L&I IT Application Development Journey

State of Washington•Thurston County – Tumwater, WA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is seeking a Journey-Level IT Application Developer to join their Applications & Data Management (A&DM) team within the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) program. This role involves being a trusted individual contributor responsible for writing computer code for business applications and databases, ensuring quality and security standards are met. The position utilizes an Agile/Scrum development framework and Azure Dev Ops to deliver quality applications. The A&DM program consists of six development teams organized into multiple Agile teams that provide advanced web capabilities to citizens and businesses in Washington State.

Requirements

Eight (8) years of professional experience with all of the following: Developing and enhancing applications using languages and tools such as Visual Studio, C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, HTML, CSS, JavaScript XML, JQuery, MWM or MVC, WPF, ADO, WCF, JSON
Writing and accessing database code using T-SQL, stored procedures, and Entity Framework
Performing unit testing
Applying development standards in a managed environment
OR a bachelor’s degree or higher related to Computer Science, Computer Programming, or a closely aligned field AND Four (4) years of recent professional experience: Developing and enhancing applications using languages and tools such as Visual Studio, C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, HTML, CSS, JavaScript XML, JQuery, MWM or MVC, WPF, ADO, WCF, JSON
Writing and accessing database code using T-SQL, stored procedures, and Entity Framework
Performing unit testing
Applying development standards in a managed environment
OR an associate’s degree related to Computer Science, Computer Programming, or a closely aligned field AND Six (6) years of recent professional experience: Developing and enhancing applications using languages and tools such as Visual Studio, C#, VB.Net, ASP.Net, HTML, CSS, JavaScript XML, JQuery, MWM or MVC, WPF, ADO, WCF, JSON
Writing and accessing database code using T-SQL, stored procedures, and Entity Framework
Performing unit testing
Applying development standards in a managed environment
Required Equity Competencies: The ability to take action to learn and grow
The ability to take action to meet the needs of others

Nice To Haves

1 year of experience within an agile scrum team

Responsibilities

Design, build, maintain, and improve applications that support agency programs as part of an Agile development team.
Develop and maintain software applications, application interfaces, and web services.
Understand business requirements and translate them into application features.
Serve as a technical advisor responsible for assisting management in coordinating work items for several applications.
Develop, maintain, and enhance applications.
Develop prototypes that enable business functionality.
Lead staff or work independently to analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve technology issues related to applications, environment, platform, software, or hardware.
Participate on Incident Response and Problem Management teams to identify solutions to issues.
Use the software development lifecycle (SDLC) process to plan, analyze, design, develop, and test applications and application interfaces.
Ensure the delivery of technology solutions by using technology standards and procedures aligned with L&I's technology direction.
Document technical specifications, network diagrams, application functionality, deployment plans, and software release notes.
Research complex technical issues related to application development, database structure, application platform, configuration, application performance, security, and data integrity.
Stay abreast of technical trends and issues as technology evolves.
Research emergent technologies and make determinations for their use and implementation.