What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Programmer 2 (Mobile Applications Developer - 02N25001) position at State of Alaska?
Job Description
This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
What You Will Be Doing
Join our Enterprise Applications team and lead the way in engineering a variety of state-of-the-art mobile applications of State of Alaska services where you will spend your day designing, coding, and maintaining mobile apps, ensuring they run smoothly and look great!
Lead the communications and coordination with stakeholders, including business analysts and project manages throughout the State of Alaska enterprise, State Security Office, and Department leadership staff to gather and understand requirements for new applications or updates to existing. Bring your passion for creative problem-solving and delivery of innovative solutions to ensure our mobile work on multiple platforms, so regular testing and debugging apps to find and fix any issues as well as performance tuning and optimization. Exhibit your technical documentation abilities by maintaining clear and comprehensive documentation of code and app related information for tracing logical decision making that occurred in the code development cycle to improve the team’s capabilities in diagnosis of arising issues.Our Organization, Mission, and Culture
The Office of Information Technology: One government, empowered by innovative technical collaboration.
We meet this through our aims: Reduce Complexity, Improve Efficiency, and Encourage Creativity in order to provide better government services to all Alaskans.The Benefits of Joining Our Team
The Application Services team support each other through challenges and celebrate victories together. You will have the opportunity to collaborate and use your technical expertise to serve some great teams of people who are dedicated to helping Alaskans in many diverse fields.
There are a multitude of advancement opportunities in the Office of Information Technology ranging from customer support, systems administration/programming, cyber security, and even networking. With us, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your technical expertise and serve some great teams of people who are dedicated to helping Alaskans in many diverse fields.
The State of Alaska offers a competitive salary a solid benefit package that includes supplemental annuity plans (with employer contributions), health insurance for medical/dental/vision (with employer contributions), and group-based insurance benefits such as term life, short/long-term disability, pet insurance, and much more.The Working Environment You Can Expect
This position is being recruited as a dual-location recruitment, and can be located at either 333 Willoughby Ave, 5th floor in Juneau, or 619 E Ship Creek Ave in Anchorage. The daily work environment is a computer/technology office environment.
We offer flexibility and value work/ life balance. A hybrid telework schedule may be an option once initial training is complete. Alaska residency is required for the duration you hold this position.
We offer a flex time arrangements, which allows you to earn additional leave time during heavy workload times. We’ll work with you on schedule adjustments for special situations.
Who We Are Looking For
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:
- Object Technology: Knowledge of the principles, methods, tools, and techniques that use object-oriented languages, analysis, and design methodologies.
- Computer Languages: Knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions.
- Logical Systems Design: Knowledge of the principles and methods for designing business logic components, system processes and outputs, user interfaces, data inputs, and productivity tools (for example, computer-aided software engineering).
Minimum Qualifications
Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.
Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Hardware: Knowledge of specifications, uses, and types of computer or computer-related equipment.
- Infrastructure Design: Knowledge of the architecture and typology of software, hardware, and networks, including LANS, WANS, and telecommunications systems, their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they operate and integrate with one another and with associated controlling software.
- Operating Systems: Knowledge of computer network, desktop, and mainframe operating systems and their applications.
- Systems Integration: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures for installing, integrating, and optimizing information systems components.
- Systems Testing and Evaluation: Knowledge of principles, methods, and tools for analyzing and developing systems testing and evaluation procedures and technical characteristics of IT systems, including identifying critical operational issues.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training in computer science, information technology, system administration, or a similar field and professional experience in database, network, or system administration.
Special Note:
“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
“Training” means the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.Additional Required Information
Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.
THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
PRIOR TO OR AT TIME OF INTERVIEW, please provide:
- Three (3) professional references and current contact numbers, including two (2) current or former supervisors;
- Copies of your two (2) most recent employment performance evaluations if available; please substitute with letters of recommendation if evaluations are not available.
- A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) to verify education. If not provided, transcripts will be required prior to appointment.
- A writing sample is required as part of the interview process for this position. Writing samples may include documentation such as user guides, training materials, research papers, or blog posts you have developed. A cover letter or a resume attachment will not be considered for this writing sample requirement. Writing samples will be evaluated on communication ability for technical and non-technical topics, does it clearly document and identify the problem and resolution, and is it detailed and well organized.
APSIN
Please be aware – this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction, or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.
EDUCATION
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or within 48 hours of the close of this recruitment to the contact person listed below.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
WORK EXPERIENCE
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.
NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
APPLICATION NOTICE
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to successfully apply. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
NOTICE
If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure your email address is correct on your application and that the spam filter will permit email from the ‘govermentjobs.com’ domains. For information on allowing emails from the ‘governmentjobs.com’ domains, visit the Lost Password Help page located at https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword.
WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are located in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.
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Contact Information
Ryan Kersten
Systems Programmer 3
Phone: 907-269-5623
ryan.kersten@alaska.gov
