Developer Ii (C# .Net/Sql) (Remote From Anywhere In Co).

Department Information

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The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

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Description of Job

Are you a versatile team player and cross-functional contributor who’s skilled as a Software Developer? As our new Developer II, you will be working with business analysts and customers to understand requirements; working with team members to apply secure programming techniques using standards and best practices; commenting code for peers and testers; performing unit testing, configuration management, source code control, deployment and release management; and providing support services as needed.

In This Role You Will

• Organize, build, and validate all segments of the code related to a specific build (release) for final User Acceptance Testing.
• Coordinate update releases and other system changes, contribute to the implementation of break/fix solutions, and update documentation and configuration information related to changes as needed throughout the life cycle.
• Working with the supervisor, develop estimates of the work effort necessary to deliver application solutions based on the project specifications provided.
• Perform coding (in-house applications) or in a configuration management (COTS applications) in accordance with standards and best practices and further minimize defects through disciplined unit testing.
• Find unique ways to resolve issues in the development process to meet the requirements of the customers and lead to the most efficient implementation possible.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

Minimum Qualifications

Work Experience:

• 2 years of hands-on programming experience in applications development.

Substitutions

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with using Application Programming Interfaces to integrate systems or data sources in a .NET environment.
• Proficiency working on development platforms, using multiple programming languages.
• Familiarity with Mulesoft and other API development.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps and Pipelines.
• 2+ years in application development using an object oriented language and IDE.
• Familiarity in a source repository (GIT, TFS …)
• 1 Year of C# .NET developer experience.
• 2+ years experience working with MS Visual Studio Professional.
• 2+ years experience working with relational databases - SQL or Oracle.

Conditions Of Employment

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.