.

Requirements

Minimum of five 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 Experience with iterative and test-driven development practices
Knowledge of Agile Methodology
Knowledge of Azure DevOps
Skills Experience Microsoft.NET, ASP.NET, .NET Core development
Skills Experience with source code control (GIT/TFS) and software configuration management tools
Skills Experience with relational database (SQL Server), SSRS Report design and development
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
Abilities Team Lead: Ability to lead development teams to complete project goals

Nice To Haves

Microsoft.NET Framework (4.x), NET 6/7/8/10 Web Development on Azure Platform Service As A Platform
System integration experience (Azure Service Bus, Messaging Queue, SSIS)
Microsoft Power Platform Development

Responsibilities

Develop, design, and implement automated application built upon Microsoft .NET (.NET Framework 4.8 and .NET 8/10) in Azure/On-Premise in a lead role
Provide guidance and sharing best practices regarding ASP.NET development
Design, code, test, deploy, maintain, enhance, and support County software systems
Perform Code Reviews and approve Pull Requests for code produced by other team members
Work with business customers and IT business analysts in translating requirements into plans and specifications
Work in a team-based environment, communicating effectively with all levels of staff and management
Produce design and other technical documentation
Provide work estimates to project team
Troubleshoot applications and make recommendations for improvement
Coach and mentor other developers on the team