Software Development Specialist

Job Duties:
Location TBD

• Requires extensive technical knowledge of software development and receives general direction to provide solution designs and collaborates with IT Architecture staff and IT Managers to develop solutions that meet agency requirements
• Assists in analyzing the business case for solution designs and contributes to authoring portions of the business case
• Utilizes software development tools and languages such as React, Redux, Angular, .NET, .NET Core, C#, Azure cloud computing tools, Microsoft SQL (newer versions), Azure SQL, SQL stored procedures and views
• Updates skills through training and hands‑on experience with Azure Pipelines, cloud storage, and Microsoft full‑stack development
• Serves as a senior developer, mentoring team members and ensuring project timelines are met
• Conducts detailed alternative analyses and gathers end‑user requirements; ensures current and future business process flows are clearly defined and documented
• Conducts in‑depth alternative analyses and identifies end‑user requirements
• Consults with end users, technicians, vendors, management, and other stakeholders
• Leads design reviews and provides post‑production support for applications of varying size, scope, and impact on agency operations, including considerations for load balancing, failover, and clustering
• Develops solutions to complex issues through independent research
• Tracks and verifies code releases to UAT and production environments; plans and conducts formal mentorship activities for peers and junior staff through verbal instruction and technical documentation
• Collaborates with IT Managers to develop project plans
• Edits or creates enterprise or IT artifacts for recommendation and approval, including policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, best practices, and position papers
• Seeks to build expertise in leading complex initiatives and understanding organizational improvement frameworks
• Works closely with IT Architecture staff, the CIO, and IT Managers to design solutions aligned with agency goals
• Develops pass/fail testing criteria and assesses overall system performance, including code optimization and resolution of software/hardware conflicts
• Oversees performance and load testing, finalizes implementation plans, procedures, and schedules
• Conducts lessons learned sessions from a testing perspective and coordinates improvements to enterprise testing processes
• Understands technical environments and their impact on software execution, identifying environmental components that require review; performs code reviews to ensure quality and compliance with standards

• 60 months combined work experience in any combination of the following: providing solutions design, developing project plans with project manager or recommending approach through defining tasks and/or leading meetings relating to programs for computer applications including 12 months work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.
• Or completion of associate core program in computer science or information systems; 42 months combined work experience in any combination of the following: providing solutions design, developing project plans with project manager or recommending approach through defining tasks and/or leading meetings relating to programs for computer applications including 12 months work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.
• Or completion of undergraduate core program in computer science or information systems; 36 months combined work experience in any combination of the following: providing solutions design, developing project plans with project manager or recommending approach through defining tasks and/or leading meetings relating to programs for computer applications including 12 months work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.
• Or equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.
  
  Note:
  
  The official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect the required, primary technology directly relating to the duties of the position. Only those applicants possessing the experience in the required, primary technology listed in the position description & job posting are to be considered for any vacancies posted. The job posting must list the required technology commensurate with the position in question.

Software Development/Implementation