Senior Azure/.NET Engineer in Saint Paul

RKCS is seeking a Senior Azure/.NET Engineer with strong coding, development background on behalf of a public-sector client operating a regional transit network. The selected resource will join the Project team - a program responsible for modernizing the fare collection and transit management platform - and will design, develop, and deploy complex .NET applications and supporting cloud services.

This is a full-time staff augmentation engagement. The resource will work directly within the client's delivery organisation, reporting to the client's technical lead, and is expected to provide senior-level technical guidance alongside hands-on development.

Key Responsibilities

Application Development

• Design, develop, and deploy complex .NET applications and RESTful/SOAP services.

• Build and maintain Azure App Services and Azure Functions (serverless compute) to support scalable back-end workloads.

• Implement and optimize ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) layers - primarily Entity Framework - against SQL Server / Azure SQL databases.

• Architect solutions following Clean Architecture and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles, ensuring separation of concerns and long-term maintainability.

• Integrate .NET applications with third-party APIs, cloud services, and internal data platforms.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead code reviews and enforce team coding standards and best practices.

• Mentor junior and mid-level developers; provide structured knowledge transfer and technical documentation.

• Collaborate with solution architects, business analysts, product owners, and external stakeholders to define technical requirements and solution designs.

• Contribute to architectural decisions, technology selection, and long-term technical roadmap planning.

DevOps & Quality

• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) - automated workflows that build, test, and release code to multiple environments.

• Optimise application performance, scalability, and maintainability across development, staging, and production environments.

• Troubleshoot and resolve high-priority production incidents and development blockers.

• Implement security and compliance standards aligned with public-sector data governance requirements.

• Work within an Agile (iterative, sprint-based) delivery framework.

Full stack Software development experience (incl. .NET / Microsoft stack)

1. 10 years total - 5+ years .NET
2. Front-end: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (combined) - 7 years combined
3. Modern JS/TS framework - Angular, React, or Blazor - 7 years combined (one or more frameworks)
4. Azure cloud development & CI/CD pipelines - 3 years

• SQL Server, Azure SQL, Entity Framework - performance tuning and query optimisation.

• Automated unit testing (e.g. xUnit, NUnit, MSTest) - 7 years .

• CI/CD pipeline design: hands-on with Azure DevOps or equivalent, covering build automation, release gating, and environment promotion - 3 years .

• API design patterns: RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems architecture.

• Azure Application Performance Monitoring (APM) - proactive diagnostics and alerting.

• Database design and development using SQL Server or Azure SQL - 3 years .

• Experience translating functional business requirements into detailed technical designs in a mixed stakeholder environment.

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams on large-scale enterprise projects.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Company DescriptionRK Consultancy Services, Inc. a Minnesota based IT Services Provider is a preeminent federal/state and local government IT Solutions specialist that offers best practice methodologies, industry leading technology and knowledgeable, experienced staff. We provide, customer friendly, government compliant services that reflect RKCS' own mission, which emphasizes "a high level of integrity, professionalism and customer service". RKCS has a significant footprint as an IT service provider to the public sector clients in Minnesota and nationwide. We are proud to be the only Minnesota based federal 8a certified company currently in the program, and with more certifications including GSA Sch. 70, TAPS IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity)!Company DescriptionRK Consultancy Services, Inc. a Minnesota based IT Services Provider is a preeminent federal/state and local government IT Solutions specialist that offers best practice methodologies, industry leading technology and knowledgeable, experienced staff. We provide, customer friendly, government compliant services that reflect RKCS' own mission, which emphasizes "a high level of integrity, professionalism and customer service". RKCS has a significant footprint as an IT service provider to the public sector clients in Minnesota and nationwide. We are proud to be the only Minnesota based federal 8a certified company currently in the program, and with more certifications including GSA Sch. 70, TAPS IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity)!