Application Developer, Gis Doh7948

Salary: $79,296.00 - $106,644.00 Annually
Location : Multiple Locations Statewide, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Remote Employment: Remote Only
Job Number: DOH7948
Department: Dept. of Health
Division: Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT)
Opening Date: 04/02/2024
Closing Date: 4/15/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
Salary Information: The high end of the salary range, Step M is typically a longevity step
Description
This is a full-time, permanent, remote position.
Join us in shaping the future of GIS technology and making a meaningful impact on our community's well-being!
We're all about solving problems effectively and implementing solutions that meet everyone's needs. We analyze thoroughly, ensure compliance with agency standards, and keep our data accurate and accessible. Our GIS data is reliable and always available when you need it and our databases are designed to meet the highest standards, ensuring consistency and predictability in our results.
As Application Developer on our Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining cutting-edge enterprise GIS databases, spatial analysis tools, and customized GIS applications. You will lead the charge in overseeing GIS applications that impact both internal agency departments and external stakeholders, empowering initiatives aimed at enhancing family and community health while nurturing safe and vibrant communities.
Collaboration is key in our environment, and you'll work closely with various departments to incorporate their requirements into our services. Your deep understanding of IT disciplines will be invaluable as you contribute to the planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of our innovative application development solutions.
Responsibilities:
Your role will involve a diverse array of responsibilities, from spearheading application development to managing data and administering systems. You'll be at the forefront of creating and refining GIS solutions that seamlessly integrate throughout our entire organization, ensuring they meet the highest standards of security and reliability.
Information System Design, Development, Implementation, and Management:

• Design, develop, and maintain agency web applications using various technologies.
• Evaluate and resolve complex tasks related to application construction.
• Conduct peer code reviews and facilitate user access to web-enabled applications.
• Stay updated on industry trends and develop application documentation.
• Ensure compliance with coding standards and security protocols.

Data Management and Reporting:

• Design, develop, and maintain data integrations using relational database technologies.
• Verify data accuracy and completeness and develop quality assurance processes.
• Develop and support ETL processes and data visualization dashboards.
• Convert tabular data to modern platforms and define data for applications.
• Publish and maintain data layers in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise platforms.
• Create and maintain metadata for published data.

Manage Systems Implementations:

• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, and resources.
• Communicate with stakeholders and maintain project logs and reports.
• Research, Analysis, and Problem Resolution for Agency-Wide Applications.:
• Solve complex IT problems, escalate issues when necessary, and conduct comprehensive research.
• Participate in OIT team discussions to assist in determining solutions to business problems.

Testing and Quality Assurance:

• Conduct system, unit, and performance testing.
• Use testing tools to ensure solutions meet coding, security, and functional requirements.
• Support pre-production environments and assist in resolving testing failures.

Documentation:

• Develop and maintain standards and guidelines for system development.
• Create system and user documentation and author explanatory documents after incidents.

Required Qualifications and Experience:
Your experience must have been gained from full-time equivalent work and may have been gained concurrently.

• Education in an Information Technology program or a closely related field and/or professional experience in at least one of the following IT disciplines: consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications.
  1. Option 1: Eight (8) years of experience
  2. Option 2: Associate's degree AND six (6) years of experience
  3. Option 3: Bachelor's degree or higher AND four (4) years of experience

• At least (3) years of professional experience in the software development field as a Software or Database Developer. Your experience must include the following:
  1. Configuration of ArcGIS Experience Builder, WebAppBuilder, ArcGIS Dashboards and StoryMaps.
  2. Experience with integration technologies API's, Restful services, etc.
  3. Designing, developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining.NET applications.
  4. Experience with GitHUB, Team Foundation Server (TFS) or other source control tools.
  5. Managing/configuring Internet Information Services (IIS).
  6. Experience working with relational databases specifically MS SQL databases.

• Two (2) or more years of experience working with ESRI's ArcGIS desktop or ArcSDE software.
• One (1) or more years of experience working within ESRI's Portal environment (Enterprise or AGOL).

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• BA degree in Computer Science, Management Information System, Informatics, or closely allied field (Engineering/Mathematics)
• Four (4) or more years' experience working with ESRI's ArcGIS desktop and enterprise software.
• Two (2) or more years' experience working with ESRI's ArcSDE.
• Experience developing custom widgets using the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript
• Experience working with vector and raster datasets.
• Experience working with cartographic principles and practices.
• Experience working with ESRI's ArcGIS Server software.
• Experience with relational database design.
• Experience in scripting languages such as JavaScript and Python and Esri's expression language Arcade.

Core Competencies:

• Achievement Orientation: Delivers value by leveraging technical expertise and diverse perspectives in goal setting for equitable outcomes, maintaining schedules, producing quality work, and fostering team clarity and trust for continuous innovation and group success.
• Analysis & Problem Solving: Employs data analysis and collaborative problem-solving, incorporating cultural insights and stakeholder feedback, to innovate and refine processes, ensuring effective, adaptable solutions that advance equity for all, particularly marginalized communities.
• Communication: Communicates effectively across various mediums, tailoring messages to audience needs, practicing cultural humility, encouraging diverse perspectives, and ensuring information is comprehensively distributed.
• Cultural Competency: Promotes an inclusive, equitable workplace and public health framework by advocating for health equity, practicing cultural awareness, and employing an outward mindset to ensure policies and actions accommodate diverse needs and foster a sense of community belonging.
• Customer Service Orientation: Exhibits a steadfast dedication to delivering culturally sensitive services in Washington, actively engaging with and understanding the diverse needs of customers, especially underserved communities, to inform decisions and foster innovative, forward-looking solutions.
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates adaptability and effectiveness in diverse situations by maintaining transparency and accountability, embracing feedback, fostering relationships, crediting others, and resolving conflicts with cultural awareness and diplomacy.
• Organizational Relationships: Builds and maintains effective collaborations with internal and community partners, enhancing agency performance and ensuring alignment with customer and community needs. Develops innovative strategies for inclusive partnerships, overcoming barriers to service delivery, especially for underserved populations, and ensures equitable resource distribution.
• Professional & Technical Competence: Applies professional expertise and technology to meet job demands, fosters critical thinking and innovation, and uses data-driven approaches for continuous improvement and tangible outcomes.
• Leadership: Leads by empowering staff with the authority and resources needed for achieving the agency's mission, setting clear expectations, and fostering a culture of safety, innovation, and diverse thinking. Actively engages in staff development, aligns tasks with individual goals, and models best practices in ethics and equity, while celebrating team successes.
• Strategic Planning: Anticipating issues, crafting collaborative plans, articulating credible and sustainable strategies, leveraging agency knowledge for resource acquisition, developing and communicating milestones, aligning projects with organizational goals, measuring performance and improvements, and implementing inclusive change-oriented evaluation systems.

The Center for Data Modernization and Informatics
We are proud to be a leader in public health data management, emphasizing data access, transparency, and communication. We support data visualization and provide technical assistance to various divisions. Our focus on Data Modernization aims to evolve public health data systems to be interconnected and adaptable. In Business Intelligence Analytics, we transform data into insights to improve business decisions and efficiency. We prioritize effective data exchange for case investigation, contact tracing, and surveillance, facilitating seamless data integration with our surveillance systems.
In Informatics, we guide the agency in adhering to national standards for clinical data exchange, manage the state's Health Information Exchange (OneHealthPort), and ensure interoperability of solutions. Our team actively collaborates with local, state, national, federal, tribal, and international partners to direct our strategic approach to information systems, ensuring compliance with federal rules. We are committed to assisting clinical providers and the public in achieving optimal health outcomes.
We are the Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
At DOH, we safeguard public health in an ever-evolving world. Through collaboration with local health jurisdictions and state, federal, and private partners, our programs, and services impact every Washingtonian and visitor daily. We're driven by Equity, Innovation, and Engagement, as outlined in our Transformational Plan for the future of Washington health.
Benefits and Lifestyle
We prioritize your work-life balance and offer one of the most competitive benefits packages nationwide, tailored to support your lifestyle. Discover more about "Why DOH" by visiting Work@Health.
Location and Flexibility
Our approach to work is flexible! This is a remote position available to applicants residing anywhere within the USA.
Application Process:

• Remember to showcase your relevant education and experience in your application materials.
• DO NOT attach any documents that include photos, letters of recommendation, or private information (transcripts, social security number, year of birth, etc.).
• Click "Apply" to submit your detailed application profile along with the following:
  1. A cover letter (without personal pictures) describing how you meet the qualifications and why you are interested in this position.
  2. A current resume (without personal pictures).
  3. Three (3) or more professional references, to be listed in your profile under the references section, which includes at least one supervisor, peer, and (if you have supervised staff) someone you have supervised or led.

Veterans Preference: Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference must attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to their application. Please remove or cover any personally identifiable data such as social security numbers and birth year.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: We regard diversity as the foundation of our strength, recognizing that differing insights and abilities enable us to reflect the unique needs of the communities we serve.
DOH is an equal-opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race/ethnicity/color, creed, sex, pregnancy, age, religion, national origin, marital status, the presence or perception of a disability, veteran's status, military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, or gender identity.
Representation: This position is covered by a bargaining unit for which the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) is the exclusive representative.
Questions and Accommodations: If you have questions, need accommodation in the application or selection process, or need information in an alternative format, contact Shawnelle Goalder at shawnelle.goalder@doh.wa.gov. For general DOH recruitment questions, email the Talent Acquisition Team at employment@doh.wa.gov. Deaf or hard of hearing contact Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1; individuals outside of Washington State contact Washington Relay Service at 1-800-833-6874.
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