Programmer IV - Senior Developer

Position Overview

The Programmer IV serves as a senior .NET and Angular developer and performs advanced technical consultation, mentoring, and solution leadership to ensure the technical continuity and quality of development, enhancement, and maintenance efforts for information systems supporting the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Division of Behavioral Health Services.

• Designs, develops, modifies, tests, and deploys complex enterprise applications and services using modern .NET technologies and Angular frameworks. Implements and maintains application components including APIs, services, business logic, integration layers, database objects, and automation scripts. Translates approved business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable code solutions. Performs full development lifecycle activities including solution design, coding, peer review, unit and integration testing, defect remediation, and production implementation support.
  
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• Leads code reviews and technical walkthroughs to ensure adherence to agency development standards, secure coding practices, accessibility requirements, and system and business requirements. Provides technical feedback and guidance to development teams to maintain code quality and align with architectural standards. (20%)
• Analyzes requirements for new applications and enhancements and collaborates with business analysts, architects, quality assurance staff, and stakeholders to refine technical scope. Produces technical design documentation, interface and data mapping details, and implementation estimates. Evaluates alternatives and recommends solution approaches that align with architecture standards, maintainability, and long‑term support considerations. (15%)
• Works as a senior member of a software development team and coordinates development activities with developers, database professionals, quality assurance analysts, and project leadership. Provides regular development status updates, communicates risks and dependencies, supports release planning, and assists with issue triage during development, testing, and post-deployment stabilization. (15%)
• Develops and maintains expertise in programming tools and platform capabilities required to meet division needs, including current .NET and Angular releases, front‑end performance techniques, and secure web development practices. Continuously improves technical knowledge through documentation, technical communities, training, and hands‑on prototyping of relevant technologies and patterns. (5%)
• Other duties as assigned, including participation in disaster response, recovery, or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location. (5%)

• Enterprise web application development using C#, ASP.NET Core/.NET, RESTful API design, JavaScript/Type Script, Angular, HTML5, CSS3, and related front‑end frameworks and libraries.
• Software architecture and design patterns for scalable, maintainable, and testable applications, including layered architecture, dependency injection, and component‑based UI development.
• Database management systems such as Oracle and/or SQL Server, data modeling concepts, query optimization, and stored procedure development.
• Software development lifecycle methodologies, including Agile and iterative delivery practices.
• Web application security principles, including authentication, authorization, input validation, data protection, and vulnerability mitigation practices.
• Internet Information Services (IIS) and application hosting, configuration, and deployment considerations.
• Designing and building accessible web applications in alignment with applicable accessibility standards (e.g., 508, JAWS).
• Version controlling platforms such as Git and Git Hub.
• Computer programming and application troubleshooting across front‑end, back‑end, and data access layers.
• Writing, testing, and maintaining code for both new development and enhancement/maintenance efforts.
• Planning, scheduling, and prioritizing work assignments in a multi‑project environment.
• Written and verbal…