.NET Application Developer

Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking a highly motivated and experienced .NET Lead Application Developer to join DNR App Dev team. This role offers an opportunity to work in a mission-driven environment, supporting Iowa Drinking Water Data Portal and Water Allocation Compliance through a large portfolio of data collection and reporting applications. As a key member of our team, you'll be instrumental in driving our development initiatives and delivering secure, high-quality technical solutions to our customers. You will collaborate closely with teams to optimize development practices and automate pipelines that support large data volumes. This position requires attendance during standard business hours Monday through Friday, with initial on-site presence strongly preferred for orientation and team onboarding. As the .NET Lead Application Developer, you will: Have strong communications skills and the ability to work closely with a team. • Have ability to read, understand, and create design documents. • Have technical understanding of infrastructure components, their dependencies, and interactions between servers, virtual systems, networks, databases, web applications, etc. • Have ability to proactively participate in customer engagements, follow direction from team leads, work with customers, and participate in technical planning. • Design and implement highly scalable DevOps processes to support the development and deployment of large-scale applications. • Assess and improve coding and review practices, ensuring a high standard of code quality and security by integrating automated scanning tools into the development cycle. • Proactively address technical debt before it escalates and ensure continuous improvement of development processes. • Optimize processes around code branching, merging, and releases to facilitate seamless and efficient deployments. • Automate build and deployment processes, reducing manual effort and increasing operational efficiency. • Enhance unit test and integration test coverage, ensuring application reliability and performance. Originally posted on Himalayas