JOB SUMMARY

The child support services applications team is part of the Department of Social Services (DSS) and is responsible for developing and maintaining applications in support of the Child Support Services Division (CSSD) including PACSS (Palmetto Automated Child Support System), SC New Hire (State Directory of New Hires) and the client portal application.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Department seeks a highly motivated individual who has the skills and experience of designing, developing and supporting enterprise scale web applications on the Microsoft .NET platform for the integrated Child Support Enforcement applications under the South Carolina Department of Social Services. This position will be primarily focused on the SC New Hire application.
Candidate should be an experienced developer in visual interfaces, application logic, database design and web services construction on the Microsoft Windows platform. In addition, they should be familiar with the most effective and efficient product development using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, C#, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC 4, Entity Framework or higher, jQuery, Angular, MS SQL Server 2016/2019 Enterprise Server (including SQL Server Reporting Services) and TFS (Team Foundation Server). This includes code development, database/script development, unit testing, source code management, build management, integration testing, and deployment.

DUTIES

Take initiative in performance, working independently and with groups to effectively accomplish project objectives and engage in the following:

• Interact with other software engineers and technical leaders to understand subsystem and component specifications and recommend changes to facilitate efficient and effective development.
• Review design and code of existing systems to determine potential issues and provide suitable recommendations to improve code quality.
• Design and document subsystems and system components consisting of (in OO terms) several objects working together to execute an encapsulated function of the larger systems
• Implement and debug subsystems and components.
• Write and execute tests for subsystems and components.
• Participate in integrated test sessions of components and subsystems on test and production servers
• Determine and communicate the implications of system-level decisions on subsystems and components and help determine how best to mitigate or take advantage of these implications.
• Determine and communicate the requirements and capabilities of components within the context of the larger system, project, and team.
• Support management of the team’s technical infrastructure (e.g., repository, build system, testing system) under guidance from the engineers or other project leads.
• Support technical oversight activities using automated monitoring scripts
• Perform tasks efficiently and work together with team to ensure project success.