L&I IT Application Developer, Journey

Description**Our Mission: Keep Washington Safe and Working!

Our Values: Customer Focus, One L, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability.**** **Washington is America’s Top State according to U.S.

News (2021) and we provide one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation.

Here at the Department of Labor & Industries (L), we believe that your voice matters.

We value our employees and offer flexible schedules that respect your work/life balance.

In addition, L is a diverse state agency dedicated to the safety and health and security of Washington’s 2.5 million workers.

Learn more about L, the employer of choice **here**.**Please note: This announcement is being used to fill multiple positions.

****This recruitment will remain open until filled.

Application review will begin immediately, and the position(s) may be filled at any time.**Within L, our Information Technology Division provides information technology based products and services in support of our agency’s business priorities.

In this role, you will independently analyze, design, develop, test, debug, document, enhance and maintain multiple complex computer applications using multiple programming languages and technologies using effective agile driven technologies.As an **IT Application Developer, Journey**, we need your skills in analyzing requirements on service requests and determining the best approaches and procedures for resolving issues, adding features or enhancing functionality.

This position is responsible for understanding the needs of multiple business programs and ensuring those needs are met according to the objectives of a Service Request, project, or other work assigned to the position by a manager or technical lead.

If this sounds like the challenge you’ve been looking for, then we encourage you to join our team by applying now.**_Pursuant to the Governor’s Directive, 20-08, we will not be scheduling any furlough days until after July 2021.

We are continuing to work with the Governor’s Office on the timing of any future furlough dates and adjusting to any future changes._**Duties* Transforming requirements into software, reporting and database solutions by using programming languages and technologies to design, develop and debug applications.* Testing and confirming solutions by conducting unit tests to confirm program operation.* Coordinating customer testing by creating testing plans and coordinating testing between environments and releases.* Deploying solutions by developing deployment plans, coordinating code releases, the deployment team and with other IT units as necessary to deploy the software.* Identifying and analyzing requirements by interpreting services requests and determining exact needs of customers; arranging project requirements and preparing work flow charts and/or diagrams.* Documenting solutions by writing and maintaining user documentation, self-documenting code conventions and otherwise commenting code as necessary.* Monitoring and maintaining databases and solutions by investigating application usage, error reports and performance or reliability issues.* Providing critical response and problem resolution by responding to critical production problems.* And much more!Qualifications**REQUIRED:*** 8 years of Information Technology experience* related to application development.**OR*** An Associate’s degree and 6 years of experience in Information Technology related to application development.**OR*** A Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience in Information Technology related to application development.**Please Note: **Qualifying IT experience is defined as analyzing, designing, implementing, maintaining or programming computer software applications/databases.* 4 years professional experience in **Object Oriented Programming Language**, .Net or other OO programming languages* 4 Years Professional Experience using a modern IDE, such as Visual Studio, Source Control and SQL Management Tool**Qualified applicants must also have four years of experience with some or all of the following:*** Strong knowledge of the .NET Framework Class Libraries* Application Developments in VB, VB.NET, Visual Studio, ASP, ASP.NET or other object oriented programming languages* MS SQL 2008 or higher* HTML, XML, and JavaScript* N-tier software architecture and development* JAVA* IBM toolset
– including Business Process Manager (BPM), Operation Decision Manager (ODM), etc.**DESIRED:*** One year of professional experience application development using JavaScript, JQuery, ASP.Net, JSON, XML, CSS.

Frameworks and Archs, such as Web Services, SOAP Service s, WCF, MVC.* One or more years of professional experience developing Microsoft application, security, authentication, auditing and exception-handling protocols using the Microsoft Enterprise Libraries.* Two or more years of professional programming experience while using Agile/Scrum methodology.Supplemental Information**Application Process: **The top candidates will be contacted directly to interview for this position.

Because the selection will be based on information provided by you, it is in your best interest to identify the knowledge, skills and abilities that address the mandatory and desirable qualifications described in the announcement.Please include the following documents with your application:1.

A letter of interest describing specific qualifications.2.

A current resume detailing applicable experience and education.3.

A list of at least three professional references with current telephone numbers.**Other Information:*** Prior to appointment, a background check that includes a criminal record history review, will be conducted.* Positions requiring travel must have a valid unrestricted driver’s license and must be insured if driving a privately owned vehicle on state business.* This position is represented by** **the** ­Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE).*** Candidates who are offered a job with L must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa now or in the future.* Positions requiring skills assessments are administered using CodeSignal.

Applicants who are selected to move forward in this hiring process will receive an email invitation within 3 weeks of your application being accepted.

An applicant may complete the assessment when you are ready, but the invitation to complete their assessment _will expire 5 days when this invitation was sent_.

Once you start the assessment, you will be required to complete it, you cannot start your assessment and then come back to it at a later time.

_Please look in your email inbox or spam as these invitations are sent by CodeSignal._Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to their application.

Please blackout any personally identifiable data such as social security numbers.

For further information, please contact us at Jobs@Lni.wa.gov_._**Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Employer**Here at Labor and Industries our employees come from all walks of life as do we.

We strive to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.We believe in the importance of recognizing the value each of us contribute to the success of the mission of the agency.

Having a diverse workforce is this agency’s greatest resource of strength and knowledge.

It is through the combination of talents and abilities that we can pursue finding effective measures on how we can provide the best customer service.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone and we strongly mean everyone.The State of Washington is an equal opportunity employer.

Persons with a disability who need assistance in the application process or testing process, or those needing this announcement in an alternative format, may call (360) 902-5700.

TTY users should first call 711 to access the Washington Relay Service.You are welcome to include the name and pronoun you would like to be referred to in your materials and we will honor this as you interact with our award-winning diverse and inclusive organization.**_If you have any questions regarding this announcement, program, or the agency please contact _Andrea Ballard_ at _****_baap235@lni.wa.gov_****__.__***Salary:* $73,848.00
– $96,888.00 Annually*Location:* Thurston County – Tumwater, WA*Job Type:* Full Time
– Permanent*Department:* Dept.

of Labor & Industries*Job Number:* 2021-00246*Closing:* Continuous*Agency:* State of Washington*Address:* View Job Posting for Agency Information View Job Posting for Location, Washington, 98504*Phone:* View Posting for Agency Contact*Website:* http://www.careers.wa.gov