Application Technical Specialist Senior

Job Title: Application Technical Specialist Senior

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company (DTLC) is hiring an Application Technical Specialist Senior on behalf of the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS). The position is housed in the Application Software Development (ASD) Division of the Office of Information Systems (OIS). The senior application developer designs develops delivers and enhances client-server web-based cloud-based and mobile software applications using technologies ASP and Visual C#. The role builds and implements additional functionality and system enhancements for assigned applications makes system fixes troubleshoots production issues works with business analysts to understand business processes and formulate IT solutions that improve efficiency builds enhanced reporting and dashboard capabilities and performs proactive application monitoring including enhanced audit log tracking and system upgrades. The successful candidate has 11 to 15 years of experience and is responsible for the implementation and management of business-aligned IT services ensuring that the application platform is high quality defect free and adherent to industry standards for development testing and deployment methodologies.

Application Design and Development

• Design develop and deploy applications that support users on the case and program management applications.
  
• Build and implement additional functionality and system enhancements for assigned applications and make system fixes as needed.
  
• Build out enhanced reporting and dashboard capabilities.
  
• Implement programming standards that support a secure and defect-free application.
  
• Deliver support and design for industry-specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications and integrate diverse technical environments and cross-platform technologies.
  

Support and Performance

• Troubleshoot production issues and use monitoring and performance analysis tools to troubleshoot and isolate application performance issues.
  
• Perform proactive application monitoring activities including enhanced audit log tracking and conduct system upgrades and enhancements as required.
  
• Work with quality assurance and quality control teams to ensure that the application remains secure and defect free.
  

Collaboration and Technical Advisory

• Work with business analysts to understand current and new business processes for assigned applications and formulate IT solutions that improve efficiency.
  
• Interact daily with government clients to meet the technical requirements for new initiatives and interact with executive-level business users and technical experts.
  
• Provide mentorship and technical advice to a team of application reports and query developers and provide strategic advice to the lead management and customers of OIS.
  
• Coordinate programming activities conducted by the application development team as needed.
  
• Confer with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent inaccuracy or feasibility of computer processing and project design and determine whether modifications or enhancements are necessary.
  

Standards and Documentation

• Define and document processes to be used by all application developers on the team and identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.
  
• Update system and process documentation and produce user guides entity relationship diagrams and standard operating procedures including Visio network design drawings.
  
• Plan research and recommend new equipment software tools and related technologies.
  
• Identify improvements to project standards in order to achieve high quality services and products.
  

• 15 years developing enterprise applications using Microsoft technologies within a distributed (n-tier) architecture
  
• 13 years conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty
  
• 13 years preparing complex technical documentation
  
• 11 years developing applications using C# and
  
• 11 years with database technologies development methodologies and front-end (for example Cognos) and back-end (for example SQL) programming languages
  
• 11 years developing enterprise applications that interact with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle databases
  
• 10 years with Visual Studio 2010 and later versions Framework 2.0 through 4.6.2 using C# and VB
  
• 7 years of strong ETL experience in data warehouse and business intelligence platforms
  
• 7 years working with databases using
  
• 6 years with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and service-oriented architecture
  
• 5 years with JIRA Bugzilla or HP ALM tools
  

• Hands-on experience with Java XML HTML JavaScript BPEL PHP or WebLogic
  
• Experience with SQL and procedural language development
  

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related field or equivalent experience (15 years)
  

• This is an onsite position in Washington DC 20002.
  
• This contract is open to W2 or 1099 candidates only. Corp-to-Corp (C2C) candidates will not be considered.
  
• The final interview will be conducted in person.
  

Qualified candidates should email their resume to with "Application Technical Specialist Senior" in the subject line.

• 15 years developing enterprise applications using Microsoft technologies within a distributed (n-tier) architecture
  
• 13 years conveying technical and functional concepts for a specific technical specialty
  
• 13 years preparing complex technical documentation
  
• 11 years developing applications using C# and
  
• 11 years with database technologies development methodologies and front-end (for example Cognos) and back-end (for example SQL) programming languages
  
• 11 years developing enterprise applications that interact with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle databases
  
• 10 years with Visual Studio 2010 and later versions Framework 2.0 through 4.6.2 using C# and VB
  
• 7 years of strong ETL experience in data warehouse and business intelligence platforms
  
• 7 years working with databases using
  
• 6 years with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and service-oriented architecture
  
• 5 years with JIRA Bugzilla or HP ALM tools
  

• Hands-on experience with Java XML HTML JavaScript BPEL PHP or WebLogic
  
• Experience with SQL and procedural language development
  

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related field or equivalent experience (15 years)