Job Description
The SC Dept. of Revenue is among the most sought-after agency in the state
sector for contractors due to our reputation for accomplishing highly complex
technology in a multi-layer secured environment. We are known for requiring
skilled and professional workers that can get the job done well and on time. Our
team is creative and hardworking. The DOR technology division implements
technology using effective methodology and procedures, and we appreciate the
insights and best practices that contractors bring with them.
Company Culture:
A strong and healthy organizational culture will drive our efforts and lead to
success for all stakeholders. SCDOR strives to exemplify a culture that
embodies:
• Excellence demonstrated by focusing on proactive customer service.
• Open Communication demonstrated through vibrant two-way
communication with stakeholders.
• Functional Security demonstrated through the protection of taxpayer
information.
• Leadership demonstrated by modeling integrity, ethical behavior, and the
highest standards of conduct.
• Visionary and Innovative planning and problem solving.
• Ownership of problems by taking responsibility for actions and
performance.
• Accountability demonstrated through performance metrics and
evaluations.
• Collaboration among teams for everyday process improvement.
• Empowering Employees to make a positive difference by enhancing their
skills and knowledge, as well as recognizing their contributions.
• Professionalism demonstrated by competent, resourceful, accountable,
and courteous employees.
Why I enjoy working here:
• Ability to make a difference.
• Access to challenging opportunities.
• Healthy work/family balance.
Why is this position open
This is a 3-year reposting for an existing contractor position. The incumbent
contractor is likely to reapply.
Scope of the project:
The intent of this work order is to supplement the DOR Miscellaneous
Applications Section focusing on design, development, testing, and deployment
of enterprise application solutions. This individual will need to work with various
business and technology groups to understand requirements for each area of the
organization. Design documentation will need to be produced documenting final
deployment details along with support procedures as needed. Architectural
technical and documentation skills are equally important for this position.
Under general supervision, the contractor will serve as an Architect responsible
for the development and maintenance of architecture models for large-scale
enterprise web applications. The contractor designs component structures and
relationships, builds architecture framework, utilizes development application
technologies such as services-oriented architecture (SOA), workflow engines,
and business rules engines to build secure high-performance, and maintainable
application architectures. The contractor serves as a senior development
consultant to application and systems analysts in the design of application
components within the secure software development life cycle (SSDLC). The
contractor also works with senior analysts to develop architecture frameworks
for responsible programs.
Under general supervision, the contractor will serve as an engineer reporting
directly to a functional manager. Contractor will be a team member that ensures
the stability and integrity of data, and server services through monitoring,
maintenance, support, and optimization of all server infrastructure. This
individual has 24/7 on-call responsibilities shared with the group.
Pre-employment Checks
At a minimum, Suppliers will run:
• Nationwide criminal history check, which must include Federal, State, and
County records for the states (or countries if applicable) where the
Supplier’s employee has resided in the past seven years
• Credit history check
• E-Verify in compliance with FAR E-Verify clause FAR 52.222-54,
Employment Verification. As proof of enrollment, Supplier will provide
UGU a copy of its “Maintain Company” page from E-Verify.
All hired contractors will have their South Carolina tax history checked.
Contractors must be current on filings and payments.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Non-Technical
- Effectively interact and communicate with peer to Director-level IT
professionals.
- Provide feedback to team regarding product issues, enhancements and
new features.
- Must have initiative, drive and be a self-starter.
- Ability to ask pertinent questions of others.
- Proactively seek to identify, communicate and implement process related
improvements.
- Effectively manage multiple tasks and activities concurrently and able to
provide periodic status updates to key stakeholders
- Collaborate extensively with peers and management to resolve client
issues while actively contributing to a growing knowledge network that
improves the effectiveness of our team and the information available to our
clients.
- Prioritize numerous issues of varying severity, and effectively manage the
resolution of all issues within accepted service levels. This includes
ownership of the data entered into the Helpdesk system and appropriately
updating both client and appropriate employees of status of all issues on a
timely basis.
- Good customer skills, be attentive to detail, and responsive to customer
tickets.
Technical
- Analyze project requirements and recommend techniques, tools, and
methodologies to achieve goals
- Document the system design and detailed technical specifications
required for new applications to be developed, including workflow models,
class diagrams, interaction diagrams, component diagrams, deployment
diagrams, and other systems documentation
- Consult with technical support, network administration, and database
administration areas to ensure coherent total design of the system and to
resolve any technology issues
- Design enterprise applications to run in a highly secured multi-firewall
DISA STIG environment
- Develop web, desktop, and console applications with C#/.NET 10
- Develop penetration testing tools and systems with C#/.NET 10
- Develop automated JIT provisioning (JITP) for user onboarding and
offboarding
- Implement application hardening and data protection for secured server
deployments
- Work with open source and enterprise penetration testing tools to test
complete systems and deliver fully documented penetration testing
reports
- Fully test and debug all applications prior to use in a production
environment
- Provide support to all users during the User Acceptance Testing phase
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring for vulnerability analysis and
remediation of key systems.
- Serve as reviewer for a structured process review for each phase of the
software development lifecycle for web applications to verify standards
are followed and advise where standards are not
- Prepare progress reports and keep management and business users
informed
- Develop and maintain architecture models that support the operations of
enterprise applications
- Build architecture framework based on thorough understanding of
enterprise core business processes and stakeholder requirements.
- Serve as senior consultant to applications and systems analysts in the
design and development of application components within architectural
framework
- Develop workaround solutions as appropriate.
- Perform equipment and software upgrades
- Maintain familiarity with current computer and network products
- Adhere to corporate information security guidelines and promote
information security among coworkers
- Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.
Required Skills (rank in order of
Importance):
• 11+ Years of Experience with C#, .NET
Development
• 11+ Years of Experience with
Penetration Testing
• 10+ Years of Experience with State
Government
• 11+ Years of Experience with Full
Stack MVC Web Development
Preferred Skills (rank in order of
Importance):
• Experience with Projects
involving PCI/ NIST/Pub1075
security implementations and /
or audits.
• Experience with Projects
involving DISA STIG
• Firewalls and Load Balancers
• Vulnerability Remediation
• 11+ Years of Experience with Secure
database design and administration
• 11+ Years of Experience with Active
Directory programming
• 11+ Years of Experience with
Business Continuity and Disaster
Recovery
• Azure DevOps
Required Education/Certifications:
• A bachelor’s degree in information
technology systems, computer
science, or related field
Preferred Education/Certifications:
• Penetration Testing Certifications
• Microsoft/Azure Certifications
• CompTIA Security+
Additional Skills
• Verbal Communication Skills (8-10 years)
• Written Communication Skills (8-10 years)
• Working in team development environment (6-8 years)
Requirements
Scope of the project:
The intent of this work order is to supplement the DOR Miscellaneous Applications Section focusing on design, development, testing, and deployment of enterprise application solutions. This individual will need to work with various business and technology groups to understand requirements for each area of the organization. Design documentation will need to be produced documenting final deployment details along with support procedures as needed. Architectural technical and documentation skills are equally important for this position.
Under general supervision, the contractor will serve as an Architect responsible for the development and maintenance of architecture models for large-scale enterprise web applications. The contractor designs component structures and relationships, builds architecture framework, utilizes development application technologies such as services-oriented architecture (SOA), workflow engines, and business rules engines to build secure high-performance, and maintainable application architectures. The contractor serves as a senior development consultant to application and systems analysts in the design of application components within the secure software development life cycle (SSDLC). The contractor also works with senior analysts to develop architecture frameworks for responsible programs.
Under general supervision, the contractor will serve as an engineer reporting directly to a functional manager. Contractor will be a team member that ensures the stability and integrity of data, and server services through monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all server infrastructure. This individual has 24/7 on-call responsibilities shared with the group.
Pre-employment Checks
At a minimum, Suppliers will run:
• Nationwide criminal history check, which must include Federal, State, and County records for the states (or countries if applicable) where the Supplier’s employee has resided in the past seven years
• Credit history check
• E-Verify in compliance with FAR E-Verify clause FAR 52.222-54, Employment Verification. As proof of enrollment, Supplier will provide UGU a copy of its “Maintain Company” page from E-Verify.
All hired contractors will have their South Carolina tax history checked. Contractors must be current on filings and payments.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Non-Technical
- Effectively interact and communicate with peer to Director-level IT professionals.
- Provide feedback to team regarding product issues, enhancements and new features.
- Must have initiative, drive and be a self-starter.
- Ability to ask pertinent questions of others.
- Proactively seek to identify, communicate and implement process related improvements.
- Effectively manage multiple tasks and activities concurrently and able to provide periodic status updates to key stakeholders
- Collaborate extensively with peers and management to resolve client issues while actively contributing to a growing knowledge network that improves the effectiveness of our team and the information available to our clients.
- Prioritize numerous issues of varying severity, and effectively manage the resolution of all issues within accepted service levels. This includes ownership of the data entered into the Helpdesk system and appropriately updating both client and appropriate employees of status of all issues on a timely basis.
- Good customer skills, be attentive to detail, and responsive to customer tickets.
Technical
- Analyze project requirements and recommend techniques, tools, and methodologies to achieve goals
- Document the system design and detailed technical specifications required for new applications to be developed, including workflow models, class diagrams, interaction diagrams, component diagrams, deployment diagrams, and other systems documentation
- Consult with technical support, network administration, and database administration areas to ensure coherent total design of the system and to resolve any technology issues
- Design enterprise applications to run in a highly secured multi-firewall DISA STIG environment
- Develop web, desktop, and console applications with C#/.NET 10
- Develop penetration testing tools and systems with C#/.NET 10
- Develop automated JIT provisioning (JITP) for user onboarding and offboarding
- Implement application hardening and data protection for secured server deployments
- Work with open source and enterprise penetration testing tools to test complete systems and deliver fully documented penetration testing reports
- Fully test and debug all applications prior to use in a production environment
- Provide support to all users during the User Acceptance Testing phase
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring for vulnerability analysis and remediation of key systems.
- Serve as reviewer for a structured process review for each phase of the software development lifecycle for web applications to verify standards are followed and advise where standards are not
- Prepare progress reports and keep management and business users informed
- Develop and maintain architecture models that support the operations of enterprise applications
- Build architecture framework based on thorough understanding of enterprise core business processes and stakeholder requirements.
- Serve as senior consultant to applications and systems analysts in the design and development of application components within architectural framework
- Develop workaround solutions as appropriate.
- Perform equipment and software upgrades
- Maintain familiarity with current computer and network products
- Adhere to corporate information security guidelines and promote information security among coworkers
- Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.
Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
• 11+ Years of Experience with C#, .NET Development
• 11+ Years of Experience with Penetration Testing
• 10+ Years of Experience with State Government
• 11+ Years of Experience with Full Stack MVC Web Development
• 11+ Years of Experience with Secure database design and administration
• 11+ Years of Experience with Active Directory programming
• 11+ Years of Experience with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):
• Experience with Projects involving PCI/ NIST/Pub1075 security implementations and / or audits.
• Experience with Projects involving DISA STIG
• Firewalls and Load Balancers
• Vulnerability Remediation
• Azure DevOps
Required Education/Certifications:
• A bachelor’s degree in information technology systems, computer science, or related field
Preferred Education/Certifications:
• Penetration Testing Certifications
• Microsoft/Azure Certifications
• CompTIA Security+
Additional Skills
• Verbal Communication Skills (8-10 years)
• Written Communication Skills (8-10 years)
• Working in team development environment (6-8 years)
Numbers & Facts
| Location | West Columbia, SC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2004 |
| Website | http://www.novalink-solutions.com/ |
About Company
Novalink, founded in 2003 , is a leading consulting and staffing company serving clients in public and private sectors in Information Technology, Telecommunications (IT/Telecom), Technical Networks, Finance, and Administration. With government agencies as our primary clientele, our team has a proven track record of success in providing temporary personnel solutions and managing government deliverables-based projects over the past 20 years.
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