Lead .NET Developer; Splunk

Location

Saint Paul, MN (Hybrid, Local)

17 Months

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS), Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), is seeking one full‑time Software Developer to work in the Minnesota Justice Information Services (MNJIS) section of the BCA. The software developer will assist state staff with rewriting and supporting BCA’s .NET, web services, and object‑oriented applications for modernization, and provide critical security updates.

The developer should have strong Splunk technical skills to build and maintain applications using Splunk components.

At a high level, the resource will provide ongoing support, including functionality and critical security updates, and will also be required to assist in training on the integration of Splunk technology and other modernized technologies.

• Train the software development team from Splunk basics to reporting, dashboards and events, search capabilities, APIs, creating Knowledge Objects, data models, and other enterprise concepts with Splunk.
• Collaborate with the software development team to develop a Splunk solution to modernize the BCA’s Archive Services application using Splunk.
• Work with planning managers, architects, business analysts, quality assurance analysts and agencies to define and transform business requirements into technical design and programming specifications conforming to the system architecture.
• Implement enterprise solutions following established BCA patterns in application development and data security.
• Build, deploy and test software applications and modules using automated test and deployment technologies and tools.
• Provide direction in identifying appropriate technical solutions (application and system level) that meet business objectives, defining technical alternatives to derive the most cost‑effective solutions to meet client requirements.
• Review test cases and test plans in conjunction with quality assurance staff.
• Execute unit and integration testing procedures.
• Communicate highly technical concepts, and introduce new technological tools or methods.
• Establish strong business partnerships with senior MNJIS team members and with criminal justice and technical staff.
• Knowledge transfer.

• Five years of experience developing Splunk applications, APIs, dashboards, and logging. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to write Splunk applications using Splunk APIs, administer the Splunk dashboard, provide Splunk training in all aspects of the technology, and collaborate with the software development team to develop a Splunk solution.
• Seven years of experience developing ASP.NET MVC applications with C#.
• Five years of unit test experience (NUnit or JUnit).
• Seven years of experience using HTML/CSS.
• Seven years of experience using JavaScript.
• Five years of CSS experience.
• Experience using Entity Framework.
• Experience writing T‑SQL for MS SQL Server.
• Experience with in an Agile Scrum development team.
• Experience in development of Windows services using .NET 4.0 or above.
• Experience using XML schemas.
• Experience using XSLT.
• Experience using REST/SOAP web services.
• Experience using Web API.
• Experience with Dev Ops incorporating automation for CI/CD pipelines (Git Lab or Git Hub).
• Experience working with front‑end JavaScript libraries, especially Bootstrap 4/5 and jQuery.
• Knowledge of domain‑driven design concepts.
• Experience working with law enforcement or criminal justice systems.