Web Application Developer Analyst, Sr.

Title: Web Application Developer Analyst, Sr.

Hiring Range: $101,000 - $115,000/yr.

Agency: Sec of Health & Human Resource

Location: OCS HOME OFFICE

Agency Website: www.csa.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Children’s Services Act (CSA) creates a collaborative, child-centered, family focused, community-based system of care that effectively meets the needs of eligible youth and their families in the Commonwealth. The Office of Children’s Services (OCS) serves as the administrative entity to ensure proper administration of the CSA and implementation of the decisions of the State Executive Council for the Children’s Services.

This is a professional position under the guidance and advice of the OCS Chief Information Officer. This position is responsible for development and maintenance of Office of Children’s Services (OCS) web applications. Development catalogue offerings such as: Salesforce MS Power Apps, .NET solutions requiring advanced analysis, research and design. Work on small to large complex projects that require advanced skill in multiple technical environments to produce integrated solutions to resolve highly complex technical and business issues to serve a diverse audience with varied proficiencies.

The Developer position supports analysis and development of application design, performance monitoring, systems analysis, and quality assurance and integration methodologies. The Developer designs, writes, tests, debugs, troubleshoots, and leverages agency approved open source/new/COTS/reused source code across the enterprise.

The position assists project management with analysis and research on technical effort requiring development resources; communicating problems & project risks; designs technical requirements for the project managers/teams; guides and directs work on multiple projects and ensures proper usage as part of the design efforts in building a system to be put into production. A thorough understanding of the SDLC development lifecycle including post-production implementation tasks/deliverables.

The position works closely with Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure & Operations teams to ensure the solutions developed conform to the prescribed architecture; follows OCS approved standards and processes; ensures solutions are complaint with all security protocols and guidelines; and seeks/obtains input from Enterprise Architecture on items that are architecturally significant and thereby affect development design/approach/solution.

The position prepares system documents and constructs code to deliver quality, cost effective and timely deliverables according to the department’s lifecycle development approach. This includes, but is not limited to:

- Clarifying requests for solutions, enhancements or system changes
- Perform estimate analysis on requests, tickets or proposals
- Analyzing user requirements, documents and requests to develop effective automated solutions
- Maintaining production code, programs and supporting test plans

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Mathematics other related field or equivalent training and work experience.
• Experience working extensively in all phases of a project development life cycle from Requirements analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing, Documentation, Standard reviews and Maintenance support.
• Experience developing through all phases of Project Life Cycle: Analysis, Design, Build, Testing, and Deployment using Iterative and waterfall models of project development.
• Experience developing web application using ASP.Net, MVC Framework, C#, Entity Framework, AngularJS and Web API.
• Experience in HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, XML, CSS, JSON, SQL Server Report Services.
• Experience in writing MS SQL Stored Procedures / Functions for application use.
• Experience Implementing Windows Service.
• Experience using defect tracking and source code utilities, such as: TFS, JIRA or equivalent toolset.
• Experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design, UML.
• Experience in the design and development of SOA for publishing as well as consuming web services, development of Workflows for exposing Web services using SOAP and Restful.
• Experience working on relational databases MS SQL Server.
• Experience on Visual Studio 2013 or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in documenting the design and construction of system using UML diagrams and other artifacts.
• Experience in presenting artifacts to the enterprise or senior management.
• Experience in production support of systems, including analyzing and correcting trouble reports, managing production support processes.

Special Instructions: 

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Selected candidate(s) must successfully pass a fingerprint-based criminal history background check. A record of criminal history does not automatically bar an applicant from consideration. Employment verification will be conducted to include current/previous supervisory employment reference checks.

OCS will record information from each new employee’s Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) into the Federal E-Verify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

This position may be eligible for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration will be in accordance with the Commonwealth’s Teleworking policy.

Selected candidate may be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

To be considered for this position, you must submit a Commonwealth of Virginia application or resume through the on-line “Virginia Jobs” (RMS) employment site no later than 11:55 p.m. on the closing date listed. Each application is reviewed for documentation that shows the applicant meets the minimum and preferred qualifications stated in the job announcement. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided. This website will provide a confirmation of receipt when the application is submitted for consideration. Please refer to your RMS account for the status of your application and this position.

Office of Children's Services does not provide sponsorship. The Office of Children's Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages diversity within its workforce.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application or resume. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. For more information about our employment practices, please visit our “Vision, Mission and Strategic Plan”. Multiple positions may be filled from this recruitment within 90 days of the closing date.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, Office of Children's Services offers excellent health and life insurance benefits, pre-tax spending accounts, state funded Short and Long Term Disability, paid holidays, vacation, tuition assistance, free wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching – Employee Benefits.

If you have been affected by Policy 1.30 Layoff as a state employee and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Card (Blue Card), you must submit this document through the “Virginia Jobs” (RMS) employment site when you apply.

Contact Information:

Name: VDSS - Division of Human Resources

Phone: dssrecruitment@dss.virginia.gov

Email: dssrecruitment@dss.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.