This position is hybrid with the occasional need to work on-site at the Harrisburg, PA office. 

This role is a long-term contract opportunity! This position is working within the State of PA.

The Senior iOS Developer performs the skills listed below:

All work products would meet Apple best practices and standards and as further defined by the Commonwealth of PAs Office of Administration Office of Information Technology and the Enterprise Architecture and Service Management (EASM) team. Most work will leverage API integrations with applications hosted on a standardized platform of Azure Cloud. Some work may leverage API integrations with applications hosted on JBoss virtual server technology.

Specific activities to support this work include analyzing and documenting technical requirements, producing solution prototypes, and participating in technology selection. This position is responsible for communicating project constraints including, risks, time, resources, and scope to project management. This team lead position is responsible for mentoring all levels of applications developers in the design, development, assembly, testing, and deployment of highly complex software systems used to support enterprise products and services.

The ideal candidate would have experience in DevSecOps practices with a focus on reduced total cost of ownership and future ease of maintenance. Key deliverables will be solutions that meet customer requirements for security, accessibility, and functionality.

• Propose comprehensive enterprise solutions based on business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate in architecture, design and development of user interface, service tier and data tier components.
• Lead design and development of mobile application products for delivery on standard iOS devices.
• Design and create database schemas to be implemented in a range of database platforms, including DB2 and Oracle.
• Develop code deliverables utilizing standard and current iOS coding languages.
• Deliver web service and application solutions to be deployed via standard mobile device management workflows.
• Support product deployment and product validation activities.
• Utilize the standard SDLC process standards as defined by the development team.
• Provide estimates to support project planning and product timelines.
• Mentor team members on agency specific and industry best practices for processes and standards.
• Perform code reviews.
• Participate and provide feedback in meetings, including daily standup meetings.

Skills and Experience:

Required 8+ years:

• Experience with iOS SDK and native iOS languages (Objective C, Swift, SwifUI).
• Experience with object-oriented development.
• Experience with consuming web services and synchronization of data between integration systems and databases.
• Experience with relational database development.

Required 5+ years:

• Experience in full iOS SDLC as an application developer.
• Experience with latest iOS APIs and frameworks, including JSON annotation.
• Experience with Core Data framework.
• Experience with iOS Auto Layout and UX refinement.
• Experience with blocks and notifications.
• Experience in JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Angular, React.
• Experience in DevOps products, specifically Azure DevOps.

Required 3+ years:

• Experience in web service design & development (SOAP/XML and REST/JSON) for enterprise.
• Experience in architecting and developing mobile web applications for enterprise.
• Experience with various authentication protocols.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of digital accessibility and disability inclusion.
• Knowledge of regulations related to digital accessibility (e.g., Section 508, ADA).
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA requirements.
• Experience designing for platform technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, iOS, Android).
• Experience applying WAI-ARIA authoring guidelines and best practices.
• Experience optimizing for the accessibility features of the platform (HTML, iOS, Android).
• Experience developing digital products that comply with accessibility standards.

Applicants with the following qualifications will be preferred:

• Experience incorporating accessibility tests into the development process.
• Experience building digital products where compliance with accessibility standards is part of definition of done.