Title- Ruby on Rails Developer
Location - Harrisburg, PA Hybrid
Final round onsite interview required
***This requisition's current PO is funded through 6/30/25, so use that date in
the RTR. Contract end date is dependent on the final schedule and projected
needs. Historically additional funding should then last a year and occur from
7/1/25-6/30/26.***
***The method of interview is Round 1 virtual via Teams, then Round 2 in-person
at The Keystone Building.***
In summary, the project is software that PennDOT will be taking over from a
vendor. The application was written in Ruby on Rails and was running on AWS.
PennDOT wants to port it over to .NET and run it on Azure. PennDOT will need a
developer with Ruby on Rails experience that will help with translating and
rewriting the application on the new platform.
Description:
Candidates will work under the direction of the project s Technical Lead and
Application Architect to analyze, write, test, and document code to implement
system features and enhancements to convert an Amazon Web Services (AWS) to
Azure cloud.
Skills:
Required: 8+ Years
* Ruby on Rails
* PostegresSQL
* AngularJS
Preferred: Knowledge and Experience
* Knowledge of Design Patterns and Solid principles
* 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
Preferred: 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
* ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC or ASP.NET Core for building web applications
* SQL Server / T-SQL, recent experience with Azure SQL.
* APIs and Integration, RESTful APIs, microservices and event-driven
architecture
* Testing frameworks
* XUnit/NUnit
* Prefer: Jasmine and Karma
* ORM, such as Entity framework and Dapper
* Containerization
* Prefer: Docker
* Cloud services with implementation in .NET
* Azure Function
* Azure Queue
* Azure Storage
* Azure container registry
* Key Vault
* Tools
* Visual Studio with recent experience in VS2022 and VS Code
* Azure DevOps /Git
o Experience incorporating accessibility tests into the development process
* Experience building digital products where compliance with accessibility
standards is part of definition of done
Work details:
* Work hours are Monday Friday, 8:30am 5:00pm excluding state holidays for a
maximum of 40 hours/week. Lunch is 12:00 12:30. The contract assumes an
additional 80 hours of unpaid leave in addition to the above per state fiscal
year.
* Work location is majority remote; however, selected candidates will be
required to report IN PERSON for an interview at PennDOT s offices at 400
North Street, 5th floor, Harrisburg PA. Engaged candidates will also need to
report IN PERSON to pick up equipment as part of onboarding and may be
required to report for occasional in-person meetings or training.
* Selected candidates must provide a completed PATCH check and work
authorization done at vendor expense prior to engagement.
* On-site work location is a secured floor. Engaged candidates must bring a
check or money order for $20 payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on
the first day work to pay for a badge.
* The agency does not provide parking.A
American Technology Consulting