Application Developer

Why do you need to choose between doing important work and having a fulfilling life? At Ardent, we have both. Ardent employees are committed to solving our customers’ most difficult problems—and we are committed to the well-being, personal goals, and professional development of our employee. We are “All In.” We put forth our strongest effort possible to get the mission accomplished and we do it together. We respect the skills and experience you bring to the Ardent team. And we provide a rewarding environment to help you succeed. 

We offer highly competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and an exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth. A collective service mindset underpins our work, and a shared camaraderie to serve clients, colleagues and our communities set us apart. Our full commitment to being "All In" for our employees and our clients is not just our approach, it is our standard. If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, choose Ardent and make a difference with us. 

Ardent is seeking a Senior Application Developer to join our team.  

This is an onsite role in Washington, DC. area

Responsibilities:

• Providing oversight of the application development team; managing and monitoring daily team member activities to achieve optimal performance and ensure quality deliverables are being provided for the client in accordance with mutually agreed upon delivery schedules;
• Responsible for building, updating and managing personnel resources and schedules using MS Project for the Applications Team utilizing industry best practices (i.e. Integrated Application Lifecycle Management, CMMI);
• Working collaboratively with team members to troubleshoot, resolve and implement required changes in the development, test, staging, and production environments;
• Leading efforts to create requirements, designs, and specifications for complex or highly technical Web applications; which may require extensive research and analysis;
• Translating functional requirements into technical solutions for application development;
• Writing, editing content and coordinating updates to existing websites;
• Ensuring projects are developed with professional level standards for site performance, usability, scalability, browser compatibility and reliability;
• Reviewing designs and maintain compliance with application, infrastructure, architecture and security;
• Oversee the development of required logic, algorithms and code for the applications;
• Working with users during integration testing to identify errors, fix coding errors, and implement requested changes;
• Reviewing logical data models (entity relationship, business process, and process flow;
• Building physical data models (conversion of logical models in relational database models);
• Working with database administrators to coordinate necessary changes to the database structure;
• Utilizing SDLC or Agile methodologies to ensure applications are functioning properly before production deployment;
• Working with Enterprise Cyber Security and the Systems Team to mitigate security findings, if any;
• Participating in the Change Control Board (CCB) at various levels;
• Providing status reports of bi-weekly or monthly accomplishments;
• Coordinating with the Operations Team and the Enterprise to perform mission systems maintenance during Government scheduled maintenance windows.

Requirements:

• Fast-paced project where rapid prototyping is used to zero in on what the stakeholders need.
• Extensive experience with:
  • C#
  • Razor
  • NET MVC
  • Entity Framework Code First
  • LINQ
  • Bootstrap
  • jQuery
  • JavaScript
• Significant experience with:
  • Telerik or Kendo UI
  • Unobtrusive Validation (MVC Client Validation, Data Annotations) or comparable
• Some experience with:
  • NET Core 2.2 (and up)
  • AutoMapper or comparable mapper
  • Unity or comparable IOC container
• Strong OOP/OOD:
  • Must know about and have implemented standard N-tier design patterns and principles and be able to describe when/why to use them, e.g. trade-offs.
• Certification in Web application development or similar training desired: MCTS, MCPD, etc.
• Microsoft Visual Studio, TFS/GIT, and good knowledge of continuous integration process.
• Agile methodology (SCRUM or Kanban).
• Writing complex SQL queries (for Oracle or SQL Server).
• Database design, data modeling concepts, and experience with data migrations.
• Understanding of testing tools and testing methodologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be U.S. Citizens willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.

In compliance with Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, able to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination status no later than January 18, 2022 or qualify for a reasonable accommodation. Fully vaccinated is defined as two weeks post final vaccination.

Ardent is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.