APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER

Job Summary:

This position will be responsible for creating and maintaining software applications at the Arizona Department of State. This position will be responsible for the day to day up keep of multiple applications including issue resolution and defects. This role will analyze, debug and resolves defects in applications. This role supports production systems and resolves production issues in a timely manager and resolves end user service requests as assigned. This role will engage with business users and other internal and external stakeholders to understand business requirements and contributes to the completion of documentation like technical documentation and functional specifications. This role will be responsible for new development to meet functional and technical design following SDLC best practices. This role will be responsible for improving existing code and contributing to the architectural design discussions.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Job Duties:

• Develops new applications to meet functional and technical designs
• Analyzes, debugs, and resolves defects in applications
• Supports production systems; analyzes and resolves production problems in a timely manner; resolves end user service requests as assigned
• Engages with business analysts and stakeholders to understand functional requirements, and contributes to completion of functional specifications
• Prepares technical documentation on application specifications Performance tunes, reviews and recommends improvements to existing codes. Reviews and recommends improvements to existing architectures
Other duties as assigned as related to the position (typically 5% - 10%)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge:
Considerable working knowledge of multiple programming languages including .NET, multiple database management systems, and multiple development platforms.

Skills:
• Strong customer service skills
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills

Abilities:
• Demonstrated ability to balance, prioritize and organize multiple tasks
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in teams and across organizations
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize feedback and adjust plans accordingly
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships inside and outside the organization
• Demonstrated ability to develop and write technical documentation
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and develop in new programming languages, APIs, and platforms
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and test emerging technologies
• Demonstrated ability to apply creative solutions to business problems to ensure business needs are most effectively
met

Selective Preference(s):

State DL credential/ vehicle insurance.
Bachelor’s degree plus 5 or more years of programming and analysis experience (or equivalent experience)

Pre-Employment Requirements:

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply:

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits:

The State of Arizona offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:
Sick leave
Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
Health and dental insurance
Retirement plan
Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program . For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our

Retirement:

To help you build a financially secure future, the State makes monthly contributions to finance your retirement benefit. The State will contribute to the ASRS in an amount equal to your contribution. In other words, you and the State will each pay 50% of the total cost of the benefit. New State employees have a 27-week wait period for contributions to begin