Mobile Specialist 1
April 4, 2016 through June 30, 2016. Possible extension past June 30
Push Resumes on: 3-18 @ 3:00 PM
Interview Process: 1 Phone Interview followed by Skype or Face to Face if Local
This position is an "as needed role" Currently this role is approved for 200 hours but will likely be extended at the end of June. The qualified candidate can work from home or can work at the Dept of Tax. This will not be a typical 40 hours a week position, instead this resource will be used as needed when work needs completed on the mobile app. Work can be completed off normal business hours and does not typically have a strict deadline on it. This is a great position for someone that works part time or likes to pick up extra work in addition to current position.
The Ohio Department of Taxation (ODT) has a need for maintenance and support of its Ohio Tax mobile app. The mobile app provides taxpayers access to State of Ohio tax information from their mobile device. Taxpayers can access current tax news, check their individual and school district refund status, determine sales tax rates for any location within the state of Ohio and obtain additional information from ODT Facebook site. The mobile app was developed to work on Android OS and iOS for mobile devices including phones and tablets. ODT personnel will be involved throughout the process. Mobile app changes and enhancements must be developed by extending the current code base to implement the new requirements.
• Tasks to be performed:
• Provide daily support and maintenance on Taxation’s mobile app(s) as needed
• Bug fixes
• Possible enhancements to existing Taxation mobile app
• Ability to provide support after regular working hours when requested.
• Skillsets
• Experience with calling SOAP web services over SSL from within the mobile app.
• Experience in developing mobile app code Xamarin, MVVM and Bootstrap using Visual Studio and C#.NET along with Android and IOS native code for presentation tiers
• Experience displaying HTML residing on external servers.
• Experience in obfuscation of mobile app code using Crypto Obfuscator.
• Experience publishing apps to Google Play and the iTunes Store
• Experience developing mobile apps that run on current and recent versions of Android OS and iOS.
