Sr. Application Developer

Location: Olympia , Washington
Duration: One year contract

This project involves assistance with system maintenance and development as directed by the client. Project Manager and the Chief Information Officer and as approved by client management.

Services provided by the consultant include, but are not limited to:

Modifications of existing modules
Resolution of software problems
Development and modification of reports and letters
Analysis, design and development of new modules
Upgrade to new third party technologies

1. Project Time Frame

The contract's initial term shall be one (1) year, commencing upon the effective date (July 1, 2010).

After the initial one-year period, at its sole option, may extend the contract for up to five (5) additional years (through June 30, 2016). The decision to extend will be based on the consultant's service performance.

Extensions of the contract will be executed by client who will give written notice to vendor not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the then-current term of the contract.

2. Deliverables

The consultant will provide routine system maintenance as requested by the client. The consultant must return phone calls for emergency maintenance within four (4) hours and within 48 hours of all other requests for assistance. As modifications to existing modules or development of new modules are identified, deliverables will be based on individual project tasks to be completed. These deliverables will be clearly identified before work will commence.

For all modifications of existing modules and for new modules, the vendor will provide:

o Updated data models and data definitions.
o Updated technical design documents, specifications, and other design documents.
o Requirements, business rules, and other analysis documents.

1) Highly Desirable Experience and Qualifications
A. Mandatory Experience and Qualifications:

Technical Skills – Mandatory
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008 (using c#)
Microsoft .NET, C#
Microsoft ASP.NET
Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Source Safe
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or later
Technical Feature
Client-server applications.
Database interface and design.
Data modeling.
Database maintenance.
Database security.
Client-server based system integration.

Software Knowledge and Experience:

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008 (using c#)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft Visual Studio Installer (MSI packager)
Microsoft ADO.NET / Data Access Block
Microsoft .NET Controls (included in VS.NET)
Infragistics NetAdvantage 2005 (UltraWinGrid)
ComponentOne .NET Spell
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2008
Multi-tiered Smart Client .NET architecture
ActivePDF
Microsoft ASP.NET

Highly Desired Experience and Qualifications:

Technical Skills – Highly Desired
Systems development/modification in a government environment
Image and document management
Internet/Intranet application design, maintenance, and/or enhancement
Web-based client server systems.
Geographic Information Systems (include browser based and client-server interactive mapping applications).

The ideal candidate will possess strong problem solving and communication skills, and passionate about software quality. We are looking for professionals who are smart and getting things done!