Sr Application Support DeveloperChild Welfare Modernization exp must

State of Mississippi - Senior Application Support Developer - 145382 (100% Remote)

Duration : Until 12 / 31 / 2026 (Extensions highly possible)

100% Remote

Agency : The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS)

Project Name : MDCPS-SR Developer-MIS

Project Details

The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS) is seeking experienced IT professionals to support the continued modernization and transition of the Mississippi Automated Child Welfare Information System (MACWIS) to a more modern technology platform.

Ideal candidates will possess in-depth expertise in Natural, Visual Basic 6 (VB6), and .NET programming languages, along with a strong understanding of child welfare systems, business processes, and workflows.

Contractors will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance and management of legacy Natural code, including the resolution of issues in the current production environment, while also contributing to the development of new features, processes, and system functionalities that align with the future-state system design.

Specific work packages include :

• Source data analysis and "cleanup" scripting (SQL, Natural) for data de-duplication for non-licensed resources, court ordered non-licensed resources, persons, and orphaned records in the legacy platform
• Source data analysis and "cleanup" scripting (SQL, Natural) to address data integrity issues including undefined genders and persons "self" relationship mismatch in the legacy platform
• Source data analysis (SQL, Natural) to plan for data migration for notifications and alerts from the legacy Child Welfare Case Management platform to MDCPS' modernized CCWIS platform
• Support DMT validation of developed scripts and general testing In addition to their technical duties, contractors will serve as senior representatives of MDCPS in project meetings, technical planning sessions, and inter-agency collaborations.

They will be expected to act as subject matter experts (SMEs) on both the existing MACWIS environment and the evolving child welfare technology ecosystem, helping to bridge the gap between legacy systems and the new Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) compliant solution.

Required Skills / Experience :

Technical Skills

Preferred / Not Required :

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