Senior PC Application Developer

Job Title: Senior PC Application Developer

Job Requisition ID: 39783

Closing Date: 07/25/2024

Salary: $7,491-$11,015/monthly

Work Hours: M-F 7:45 AM-4:15 PM 

Work Location: (Hybrid) 101 W Jefferson St, Springfield, Illinois, 62702 

Union Position: Yes

Work Authorization: The State of Illinois does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status and cannot accept F1 OPT/CPT. To be considered for permanent employment with the State of Illinois, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

Are you looking for a rewarding career with an organization that values their staff? The Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking to hire qualified candidates with the opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative thinking, problem solving environment. 

This position serves as a Senior PC Application Developer, performing difficult and specialized professional work in Application Services for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT), supporting the Department of Revenue (IDOR). 

In this role you will work with a team of developers, conferring with users to determine needed changes and enhancements and perform comprehensive studies and analyses of client needs and objectives. 

In addition, you will coordinate projects for full-range major/complex projects including large hardware/software deployments and installations; and assign development tasks to team members, perform specification writing, coding, testing, and audit trails. 

If you possess these knowledges, skills, abilities, and experience, we invite you to apply for this position with DoIT!

As a State of Illinois employee, you receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans
• Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
• 10-25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per year
• 13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
• 12 weeks of parental leave
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility

For more information regarding State of Illinois Benefits follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

Essential Functions

30% Under administrative direction, serves as a Senior PC Application Developer for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT), supporting Illinois Department of Revenue (IDoR):

• Coordinates and conducts complex application development using programming languages for the database design, program design, and supplied tools for testing the new processes.
• Provides complex technical and analytical application and user support.
• Conducts and coordinates in-depth technical research and feasibility studies to determine the best application needs for users.
• Confers with users to identify functional and security requirements and to determine application requirements.
• Performs in-depth system analysis by charting process flow utilizing relational databases DB2, Microsoft Access, or Microsoft SQL Server to design and implement backend databases.
• Performs specification writing, coding, testing, audit trails.
• Develops control procedures, input/output, forms design, interactive system procedures.
• Prepares testing plans, test scripts, and test data for new or modified programs and SQL code.
• Performs testing, ensuring logic paths are tested.
• Evaluates test results to verify conformance with program objectives.
• Performs fine tuning of applications.
• Designs and implements maintainable software applications and libraries utilizing Object Oriented design theory, concepts, principles, and languages such as VB.NET, Visual Basic, Java, or other .NET programming language within Microsoft Visual Studio or Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Prepares user and operational guidelines, operational manuals and application or system documentation.
• Follows DoIT/IDoR adopted system design methodology to ensure the integrity of the application meets the required standards of security, efficiency, and scope of the system.

20% Serves as liaison with user community for changes and enhancements to the application systems supported by the PC Application Development Section:   

• Analyzes service requests, identifies system changes, and develops integrated work plans and cost benefits.
• Performs complex systems modification design changes and prepares complex modifications.
• Evaluates systems needs as part of long-range planning efforts and provides recommendations for system changes/enhancements to management. 
   

20% Serves as project coordinator for full-range major/complex projects including large hardware/software deployments and installations:  

• Determines and coordinates project components such as project scheduling and assignments.
• Assigns and reviews the work of project staff.
• Provides expertise, guidance, and direction to staff.
• Reviews results and incorporates individual components of project into the final product.

15% Serves as the primary support for scheduled and remedial maintenance to the assigned applications: 

• Schedules processes, reviews history of processed jobs, and responds appropriately to any abnormal completion status.
• Provides status reports to management.

5% Analyzes and recommends new procedures and techniques to improve the supported application systems:

• Adheres to adopted methodology standards to ensure integrity of each system/sub-system during maintenance/enhancement activities

5% Keeps abreast of new developments in the Information Technology (IT) field:

• Continues education by attending meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on IT products, vendors, techniques, and procedures.
• Attends demonstrations and exhibitions related to assigned operations.

5% Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to four (4) years college with course work in computer science or directly related fields.
2. Requires three (3) years of professional experience in Application Services or a related Information Technology field.  
    

Preferred Qualifications

1. Requires three (3) years of professional Application Development experience using systems analysis and design, relational databases DB2, Microsoft Access, or Microsoft SQL Server to design and implement backend databases.
2. Requires three (3) years of professional experience designing and implementing maintainable software applications and libraries utilizing Object Oriented design theory, concepts, principles, and languages such as VB.NET, Visual Basic, Java, or other .NET programming language within Microsoft Visual Studio or Adobe Acrobat Professional.
3. Working knowledge of the methods, procedures, and techniques of conducting feasibility studies for system conversions and enhancements.
4. Ability to analyze data logically and exercise sound judgement in defining and evaluating problems of an operational or procedural nature.
5. Ability to gain and maintain effective working relationships with associates, vendors, clients, and others.
6. Ability to coordinate the activities of work associates to achieve desired results.
7. Developed verbal and written communication skills to present technical information to others with clarity and precision.

Conditions of Employment

NOTE: Applicants must possess the ability to meet ALL of the following conditions of employment, with or without reasonable accommodation, to be considered for this position.  

1. Requires the ability to verify identity.
2. Requires employment authorization to accept permanent full-time position with State of Illinois.
3. Requires the ability to pass a position specific, agency required background check.
4. Requires self-disclosure of criminal history.
5. Requires the ability to travel in performance of duties.
6. Requires ability to work outside of normal business hours to meet deadlines.
7. Requires ability to attend seminars, conferences, and trainings to stay current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics relevant to the job duties.
8. Requires ability to use agency-supplied equipment (cell phone, laptop, etc.).
9. Requires ability to pass a tax compliance check.
10. Requires the ability to lift and carry objects or equipment weighing up to 20 pounds. This is considered light work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(b)). Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.

The conditions of employment listed are incorporated and/or related to any duties included in the position description.