ID - DHW - Application Technical Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Partners with other business and technical personnel to resolve problems of intent, simplicity, or feasibility of implementing software solutions in the available system and solution parameters.
• Evaluate, utilize, and lead the use of AI/ML capabilities to accelerate existing and new product modification /creation.
• Collaborate with product, QA, and data teams to define requirements and ensure alignment on AI feature behavior.
• Leverages excellent written and verbal communication skills to develop new business processes and programming solutions as required based on requirements and backlogs.
• Utilizes in-depth modeling, design, and coding skills to deliver quality solutions.
• Design applications to functional and technical programming standards.
• Gather and interpret user requirements into design specifications.
• Develop system specifications and interfaces.
• Determine time estimates and schedule for work based on given parameters.
• Code new features/functionality, as well as software enhancements and/or required fixes to production problems using existing and industry-standard functional and technical programming standards.
• Participate in or conduct structured code reviews/walkthroughs.
• Design and support testing of code prior to deployment.
• Provide On-Call support as needed. May require overtime to meet deadlines.

Requirements

• The Idaho Benefit Eligibility System (IBES) and its supporting applications were implemented more than a decade ago.
• Since then, the Division of Self Reliance has continued to customize and integrate new solutions to adapt to changes in programs and workload.
• Recent federal program requirement regarding community engagement necessitates further enhancements to IBES.
• As part of addressing community engagement requirements, Self-Reliance would also like to:
• Reduce or eliminate staff dependency on manual review of business process documentation by creating automated and guided workflows that support staff in processing benefit applications, re-evaluations, and changes.
• Utilize AI technologies to increase efficiency in code delivery and releases.
• Explore the creation of an agentic-AI code development solution capable of operating 24x7, shifting the burden of code creation to AI in favor of the Software Engineer III ensuring code is fit-for-purpose, aligned to leading practices, and is supportable long-term.

Skills

• Designing and developing high-volume, high-performance applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high availability and reliability.
• Able to write well-designed, testable, efficient code.
• Able to deliver designs that follow the backlog and user specifications.
• Able to deliver releases of tested software components on time and of high quality.
• Experienced in working in a continuous improvement style of development by investigating technical alternatives and new technologies.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Varies.