IT PROGRAMMER ANALYST II (052894)

Work That Matters. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is a national leader in financing affordable housing and revitalizing communities.  Pursuing a career with our Department is an opportunity to join a high impact, award-winning organization and apply your skills to a valuable public purpose in a challenging and dynamic field.

7800 Harkins Rd Lanham, MD 20706

The Department of Housing and Community Development's Headquarters Office is located in Prince George's County at the New Carrollton Metro stop.

Design, test, maintain, and deploy application software for transactional-based information systems comprised of custom-developed front-end software applications, databases, and middleware.  Develop systems entirely from scratch using software development toolkits and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf software as foundation.  Develop and maintain plethora of software and programs in accordance with departmental programming standards and methodologies, along with State guidelines.  Essential job functions include:        

• Evaluate assigned software/automation requests, and analyze their respective business processes.       
• Plan relevant software development strategies, and develop and design each assigned application system’s architecture.        
• Develop, test, and implement software code, database and procedures according to design.        
• Provide post-implementation operational support and maintenance for assigned software systems.       
• Continually facilitate self-development in appropriate technologies.         
• Use Visual Studio and AGILE methodology to design and develop new municipal lending and small business lending systems.   
• Conduct comprehensive system analysis with Department’s divisions, including conducting risk review, process flow, and system analysis.       
• Facilitate Lender Online portal updates.  Collaborate with Office of Public Information and Division of Development Finance to modify this database-driven website.       
• Use Visual Studio to develop a web-based graphic user interface for uploading individual audits into Building Codes System.        
• Develop enhancements and perform diagnosis for software interfaces in the administrative systems for human resources.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other information technology related field.

Experience: One year of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining applications systems and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools.

Notes:

 1. Candidates may substitute six credit hours of coursework in application analysis and programming using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for six months of the required experience.

 2. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or a high school equivalency certificate and eighteen months of experience converting data from project specifications by writing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the required education.

 3. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or a high school equivalency certificate and fifteen credit hours from an accredited college or university in systems analysis and application programming using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the required education.

 4. Candidates may substitute experience in one of the following areas: operating computers, scheduling, controlling input and output or maintaining backups or data storage, processing data on computers, evaluating, implementing and maintaining hardware and software, on a year-for-year basis for a high school education.

 5. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Computer Systems Programming classifications or Computer Systems Programming specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

Please provide sufficient information on your application to document that you meet the minimum qualifications for this recruitment. Please provide transcripts, certifications or diplomas to document educational or certification qualifications. Educational credentials from foreign countries must be evaluated by an approved education review service. This evaluation must be submitted with your application.

Please note that interviews may not take place until after the filing deadline.

Online applications are STRONGLY preferred. However, if you wish to submit a paper application, you may mail your application and materials to:   

Alicia Townsend 

Department of Housing & Community Development

Office of Human Resources,

7800 Harkins Road Lanham, MD 20706.

All application materials must be received by the filing deadline. 

If you are unable to upload your transcripts into the system, please send via email to dhcd.careers@maryland.gov. Please include the following information in the body of the email:  

• Attn: Alicia Townsend, Senior HR Generalist
• Your First and Last Name
• Last 4 of SS#
• Recruitment #
• Classification (Job Title) of Recruitment

Incorrect application forms, or resumes in place of the application, will not be accepted. If you are interested in the position and cannot apply online please fill out the revised paper application which can be found on JobAps.  For questions concerning this position, please call 301-429-7415.  

TTY Users: call via Maryland Relay    

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.  

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.