Devops Manager Jobs in Springfield, IL (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
The State of Illinois' Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking a Lead Application Developer to support the Illinois Department of Revenue by conducting complex web application development. The role involves analyzing and recommending innovative procedures and technologies to enhance website performance while providing critical maintenance support.
Responsibilities:
• Under administrative direction, serves as a Lead Application Developer for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) supporting the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDoR) by coordinating and conducting complex tax web application development for the Web Application Development unit.
• Analyzes and recommends new procedures and techniques to improve supported tax websites and tax web applications, and tax processing platforms.
• Analyzes and recommends new procedures and techniques to improve supported tax websites and tax web applications, and tax processing platforms.
• Serves as a primary support for scheduled and remedial maintenance to assigned tax websites and tax web applications.
• Represents the web development team by attending meetings and conferences as the subject matter expert for their supported systems.
• Serves as a team leader on highly complex projects while independently planning, developing, and implementing techniques for gathering and interpreting data.
• Keeps abreast of new developments in the Web Development field by continuing education through online training platforms, meetings, training sessions, seminars and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques and procedures.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to four (4) years of college with course work in computer science or directly related fields.
• Requires three (3) years of professional experience in Web Applications or a related Information Technology field.
• Requires three (3) years of professional experience designing and developing public-facing browser-based tax websites and tax web applications using Microsoft Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, and technologies including ASP.net and C#, MVC, SQL, SQL Reporting Services, and Stored Procedures, with a focus on usability, accessibility, and performance.
• Requires three (3) years of professional experience conducting technical evaluations and usability analysis of large-scale web applications, including conducting feasibility studies, validating logic paths through structures testing, assessing maintainability, and recommending improvements that enhance user experience.
• Requires three (3) years of professional experience supporting scheduled and remedial maintenance for enterprise-level websites and web applications, including diagnosing errors, optimizing system performance, and ensuring continues operational integrity.
• Requires the ability to verify identity.
• Requires employment authorization to accept permanent full-time position with the State of Illinois.
• Requires the ability to pass a tax compliance and position specific, agency required background check.
• Requires self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires the ability to use agency supplied equipment such as laptop, personal computer, work cell phone and any other required equipment or devices.
• Requires the ability to attend seminars, conferences, and training to remain current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics relevant to job duties.
• Requires the ability to lift and carry objects or equipment weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license and the ability to travel in performance of duties.
• Requires the ability to serve in an on-call capacity.
Preferred:
• Three (3) years of professional experience leading complex projects in an Information Technology environment, including defining scope, coordinating cross functional technical teams, establishing project timelines, managing competing priorities, and ensuring all deliverables meet stakeholder requirements and agency standards.
• Ability to coordinate and guide the work of technical staff or project teams, ensuring tasks are completed accurately, efficiently, and in full compliance with established coding standards, quality assurance practices, and agency policies.
• Ability to conduct logical data analysis, identify root causes of operational or procedural problems, and recommend and implement effective technical solutions.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with internal teams, vendors, stakeholders, and client agencies to support project success and system continuity.
• Developed verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to clearly articulate to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences through documentation, presentations, and collaboration.
Company:
State of Illinois is the state governance platform of Illinois. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Springfield, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.