Application Programmer III

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 an Application Programmer III to join our team.  

This is a remote role.

The Application Programmer III role is in direct support to a DHS client seeking development oversight and implementation assistance in enhancing an existing web-based financial system.  The Application Programmer III role will lead the team in terms of technical implementation design, module scope and production deployment.  This role requires experience participating and leading a team using Agile methodologies, and significant experience in the .NET stack.

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;
• Creation of overall system sprint plans and system module architecture 
• 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 Agile methodologies to ensure applications are functioning properly before production deployment;
• Working with Information Security Systems Officer (ISSO) and the Application Development Team or System Admin to mitigate security findings;
• Participating in or presenting to the Change Control Board (CCB) as needed
• 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.
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Requirements:

• 8+ years experience leading a technical team to develop and deploy enterprise applications
• Fast-paced project where rapid prototyping is used to zero in on what the stakeholders need.
• Extensive experience with:
• Visual Studio
• SQL Server 2019
• C#
• .NET MVC
• LINQ
• Layout frameworks such as Bootstrap or Material Design
• jQuery
• JavaScript
• Version control systems (e.g. git)
• Windows Collaboration Foundation (WCF) Data Services
• AJAX for ASP.NET
• Web Service integration / remote computing services (e.g. Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Familiarity with:

• • UI development tools such as Telerik or Kendo UI
  • Unobtrusive Validation (MVC Client Validation, Data Annotations) or comparable
• 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.
• Experience working with versioning repository systems such as ,Microsoft TFS/GIT, and good knowledge of continuous integration process.
• Agile methodology (SCRUM or Kanban).
• Familiarity with complex SQL queries
• Familiarity with database design, data modeling concepts, and experience with data migrations.
• Understanding of testing tools and testing methodologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred:

• Certification in Web application development or similar training desired: MCTS, MCPD, etc.

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.

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.