Programmer/Developer

ob title: Programmer/Developer- 65327

Location: Hartford, CT

Duration: 12 Months

1.  REQUIRED AGENCY:

Department of Children and Families

DCF IS Division

505 Hudson Street

Hartford, CT 06106       

2.  PROJECT/SYSTEM/PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Department of Children and Families depends on the core, mission-critical applications, CT-KIND and IV-E, Connecticut’s Federally-reimbursed SACWIS (Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System).  Implemented in 1996, available on every desktop, and used by over 2,000 social workers and case managers, the application has been enhanced and modified continually to meet data capture and process functionality requirements driven by good child welfare case practice as well as State and Federal legislation and statute.  Additionally, LINK continues to experience change chiefly in compliance with the 1991 Juan F. Consent Decree as well as the agency’s ongoing goal of improving the safety, permanency and well-being of children in care.  The agency is currently committed to developing the next generation Comprehensive Child Welfare information system (CCWIS) and has invested significant resources to ensure that Connecticut has efficient, economic and effective tools to aid our Child Welfare Staff, Providers and the children and families of CT. 

DCF Information Systems provides technology expertise and services as well as an information systems infrastructure to the agency and its roughly 3,300 employees.  DCF Information Systems strives to improve continually improving technology services that are cost-effective and of the highest effectiveness and quality.

3.  SCOPE OF WORK

The agency needs the service of a senior level Full Stack Developer. The candidate will serve in the capacity of a Developer participating in various SDLC processes including requirements verification, design and development, testing, maintenance, and support activities per the direction of agency management. The specific focus of this candidate will be the to be part of the team which supports existing custom Salesforce applications as well as to participates in the SDLC process of the new CT-KIND system and work with the System Integrator to ensure the transfer of knowledge and on-going maintenance of the solution for a given module.   The candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of Salesforce development. Must know foundational OOP in apex.

 Specific Services Required:

In the role of the Salesforce Developer, the following services are required:

·        Must be very organized, pro-active and self-directed.

·        Must be self-starter and driven.  Must Drive the work from requirements to implementation.

·        Must have very strong abstract thinking and problem-solving skills.

·        Must have very good verbal and written communication skills.

·        Design and development Salesforce APEX, Lightning pages, Visual Force Pages

·        Full stack. Salesforce, OOP, CRUD, Design patterns, Configuration SOQL

·        Must have advanced knowledge of Salesforce development (OOP, Design Patterns)

Bd  Provide analysis/requirements to integrate applications.

·        Work on all phases of SDLC and create/maintain required technical documentation.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Refer to the State contracts for IT Professional Services Agreement (22PSX0163) for experience and skill requirements for the job classification Solution Architect to fill the role.  In addition, the agency requires:

For this position, the candidate shares experience and judgment with team to plan and accomplish goals, mentors less experienced staff, a wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. In addition, the agency requires:

An experience professional with 10 or more years of prior experience demonstrating the following knowledge and skills:

      Salesforce (min: 5 years) Must be able to code APEX OOP and know design patterns.

·               .NET OOP and SOA

            JavaScript Frameworks preferred

             SQL

             End-to-End Web Development

4. ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS

Work Schedule: Full-Time 40hrs – Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM

State Resources and Oversight: DCF IS Management

Security/Privacy Considerations: Comply with Vendor Qualification, DCF Child Protection Background Check and DCF Non-disclosure Agreement

General/Miscellaneous:KILLS: please fill the number of years of experience for each skill

Skill
Competency
Required
Last Used
Years of Experience
AGILE – Agile Development Methodology
Expert (10+ Years)
No
 
 
Microsoft .NET Framework
Expert (10+ Years)
No
 
 
Responsive Design Patterns
Expert (10+ Years)
No
 
 
Web Services and Windows Services
Expert (10+ Years)
No
 
 
C#
Expert (10+ Years)
No
 
 
JavaScript
Expert (10+ Years)
No
 
 
Presentation skills
Advanced (7-9 Years)
No
 
 
Team work
Advanced (7-9 Years)
No
 
 
Design patterns
Expert (10+ Years)
No