Cloud Platform Application Development - Senior/Specialist (DOH5448)

Company: State of Washington
Location: Olympia
Posted on: June 8, 2021

Job Description:

NOTE:   This recruitment will remain Open Until Filled.  Applicant review begins April 1, 2021.  The hiring authority reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any time.  It is to the benefit of the applicant to apply early.   

The Department of Health works with others to protect and improve the health of all people in Washington State. We lead changes in policies, systems, and environments to prevent illness and injury, promote healthy families and communities, and encourage healthy lifestyles. We do this by focusing on places where people live, learn, work, recreate, seek healthcare, and worship.

This position is part of a team responsible for developing and leveraging cloud platforms to quickly deliver business value and meet customer needs.  This is accomplished through the effective and consistent delivery of business applications, modules, and reusable components on a flexible and interoperable platform.  

As the Cloud Platform Application Development - Senior/Specialist, you'll have the opportunity to plan, develop, implement, and maintain applications and web services developed on the ServiceNow, ECM Platforms, and future cloud-based development platforms such as SalesForce and Dynamic365.  This position provides the highest expert level IT services designing, testing, implementing, and maintaining multi-dimensional web enabled information systems to provide, manage, monitor, and assess data required to make informed decisions at the enterprise, division, and business unit level.

The duty station for this position is Tumwater, WA.  Currently, this position may be located anywhere within the State of Washington. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, telework (mobile-work) is expected. When approved to return, the incumbent will work with their supervisor to identify an appropriate work schedule and balance including telework and reporting to the Tumwater duty station for work activities, if needed.

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About the Department of Health

Washington State Department of Health (DOH) works with federal, state, tribal, and local partners to help people in Washington stay healthy and safe. Our programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live and work, provide education to help people make good health decisions, and ensure our state is prepared for emergencies.

Benefits of Working for DOH

Washington is America's Top State according to U.S. News (2021) and provides one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation.

Tumwater is a vibrant city just south of Olympia, the state's capital, with a small-town feel conveniently situated between Seattle and Portland. Tumwater enjoys the benefits of an engaged and educated community and a well-supported school system, with two universities and a community college within a ten-mile radius.

 DOH offers:

• A healthy life/work balance by offering flexible schedules and telework options for many positions.
• Growth and development opportunities.
• A wellness program that offers education, access to healthy food, and fitness classes.
• Opportunities to serve your community through meaningful work.
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion by fostering an inclusive environment that encourages all employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• An Infant at Work Program that is based on the long-term health values of breastfeeding newborns and infant-parent bonding. 
• A modernized workplace.

Duties Include

• Solving highly complex IT problems, including defining and analyzing the problem, identifying and testing solutions, choosing and implementing the best solution, documenting the changes in the agency configuration management tracking system, and evaluating the outcome.  Where solutions don't exist, developing new unique solutions for complex problems that require advanced experience and knowledge of application development and solution architecture job families.
• Designing, developing, testing, implementing, administering, or maintaining agency and business unit web applications that interact with databases, web services, or data warehouses from software requirements specifications and other related business analysis artifacts using C, C#, ASP.NET, MBV, Web Forms, JavaScript, JQuery, . NET frameworks, MS Office products, XML, and Transact SQL.
• Creating a development program to include development standards, reusable code snippets, and modular applications on the Service Now and ECM Platforms, as well as future cloud-based platforms such as SalesForce, Dynamics365, as well as applications developed and deployed on these platforms.
• Leading in the development and migration of agency legacy applications to the ServiceNow platform.
• Applying advanced technical knowledge and considerable discretion to evaluate and resolve complex tasks such as constructing efficient applications through the use of stored procedures, functions, server and user controls, web services (using SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL), and standard libraries.
• Utilizing DBMS software to design, develop, and maintain relational databases and applications using simple to highly complex Transact-SQL queries and statements.
• Conducting system and unit testing for supported systems and as directed by management.

What we're looking for

This position must understand business problems and develop a wide range of advanced, creative, and custom solutions.  Success in this position requires one to be a team player, defined as having a driving passion for the work, bringing humility to their job and people interactions, and understanding how their words and actions affect others.

Required Qualifications

Option 1:  A Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Technology program or a closely related field; AND seven (7) years (full-time equivalent) of progressive information technology experience such as consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, directing projects; providing customer or technical support in information technology. Additional years of experience can substitute for education on a one for one basis.

OR

Option 2:  An Associate's degree or higher in Information Technology program or a closely related field; AND nine (9) years (full-time equivalent) of progressive information technology experience such as consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, directing projects; providing customer or technical support in information technology. Additional years of experience can substitute for education on a one for one basis.

OR

Option 3:  Eleven (11) years (full-time equivalent) of progressive information technology experience such as consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, directing projects; providing customer or technical support in information technology.

AND

• Three (3) or more years (full-time equivalent) of professional experience in the software development field, which includes:
• Developing back office applications and business solutions using MS-Office.
• Use of MS-Visual Studio Development tools to maintain agency and enterprise level systems, developing products in .NET Framework for use in web-enabled, multi-tiered systems.
• Developing Web and WCF services using current versions of the .Net Framework.
• Developing and testing MS-SQL Transact SQL statements.
• Developing and testing Microsoft SQL Reporting Services (Local and Remote)
• Managing/configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) at the enterprise level.
• Providing consultation services to executive or executive support staff to provide innovative solutions for technology challenges.
• Interpreting user requirements and software design documentation to be used for software development.
• Implementation of adequate security controls to protect sensitive information and the IT infrastructure.
• At least six (6) months working in the ServiceNow Platform as an administrator or developer.

Application Process

Intrigued? We'd love to hear from you.  Click "Apply" to submit your detailed application profile along with the following:

• A letter of interest, describing how you meet the specific required qualifications for this position.
• A current resume.
• Three (3) or more professional references, to be included in your profile. Please include at least one supervisor, peer, and (if you have supervised staff) a subordinate.

Important Note: Do not attach documents that contain private information (social security number, date of birth, transcripts, etc.) or documents that are password protected. These documents will not be reviewed and may cause errors within your application when downloaded. Veterans, please feel free to attach a copy of your redacted DD214.

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is an equal opportunity employer.  DOH strives to create a working environment that is inclusive and respectful.  It is our policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of our workforce. 

This is a position covered by a bargaining unit for which the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) is the exclusive representative.

Conditions of Employment/Working Conditions

With or without an accommodation, I am willing and able to:

• Legally operate a state or privately owned vehicle or provide alternative transportation.
• Occasionally work in excess of 40 hours per week and/or to adjust normally scheduled hours, which may include evening and weekends.
• Occasionally travel locally or regionally.
• Occasionally be contacted outside of business hours to address emergency or urgent business needs and is expected to assist, if possible.

If you have questions, need alternative formats or other assistance please contact Danielle Dahm at (360) 236-4276, danielle.dahm@doh.wa.gov, or TDD Relay at 1-800-833-6384 or 7-1-1. Technical support is provided by NEOGOV, 855-524-5627 (can't log in, password or email issues, error messages).

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Only applicants who follow the directions and complete the Application Process in-full will have their responses reviewed for consideration.

Education and experience selected, listed and/or detailed in the Supplemental Questions must be verifiable on the detailed applicant profile submitted.

This recruitment may be used to fill other positions of the same job classification across the agency.  Once all the position(s) from the recruitment are filled, the recruitment  may only be used to fill additional open positions for the next sixty (60) days.

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