Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) seeks a Senior Full Stack Architect for the IE&E Modernization Program. In this high-visibility role, you will lead the technical redesign of state health and human services IT systems, focusing on cloud-based solutions and human-centered design.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot and fix critical software performance and design problems
- Drive the use of modern web architecture and development techniques to support the enhancement of the user experience for both internal staff and Washingtonians
- Develop application solutions using a variety of languages, frameworks, and platforms such as Angular, Typescript, .Net Core, Azure SQL, and HTML/CSS
- Architect and develop modular and re-usable microservices that live in the Azure cloud and integrate with cloud-based services and legacy systems
- Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards of code quality and thoughtful design
- Present software design issues, questions, and suggestions for the purpose of arriving at alternative courses of action
- Support the incremental sunsetting of the Automated Client Eligibility System (ACES) legacy system components as they are replaced by IE&E products
- Provide leadership for cloud software architecture and development, including interaction with the coalition wide software architecture board
- Promote a collaborative team environment
- Collaborate with Product Owner on managing backlog and prioritizing work
- Design and develop reusable software building blocks to enable faster delivery
- Provide technical guidance to other software engineers on implementation patterns and architecture
- Consult throughout the organization on possible cloud implementations and refactoring of existing on-premises solutions
- Work with Business Analysts to refine requirements from customers and effectively recommend development approaches and services
- Conduct analysis to determine integration needs , then , design and plan integrations
- Develop technology proof of concepts for new IE&E platform and product solutions
- Participate in the scope of work estimation and forecasting
- Manage deployment cycles to match sprint objectives
- Develop and document processes and procedures for implementing and maintaining microservice architectures
- Develop, propose, and facilitate the issuance of policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, models and methodologies for ongoing cloud development
- Develop materials for and engage in security design reviews as needed
Skills
- Eleven years of combined professional/practical work in IT focused experience. This may include undergraduate or graduate level coursework, employment, or other experience in the following areas: Consultative, administrative, or supervisory experience specific to Information Technology development, analysis, system design or problem resolution experience. This experience should include designing and programming computer system applications or databases
- Support of mission critical web application architectures at scale, with minimum three years of professional experience working with or developing software for Azure or other cloud platforms
- Four years of experience in architecting and maintaining enterprise level conceptual and logical architectural technology models in the field of microservices architecture
- One year experience with Agile software development methodologies
- Experience with Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) frameworks such as Azure Service Bus, Event Hub/Grid, IBM WebSphere or equivalent
- Building APIs for internal and external products
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases
- Software development lifecycles
- Development platforms (e.g. Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)
- .Net, Angular, Typescript, CSS, HTML5
- Context for code, the codebase, and its relation to business objectives
- Accessibility requirements for ADA compliance
- Customer-centric design
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid remote work
- Occasional travel may be required to Olympia office based on business needs
- Background check including criminal record history may be conducted
- Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license
- Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle
- Persons requiring accommodation in the application process or this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the Recruiter at (360) 725-5810
- Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call through Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384
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