The deadline for RTR's, Skills Tables, and Resume Submittals is 3/6.
All positions will have a 37.5-hour work week. DEP is looking for an iOS Mobile Specialist with a strong working knowledge of Apple technology and iOS framework to help develop and expand an existing electronic inspection (eInspections) system at 37.5 hours per week. The agency intends to extend the position into the new fiscal year.
The Mobile Specialist participates in project planning, including resource estimation, and in the creation and review of technical deliverables. The Mobile Specialist works in conjunction with other technical team members in all phases of the Agile Scrum SDLC.
This position will participate as a key technical position for DEP's mobile inspection applications. The mobile inspection applications are being built on an iOS platform. The resulting data is received into DEP's enterprise system via services. The backend database is Oracle 19C. This position will be responsible for serving as the designer, developer and/or engineer on multiple mobile inspection applications. They will work with the end user stakeholders at times, various Business Analysts (Client) and Project Managers (PMs), and other technical staff in defining and managing the business and technical requirements. The candidate will be responsible for developing and/or engineering a user interface, a service tier, data tier components, and/or infrastructure or security for the mobile projects by working with the team leads.
Attention to reusable components and repeatable processes is required for developing the iOS solutions utilizing, but not limited to, Objective C, Swift, JSON, XML, and consumption of RESTful web services. The candidate will develop applications that link to a web service-oriented backend solution.
Additionally, a solid understanding and experience in Apple's technologies is required, including but not limited to the distribution of certificates, provisioning profiles, code signing, keychains, push notifications, app transport requirements, and iOS version histories. The candidate should have a strong knowledge of iOS frameworks related to UI, Core Data, storyboards, web services, security/keychain, camera integration, asynchronous/background processing, multitasking, etc. Also, a strong understanding of MVC, delegation, target-action and Cocoa layers related to Touch, Media, OS and Services and Objective/C and iOS principles of memory management, notifications, blocks, categories, etc. is strongly helpful.
The ideal candidate will assist in project planning, including the development of timelines. They must understand Agile Scrum methodology and participate in daily standups. The selected candidate is expected to assist in the development and review of technical deliverables on the projects.
Required Skills:
- Full SDLC experience as an application developer 6 years
- Experience with Object Oriented development 6 years
- Experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C 5 years
- Familiarity with Swift programming language and latest IOS APIs and frameworks 5 years
- Experience with Core Data framework 5 years
- Experience with relational database design and development 5 years
- Experience with IOS Auto Layout, Storyboard, Blocks, and GCD 4 years
- Experience in architecting & solutioning mobile apps that consumes web services 2 years
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Desired Skills:
- Experience with deploying iOS apps 5 years
- Experience in team leadership position 1 year
- Experience with deploying enterprise iOS apps via MDM 1 year
Experience working in an agile team environment
Managing and completing assigned tasks in Azure DevOps
- Experience with HTML5 development and JavaScript frameworks 5 years
- Experience with Java centric server-side development and solutioning 2 years