IT PROFESSIONAL 3 - APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Job Duties
- Conduct detailed alternative analyses and determine end-user requirements through consultation with end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others.
- Maintain documentation related to the assigned IT specialization’s architecture, operations, and other records of work activities as required.
- Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field as well as security management practices, laws, policies, and ethics.
- Participate in recommending and justifying resource allocations and expenditure decisions, tracking, and recording expenditures, preparing purchase requests, and writing technical requirements for grant proposals.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
Essential Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and three years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include computer operations, systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, one year of which was at the journey level;
- One year of relevant experience as an IT Professional II in Nevada State service;
- An equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
Job Requirements
A pre-employment criminal history check and fingerprinting are required. Persons offered employment in this position will be required to pay for these items.
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance programs for employees and their dependents/family are offered through the Public Employees’ Benefits Program (PEBP).
- Vacation: Accrual of three weeks of annual leave each year.
- Sick Leave: Accrual of three weeks of sick leave each year.
- Holidays: 12 paid holidays per year.
- Retirement: Participation in the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
- Deferred Compensation: The State offers a voluntary Deferred Compensation Program.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Eligible due to public sector employment.
- Longevity Payments Eligibility: Employees who have received a performance rating of “standard” or better and have completed eight (8) or more years of continuous service are eligible for longevity pay.
Qualifications
Applications Analysis And Development
Detailed knowledge of: basic programming techniques such as table handling and on-line file updates; general purpose programming languages (in software-oriented positions); principles, tools and techniques as applied to writing, modifying, and documenting programs; techniques of diagramming program flow.
Working knowledge of: access methods and file structures; at least one formal systems design methodology; principles of designing test procedures; principles, practices and procedures required to develop, design, and implement information system-based solutions in a wide range of problem domains.
General knowledge of: project control techniques, including cost estimating and resource scheduling.
Ability to: utilize interactive programming techniques; logically analyze problems of considerable complexity; test and validate information systems.
Skills
Knowledge of programming languages, cloud platforms, and IT systems.
Requirements
A valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment.
Additional Information
Describe your experience with Cloud platforms including which platforms used and where it was gained.