Programmer​/Developer

Developer/Salesforce Developer

State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families

1. Required Agency:
Department of Children and Families, DCF IS Division, 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT 06106.

The Department of Children and Families depends on the core, mission‑critical applications, CT‑KIND and IV‑E, Connecticut’s federally‑reimbursed SACWIS (Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System). Implemented in 1996, available on every desktop, and used by over 2,000 social workers and case managers, the application has been enhanced and modified continually to meet data capture and process functionality requirements driven by good child welfare case practice as well as State and Federal legislation and statute.

Additionally, LINK continues to experience change chiefly in compliance with the 1991 Juan

F. Consent Decree as well as the agency’s ongoing goal of improving the safety, permanency and well‑being of children in care. The agency is currently committed to developing the next generation Comprehensive Child Welfare information system (CCWIS) and has invested significant resources to ensure that Connecticut has efficient, economic and effective tools to aid our Child Welfare Staff, Providers and the children and families of CT.

DCF Information Systems provides technology expertise and services as well as an information systems infrastructure to the agency and its roughly 3,300 employees. DCF Information Systems strives to improve continually improving technology services that are cost‑effective and of the effectiveness and quality.

The agency needs the service of a senior level Full Stack Developer. The candidate will serve in the capacity of a Developer participating in various SDLC processes including requirements verification, design and development, testing, maintenance, and support activities per the direction of agency management. The specific focus of this candidate will be to be part of the team which supports existing custom Salesforce applications as well as to participate in the SDLC process of the new CT‑KIND system and work with the System Integrator to ensure the transfer of knowledge and on‑going maintenance of the solution for a given module.

The candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of Salesforce development. Must know foundational OOP in Apex.

• Must be very organized, pro‑active and self‑directed.
• Must be self‑starter and driven. Must drive the work from requirements to implementation.
• Must have very strong abstract thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Must have very good verbal and written communication skills.
• Design and development Salesforce APEX, Lightning pages, Visual Force Pages.
• Full stack. Salesforce, OOP, CRUD, Design patterns, Configuration SOQL.
• Must have advanced knowledge of Salesforce development (OOP, Design Patterns).
• Client provide analysis/requirements to integrate applications.
• Work on all phases of SDLC and create/maintain required technical documentation.

• Salesforce (min: 5 years) – must code APEX OOP and know design patterns.
• .NET OOP and SOA.
• JavaScript Frameworks preferred.
• SQL.
• End‑to‑End Web Development experience.
• 10 or more years of prior professional experience demonstrating knowledge and skills as a solution architect.

Work schedule:

Full‑time 40hrs – Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM.

Security/privacy considerations: comply with Vendor Qualification, DCF Child Protection Background Check and DCF Non‑disclosure Agreement.

Candidate must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Iancu Nicolae
Application Development Manager
State of Connecticut
Department of Children and Families
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