C#​/.NET Engineer

Job Title: C#/.NET Engineer

Location:
Hamilton, NJ

Duration: 6 Months contract

* Will start 100% on site for 30 days & move to hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote

* Deep expertise in C# and the .NET platform (.NET Framework and .NET Core / .NET 6/8+), including async programming, memory/performance optimization, and modern language features

* Expert-level Entity Framework / EF Core: entity modeling, Fluent API, migrations, query optimization, transactions, concurrency, provider-specific behavior

We are modernizing a large, mission-critical Honeywell Bull mainframe benefits system (FAMIS) converting ~1.5M lines of COBOL and ~160K lines of JCL to C#/.NET, migrating an IDS-II hierarchical database to PostgreSQL, and deploying on AWS. Converted code is delivered by an automated modernization vendor in an "as-is" state.

This Lead/Principal role owns the refactoring of that converted code into clean, maintainable, high-performance, production-grade C#/.NET, defines the data-access architecture using Entity Framework Core against PostgreSQL, sets engineering standards for the team, and safeguards functional equivalence to the legacy system. This is a benefits system serving NJ families correctness, performance within the nightly batch window, and maintainability are paramount.

We are looking for a C#/.NET Engineer to lead the modernization of a mission-critical legacy benefits system hosted on AWS Cloud. This position will be hybrid in Hamilton, NJ.

Refactor machine-converted, COBOL-derived C# into idiomatic, maintainable .NET meaningful naming, proper OO/domain design, separation of concerns, dependency injection

Work in .NET (Core) / .NET (latest version); apply modern C# language features (LINQ, async/await, records, pattern matching, nullable reference types, generics)

Design and implement service layers, domain models, and APIs (ASP.NET Core Web API) that back the Angular UI

Refactor legacy batch/procedural logic (converted from COBOL/JCL) into maintainable, testable .NET; handle exact decimal/financial arithmetic (decimal, rounding rules) to preserve benefit-calculation correctness

Optimize performance to meet the nightly batch window (profiling, memory management, async I/O, parallelism where safe)

Own the data-access architecture using Entity Framework Core against PostgreSQL (Npgsql provider)

Refactor the auto-generated/converted data-access layer into a clean, performant EF Core model

Design entity models, DbContext configuration, Fluent API mappings, relationships, keys, and indexes reflecting the IDS-II PostgreSQL schema (168 tables, 4,024+ fields)

Optimize EF Core queries (eager/lazy/explicit loading, projection, As No Tracking , compiled queries, batching) to avoid N+1 and meet performance SLAs on high-volume batch operations

Manage EF Core migrations, concurrency handling, transactions, and connection resiliency

Map legacy data types and semantics correctly (packed decimals, fixed-width, EBCDIC-origin data, condition codes) to PostgreSQL/EF types without behavioral drift

Contribute to the COBOL-field PostgreSQL-column business-term data dictionary

De
fine and enforce C#/.NET coding standards, architecture patterns, and refactoring guidelines for the engineering team

Serve as senior technical authority on the converted codebase; make cross-cutting design decisions

Mentor mid/junior C# developers; perform code reviews; drive engineering quality

Partner with the Technical Manager/Architect on target architecture and the refactoring strategy

Ensure functional equivalence: build unit and regression tests (xUnit/NUnit, Moq) to validate refactored code against the legacy baseline; fix FET-surfaced defects

Integrate with CI/CD (AWS Code Build/Code Pipeline), enforce quality/security gates (Sonar Qube, static analysis, secure coding/OWASP)

Collaborate with FAMIS SMEs to preserve business logic (eligibility, benefit calculation, payments, EBT)

Deliver incrementally within Scrum; document design and decisions

12-15 years of professional C#/.NET software engineering, including senior/lead responsibilities

Deep expertise in C# and the .NET platform (.NET Framework and .NET Core / .NET 6/8+), including async programming, memory/performance optimization, and modern language features

Expert-level Entity Framework / EF Core: entity modeling, Fluent API, migrations, query optimization, transactions, concurrency,…