Requisition No: 799647 

Agency: Florida Legislature

Working Title: Senior .NET Developer (OLITS)

Position Number: 99999 

Salary: 80,000 

Posting Closing Date: 06/28/2024 

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The Florida Legislature
Office of Legislative Information Technology Services

Job Title

Senior Information Systems Engineer

Working Title

Senior .NET Developer

General Summary

The Florida Legislature is seeking a senior .Net Developer to serve in the Office of Legislative Information Technology Services. This position requires software development expertise in a multi-tier architecture and distributed production environment. This position defines, designs, codes, documents and implements application solutions in line with the established architecture and interfaces. The successful candidate will work with the latest Microsoft tools in a forward-thinking environment.
 
The Office of Legislative Information Technology Services (OLITS) supports a variety of technology needs and services for the legislative units that report jointly to the Senate and House of Representatives and are housed administratively under the legislative branch.
OLITS encompasses the Legislature’s Data Center, Applications, Project Management, Network, Systems Administration and Customer Support units. Application Development provides analysis and design, code development, quality assurance, delivery and ongoing support responsibilities serving the joint units and the public. The Project Management team provides project management and support to the OLITS units. The Network, Systems Administration and Customer Support unit supports approximately 300 legislative customers with email, phone services, hardware and software support, wireless network, scalable and secure IT infrastructure services.
The joint units of the Florida Legislature include the: Office of Legislative Services, Florida Commission on Ethics, Office of Economic & Demographic Research, Florida Historic Capitol Museum, Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, Office of Public Counsel, and several committees and councils.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Research, design and develop .NET applications
• Consult with Business Analysts and users in defining system specifications
• Document functional and technical design specifications from user requirements
• Develop accessible client-side (client-facing) tools
• Develop, execute and review unit test scripts
• Develop comprehensive test data for systems tests
• Mentor other development staff
• Assist in research and implementation of development tool sets
• Develop proof of concepts to demonstrate techniques and functionality
• Coordinate the implementation and deployment of newly developed software
• Maintain and enhance existing systems
• Develop procedures for troubleshooting malfunctions in existing systems
• Write, prepare and/or review system, application and user documentation
• Provide management status briefings
• Perform other related duties as required

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems or engineering and five years of progressively responsible information systems experience. Progressively responsible information systems experience can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference will be given to applicants with the following:

Extensive Knowledge and actual work experience with:

• ASP .Net, Visual Studio, C#, MVC
• Razor, Security (XSS/SQL injection), LINQ, Custom Helper Classes (Razor)
• Web development with JavaScript, Typescript AJAX, HTML5, SASS/LESS/CSS and jQuery
• Experience with Bootstrap, Knockout, AngularJS, Kendo, SASS or RegEx is a plus
• Object Oriented Design and Software Development Life Cycles
• Relational databases (MS SQL Server, SQL queries, stored procedures, SQL tuning)
• Entity Framework or other ORM

Knowledge of the following:

• Security best practices (XSS, DDOS, rate limiting)
• Windows Authentication
• Visual Studio Unit Testing Framework (or other unit testing frameworks)
• Agile software development, including SCRUM
• Web Services (ASMX, WCF, Web API, RESTful services)
• SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• Azure DevOps or similar tool
• Team Foundation Server
• Git version control
• ADA Section 508 compliancy
• Microsoft SharePoint (Using, Development, API programming)
• Principles, practices and techniques of computer programming and systems design

Skills and abilities:

• Ability to process information logically
• Ability to analyze and interpret computer program data
• Ability to analyze and interpret user requirements
• Ability to prepare program specifications
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely, both verbal and written
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, design skills, and ability to multitask
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Salary

Hiring salary commensurate with experience with an anticipated salary of $80,000 to $100,000. The Legislature offers a competitive benefits package.

Employment Description

Location: The position will be located on-site in the Claude Pepper Building.

Application Deadline

Open until filled.

Submission of Application

Qualified applicants should send a completed legislative application and resume to:
Office of Legislative Services
Human Resources Office
Re: OLITS - .NET
111 W. Madison Street
Room 701, Claude Pepper Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1400

Applications are available through the Florida Legislature's web site Online Sunshine and in Room 701 of the Claude Pepper Building.

Accommodation for Disability

If an accommodation is needed for a disability, please notify Human Resources at (850) 488-6803.

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The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.