ON-SITE WORK ONLY.

These positions are available for extensions.

The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is an agency within the judicial branch of government that works to support the state courts on behalf of the Arkansas Supreme Court. The Court Information Systems Division (CIS) is responsible for providing technological support to the state’s courts, making court information available to the public, and developing and implementing online, court-related services. CIS is a team-based organization using the Disciplined Agile framework. You may view our Statement of Core Values at https://www.arcourts.gov/modernization/statement-core-values.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The AOC Programmer is responsible for developing and supporting applications that support the Arkansas Judiciary. The Programmer will be part of a cross-functional team that is responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment of a court management program. The court management program will be a cloud-based system.

JOB DUTIES:

• Work on an Agile team that employs the Disciplined Agile Methodology
• Work with the build new team to develop and integrate a veteran’s application with the new court management system
• Participate in quarterly planning sessions
• Design, code, debug, and test application software and reports.
• Monitor, optimize, and tune applications and reports for maximum performance.
• Aid in the testing and debugging of new and existing application software.
• Execute tasks conforming to formal techniques, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Troubleshoot user-reported application and report issues.
• Document and report on daily progress, procedures, and activities.
• Maintain application and report documentation.
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related field

Experience

• Three years of relevant experience including at least two years in an application development role

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of DOTNET Core and Entity Framework Core frameworks
• Knowledge of, REACT, Next JS, Material UI
• Knowledge of and experience developing with the C# programming language
• Knowledge of or experience developing solutions in the cloud
• Knowledge of database systems like Postgres and the integration of those databases into the development of system software
• Ability to create, debug and optimize SQL queries.
• Knowledge of and experience developing with JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
• Knowledge of and experience working with version control systems like GIT
• Knowledge of and experience working with the Linux operating system and containers as a system platform
• Knowledge of AWS services
• Knowledge of AWS lambda
• Ability to develop visually appealing front-end websites including translating mock-ups into front-end code
• Ability to design and implement automated testing including test driven development
• Ability to design and develop RESTful web APIs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with court and non-court, legal and non-legal, technical, and non-technical persons
• Knowledge of application development in Linux and Windows server operating system environments.
• Ability to effectively multitask.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to learn new technologies and maintain technical currency

Programmers/Software Engineers must be familiar with industry accepted business practices and computer application development and support methodologies.

Skill Matrix

• Full Life Cycle Application Development Required 5 Years
• .Net Core application development in a cloud based environment Required 2 Years
• Entity Framework core development Required 2 Years
• C# application development in .Net Framework Required 2 Years
• Design and develop RESTful web APIs Required 2 Years
• Application development using REACT, Next JS, Material UI Required 2 Years
• Version Control Systems (GIT) Required 2 Years
• AWS Services Required 2 Years
• AWS Lambda Required 2 Years