L&I IT Application Development Entry

State of Washington•Thurston County – Tumwater, WA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our Mission: Keep Washington Safe and Working! Our Values: Customer Focus, One L&I, Respect, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Learning and Growth, Reliability. Be part of a team that powers the technology behind critical public services. The Information Technology Division serves as the backbone of innovation for the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), delivering impactful technology solutions that directly support the agency’s mission and business priorities. As a member of this team, you won’t just build applications, you’ll help drive the systems that support essential functions like Budget, Human Resources, Security, and Workplace Safety & Health. In this role, you’ll be trusted to develop, enhance, and maintain high-visibility, mission-critical enterprise applications that support the BOSS development teams. Your work will directly influence systems that support the Office of Human Resources, Budget Office, Internal Audit, and Information Technology Security Office divisions of Labor and Industries. A significant focus of this position will be the use of Microsoft's Power Platform, including Power Apps (canvas and model-driven), Power Automate, and Dataverse, to build and modernize applications, automate workflows, and streamline how L&I employees interact with agency data. You'll apply Power Fx, JavaScript, and REST API integration skills to connect Power Platform solutions to enterprise data sources and extend low-code development into production-ready, enterprise-grade tools. Working in a collaborative, agile environment, you’ll contribute to a high-performing team that values innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Using modern tools like Azure DevOps and a structured software development lifecycle (SDLC) approach, you’ll help deliver high-quality solutions while continuously refining processes and practices. If you’re looking for a role where your technical expertise has real-world impact and where your contributions are both valued and visible. This is your opportunity to make a difference!

Requirements

4 years of demonstrated information technology experience in the following areas: Analyzing, designing, consulting, developing, and/or supporting software products.
Utilizing Visual Studio and .NET programming.
Using MS SQL Server.
Utilizing JQuery, Bootstrap, JavaScript or other related JavaScript Framework.
Understanding complex application design patterns.
Using agile and scrum development methodologies.
Managing application source control processes and tools.
A bachelor’s degree in computer science
The ability to take action to learn and grow.
The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain software applications, application interfaces and web services.
Understand business requirements and how they translate to application features.
Understand dependencies across multiple applications when developing, maintaining, and making enhancements to applications.
Perform unit and integration testing.
Conduct functional and non-functional testing.
Resolve technology issues related to server environment, platform, software, and hardware requirements.
Troubleshoot and debug applications, interfaces, and web services.
Use the software development lifecycle process to plan, analyze, design, develop, and test applications and application interfaces.
Use AzureDev Ops to manage source code, track work efforts, manage requirements, track bugs, manage software releases, track development tasks, and manage product backlogs.
Research complex technical issues related to application development, database structure, application platform, configuration, application performance, security and data integrity.
Stay current on trends in .NET, SQL, Java, Windows server, networking, security, database modeling, cloud computing, and integrating applications.