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State of Ohio · 2 days ago

Software Development Specialist 1

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

3+ years exp

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students. The Department is seeking a software developer to help expand and improve applications for schools and families, focusing on web application development and ensuring high-quality software products.

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Responsibilities

Good working knowledge of Writing, editing, testing, debugging, and optimizing program code to modify or create the applications used by Department employees and the citizens of Ohio. Work as part of a team of developers and/or as the primary/sole developer based on the need and work assignment

Adhere to solution architectures and designs to ensure that system independencies, impacts, and risks are properly handled. Ensure your code passes functional, performance, and load tests and adheres to State of Ohio and Department security standards

Participate in Agile planning activities such as effort estimation, sprint planning, and design reviews

Ensure the Department’s software products are high quality by participating in code reviews and coordinating with the application testing team on all aspects of testing

Develops and modifies custom software applications

Good working knowledge of Creating, editing, testing, and/or compiling software code to add new or modify existing functionality to, or otherwise maintain, existing software products and processes and/or create new products and processes

Develop software in the Department’s Microsoft Azure tenant, on-premises environment (Windows Servers), and/or other environments and platforms as needed

Develop software using a variety of Department standard tools, technologies, and frameworks including (but not limited to) .NET, .NET Core, C#, Angular, Blazor, Python, HTML, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Rest APIs, Postman, Swagger, GitHub Advance Security (GHAS) and SonarQube

Optimize code to ensure performance and load requirements are met

Ensure code adheres to Department and state secure coding standards, procedures, patterns, and/or best practices

Create required documentation, including (but not limited to) Tasks in Azure DevOps to plan and describe work performed and effort expended, in-line code comments, and narratives as needed

Work with IT and business stakeholders (IT supervisors, architects, senior developers, testers, project managers, business analysts, program staff) to understand the business problem to be solved; participate in analyzing the solution options; and participate in creating user stories and/or requirements and acceptance criteria

Participate in impact and risk analysis on solution options to identify interdependence among systems, services, and/or APIs. Identify and document new technical requirements to mitigate or remediate predicted risk or impact

Participate in technology analysis, evaluation, selection, and standardization related to software development. Illustrative examples include (but are not limited to) selecting software development patterns or single-page application frameworks

Participate in and plan work using agile practices, including (but not limited to) sprint planning, backlog management and grooming, effort estimation (e.g. story points), and stand-up meetings

Assist with design reviews

Participate in code reviews of your and/or other team member’s code

Create and review test and mockup data for performing test scenarios

Writes and executes unit and integration tests

Work with application testers to coordinate execution of system level test scripts, including (but not limited to) functional, integration, security, performance, and load testing

Remediate bugs and defects identified during testing, and track remediation efforts in Azure DevOps

Support and participate in user acceptance testing as needed

Participate in development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of quality assurance, security, and testing standards

With the supervisor, creates and follows a professional development plan

Maintains and updates job related skills using available resources, including (but not limited to) online training provided by the Department and partner agencies or companies; relevant books, articles, webinars, forums, and conferences; or other resources deemed appropriate by the supervisor

Shares acquired knowledge with peers and co-workers, in both informal (one-on-one, team’s meetings) and structured settings (trainings, mentorships, etc.) as appropriate

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

.NET FrameworkMicrosoft AzureC#AngularSQL ServerJavaScriptAgile practicesCommunication skillsTeam collaborationProblem-solving

Required

36 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: developing and/or modifying programs for computer applications, performing testing and debugging and assisting with analysis and design including 12 mos. 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; 18 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: developing and/or modifying programs for computer applications, performing testing and debugging and assisting with analysis and design including 12 mos. 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; 12 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: developing and/or modifying programs for computer applications, performing testing and debugging and assisting with analysis and design including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job posting

Benefits

Medical Coverage

Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period

Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year

Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave

Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)

Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

Company

State of Ohio

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Employment with the State of Ohio is more than ‘just a job’ – it is a privilege to serve our families, friends and neighbors who rely on us throughout our great state.

Founded in 1803

Columbus, Ohio, USA

10001+ employees