Senior Modernization Developer (812436)

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DECAL Senior Modernization Developer (812436)

Pay rate: $58.77 per hour

Assignment ( 6 months)

Job location: 2 M.L.K. Jr Dr SE #754 Atlanta GA 30334

Hours: 8 hours daily/5 days weekly (hybrid position)

What This Role Actually Is

DECALs core licensing platform is a mission-critical application that supports child care licensing

provider management and program eligibility across the State of Georgia. We are in the middle of a

major modernization effort moving from a legacy architecture 8 modern APIs

Azure cloud services and a React-based user experience. This is not a maintenance or production support role.

This position is for a senior engineer who wants to lead modernization efforts solve complex

technical problems and help shape the future architecture of a statewide platform. You will play a

key role in technical design decisions application architecture cloud integration and delivery.

Our team is intentionally lean. That means ownership matters. You will be expected to take a solution

from concept to production including design development testing deployment documentation

and operational support. Success in this role requires initiative accountability and the ability to work

independently.

If youre looking for a highly structured environment where work is narrowly defined and tasks are

handed to you step-by-step this is probably not the right fit. If you enjoy building leading and

owning outcomes youll thrive here. .

Work Location

Must be physically located in Georgia

Hybrid: TuesdayThursday on-site at DECAL headquarters Atlanta (subject to manager

discretion)

Mandatory in-person: All Hands Enterprise Applications meetings DECAL All Staff and

designated on-site milestones

What You Will Do

Application Modernization (Core of this Role)

Champion the modernization of DECALs mission-critical licensing and eligibility applications

transitioning legacy solutions to and Azure-based architectures.

Design and implement scalable secure and maintainable application solutions that reduce

technical debt and improve long-term supportability.

Build and evolve API-first integrations and services that enable future platform capabilities.

Develop cloud-native solutions using Azure App Services Azure Functions and related Azure

technologies.

Own the SQL Server platform including data architecture performance tuning data

migration and platform modernization.

Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to automate testing

deployment and release management.

Drive engineering excellence through code reviews automation documentation and

adherence to modern development practices.

Frontend & Integration

Build and maintain React-based UI components as part of the modernization roadmap

Demonstrate a strong understanding of web application rendering patterns including client

side rendering (CSR) server-side rendering (SSR) component-based architectures and

modern frontend frameworks.

Integrate third-party services and internal APIs; document every integration cleanly

Implement and maintain reporting using SSRS and Power BI

Participate in AI integration initiatives Azure Agentic AI services Copilot tooling and chatbot

integrations where applicable

Quality Documentation & Support

Write code that your teammates can read and maintain six months from now

Provide production support and own root-cause analysis when things break

Maintain application documentation deployment runbooks and user-facing guides

Participate in architecture reviews code reviews and sprint ceremonies

Required Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

8 years of development experience C# MVC Web API

Demonstrated hands-on experience migrating legacy applications to (6

7 8 or 10) not just exposure

Production SQL Server experience: stored procedures T-SQL tuning schema migrations data

cleanup

Azure hands-on: App Services Function Apps deployment pipelines configuration management

5 years delivering software in Agile (Scrum or Kanban) environments using ADO or GitHub

WHAT HANDS-ON MEANS HERE

You have modernized a real application not a proof of concept from legacy

6/7/8/10

You have designed and maintained RESTful APIs that external systems depend on

You have debugged production issues independently without a team lead walking you through it

Preferred Qualifications

These will make you effective faster. They are not dealbreakers but they distinguish competitive

candidates.

React experience specifically building components within an existing application not greenfield

Exposer 10

Power BI or SSRS reporting development

Experience with government healthcare or public-sector systems you understand

compliance auditability and data sensitivity

Familiarity with ADA/WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards

Exposure to Azure Agentic AI services or integration of AI-driven features in production

applications

Experience with middleware platforms such as Boomi or MuleSoft

Background working with PII data and the security protocols that protect it

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field or

equivalent work experience that demonstrates the same depth

What We Value Beyond the Technical

This team works on systems that affect real families in Georgia. We move fast because the mission

requires it but we do not cut corners on security accessibility or data integrity.

Ownership: You finish what you start and you tell people early when something is at risk

Directness: You surface problems with a proposed fix not just a flag

Clarity under pressure: You can explain a technical constraint to a non-technical stakeholder

without condescending or drowning them in jargon

Adaptability: Government systems change scope. Requirements shift. You adjust without drama

About DECAL

The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning administers programs for approximately 300000

children across the state including child care subsidies Pre-K nutrition programs and licensing for

10000 providers. The Enterprise Applications & Data Division builds and maintains the systems that

make those programs run.

This role directly supports the core licensing platform at the center of provider licensing and eligibility. The