Job Title: IT Developer 
Location: Remote 
Duration: 3 Years Contract  

Minimum Job-Specific Skills/Qualifications Required (in order of relative importance): 

Candidates must have a minimum of ten (10) years of hands-on experience in software design, development, and architecture, demonstrating mastery of all required software platforms. Equivalent years of directly related professional experience or advanced academic credentials may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. 

DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE IN: 

• Collaborate with business SMEs to define and document application strategies through interactive workshops and executive-level presentations, translating complex technical concepts into clear, non-technical language. 
• Architect, install, develop, document, maintain, and upgrade Lucee/ColdFusion server platforms, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. 
• Administer and automate Linux environments, leveraging shell scripting and configuration management for robust operations. 
• Engineer and support secure payment gateway integrations, incorporating industry-standard encryption, tokenization, and PCI DSS controls. 
• Lead full-cycle application development: requirements analysis, system design, coding, testing, deployment, and post-production support. 
• Execute application deployment strategies and data migration plans to ensure seamless cutovers and minimal downtime. 
• Leverage open-source toolchains—IDEs, build systems, libraries, and frameworks—to streamline development workflows. 
• Design, deploy, and optimize cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, and serverless services. 
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, automating builds, tests, and releases. 
• Produce and maintain comprehensive technical specifications, architectural diagrams, and design artifacts. 
• Configure and manage Azure Active Directory and identity solutions for centralized authentication and authorization. 
• Develop roadmaps for legacy applications and provide recommendations for application modernization, driving refactoring, containerization, and cloud-native adoption. 
• Apply deep networking knowledge—TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, and software-defined networking—to architect secure, high-performance cloud networks. 

Additional Skills/Qualifications Desired:  

• Practical experience developing and maintaining web applications using Lucee and Adobe ColdFusion (CFML), including writing custom tags, optimizing performance, and implementing RESTful APIs.  
• Proven ability to wear multiple hats as both a Business Systems Analyst and an Application Developer, bridging stakeholder requirements with technical design and development.  
• Proficient in relational and cloud-native databases, including MS SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Cosmos DB. 
• Architect and develop web applications using Java (Spring/Hibernate), modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5/CSS3, XML/XSD, JSON, and RESTful APIs. 
• Enhance the Daily Activity Log’s data model and reporting capabilities to deliver richer operational insights. 
• Automate interpreter cross-assignment workflows, reducing manual scheduling overhead and errors. 
• Design secure remote-access architectures and optimize scheduling processes for maximum efficiency.