IT Systems Technical Specialist

State of Maryland • Baltimore City, MD

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union. This position serves as a Senior Full Stack Application Developer responsible for the design, development, enhancement, administration, and long-term support of complex, enterprise-level web applications used by State and Federal agencies. The position supports mission-critical criminal justice and healthcare information systems and ensures applications are secure, scalable, highly available, and compliant with State, federal, and regulatory requirements. The role provides advanced technical expertise across the full software development lifecycle and acts as a senior technical resource to project teams and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Seven years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application, communication, database or operating systems software.
• Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and thirty credit hours from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems or other information technology-related field to include coursework in application, communication, database or operating systems software technology for four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and one year of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application, communication, database or operating systems software for four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute experience operating computer systems; or scheduling, controlling input and output to process data on computer systems; or evaluating, implementing and maintaining computer hardware and software; or converting data from project specifications by developing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages on a year-for-year basis for a high school education.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems or other information technology-related field to include coursework in application, communication, database or operating systems software technology and three years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application, communication, database or operating systems software for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in the Computer Systems Operations classifications or Computer Systems Operations specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise application development.
• Proficiency in .NET / C# (≥7 years)
• Proficiency in Java (≥5 years)
• Proficiency in JavaScript + React (≥3 years)
• Delivered ≥3 enterprise-scale applications (multi-tier architecture, >100 users or equivalent complexity).
• Minimum 7 years of experience with T-SQL (advanced queries, stored procedures)
• Minimum 7 years of experience with SSRS (≥3 reports deployed)
• Minimum 7 years of experience with SSIS (≥2 ETL pipelines)
• Experience handling datasets >1M records or equivalent complexity.

Responsibilities

• Design, development, enhancement, administration, and long-term support of complex, enterprise-level web applications.
• Support mission-critical criminal justice and healthcare information systems.
• Ensure applications are secure, scalable, highly available, and compliant with State, federal, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide advanced technical expertise across the full software development lifecycle.
• Act as a senior technical resource to project teams and stakeholders.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage
• Paid time off (vacation, sick leave)
• State pension
• Supplemental retirement options
• Maryland State Employees Credit Union membership
• Health insurance
• Dental plans
• Vision plans
• Six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date)
• Ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
• Fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
• Up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
• At least twelve (12) holidays per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED