Senior Applications Developer

Summary

Under direction, is responsible for supporting Bexar County Information Technology team; will support the mission of the County, ensuring successful delivery of IT services as defined in the duties and responsibilities. This position will represent the County in a professional and effective manner and establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, County employees, Elected/Appointed Officials, outside organizations and agencies, vendors and the general public. Flexibility to achieve performance excellence in a telework arrangement.

• Culture- Key indicators from our employee survey in 2021
• Employees are satisfied with their careers

• 91.8%

• Employees can see themselves at BCIT one year from now

• 93.6%

• Managers support their employees in their careers

• 93.8%

• BCIT supports a mission employees believe in

• 93.8%

• Health

• Health Insurance with competitive premiums and low deductibles, co-pays, and out-of-pocket maximums

• Excellent prescription drug coverage where most generics are free

• Multiple dental plans to choose from

• Multiple vision plans to choose from

• Teladoc (telemedicine) services available

• Flexible Spending Accounts offered

• Life

• 35 paid days off earned in Year 1

• 13 County Holidays

• 12 Sick Days

• 10 Vacation Days

• Free Life Insurance

• Pet Insurance

• State-of-the-Art Wellness Center and Gym

• Telework (for some positions)

• Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance offered

• Retirement

• Annuity-based retirement program provides a 2-for-1 dollar match on retirement contributions

• Additional retirement savings options available

• Other Benefits

• Annual Training Plans for all employees

• Paid Certifications

• Longevity Pay

And much more…

This position is Excluded from Civil Service

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning, processing and performing all assigned work in an efficient manner

• Develops new solutions and applications with a focus on utilizing Azure Government PAAS offerings and .NET Core

• Ensures appropriate implementation of technology both within the production and the development environments

• Mentors less experienced developers to accomplish application development tasks using design patterns, development best practices, and DevOps

• Responsible for translating requirements into application features, and engaging customers and business analysts for more information and clarification as appropriate

• Works with solution or application architects to ensure system and technical architectures are aligned with business and application standards

• Works with solution or application architects to analyze and document technical impacts and dependencies in support of application development and integration processes

• Analyzes complex problems, and develops appropriate solutions

• Designs, builds, and maintains applications by creating effective and reliable code with emphasis on performance and reusability

• Performs necessary testing to ensure that application logic and functionality executes as expected and provides accurate results

• Creates assigned application documentation which may include code, workflow, architecture, environment, database, installation, and troubleshooting diagrams or guides

• Reviews and repairs legacy application code

• Responds promptly and professionally to service requests and bug reports

• Performs root cause analysis of reported application issues and provides long term solutions

• Assists with research

• Reports to the Application Development Manager

• Performs other related duties as required

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely IT-related major, and six (6) to eight (8) years' of Application Development and Integration experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience with 4 or more of the following is required: ASP.NET, MVC, JavaScript/JQuery, HTML5/CSS3, RESTful Services, Microsoft Active Directory, OAuth, XML, JSON

• Strong knowledge and experience in .NET development using the C# programming language; strong knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Software Design patterns; strong knowledge of database design (normalization, referential integrity, indexes), development (T-SQL scripting, stored procedures, functions, and optimization), and security using Microsoft SQL Server; basic knowledge of infrastructure technology (networking, servers, storage, etc.); working knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Experience with Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) architectures (Integration Brokers, XML, API, Services); experience with enterprise architecture integration technologies; experience with agile software development methodologies; experience with XML, SOAP, REST and/or Web Services; experience working with infrastructure technology (networking, servers, storage, etc.)

• Expertise skill in software, hardware, data structures, and communications technology across multiple platforms;strong skill of subject matter expertise in integration, interfaces, applications and architectures; skill in providing good estimates, and realistic implementation schedules for tasks, projects and initiatives

• Strong skill in graphical, written and verbal communication

• Ability to effectively communicate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner across functional and technical departments, both verbally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, stakeholders, County employees, Elected/Appointed Officials, outside organizations and agencies, vendors and the general public

• Must clear and maintain a favorable background investigation and clearance performed by Bexar County

• Must clear a pre-employment physical and a pre-employment drug screen test performed by Bexar County

• After-hours work may be required occasionally during outages, after-hours deployments and maintenance windows

• Will be on-call 24/7 for 1 week every 3 weeks or according to on-call rotation

• May be required to work more than 40 hours during the work week

• This position may need to satisfy the requirement of completing and passing an assessment during the employment process

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university

• Experience with Microsoft Azure Government Development (App Service, App Service Environment, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Graph API, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB)

• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps

• Knowledge of Entity Framework and LINQ

• Knowledge of VB .NET for support of legacy applications

Working Environment and Physical Demands:

• Constantly working in indoor conditions

• Frequently moves items weighing up to 10-15 pounds

• Occasionally moves objects weighing up to 15-30 pounds

• Occasionally moves about the office

• Frequently communicates with others; must be able to exchange accurate information

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery

• Positions self to perform essential functions

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position

Supplemental Information

Workstations with internet access are available, if needed, to view job postings and apply online at 211 S Flores, San Antonio, TX 78204, 8am

• 5pm, Monday through Friday. Phone: 210-335-2545.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Bexar County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to Workplace Diversity.

We are committed to providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enableindividualswith disabilities to perform the essential functions.