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IT PROGRAMMER ANALYST II

Recruitment #17-004470-0004

GRADE

17

LOCATION OF POSITION

350 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401

Main Purpose of Job

The position of IT Programmer Analyst II provides intermediate support and knowledge in the design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of applications and programs used both internally and externally to maintain intellectual control over the Agency's electronic archival collections. The incumbent troubleshoots and corrects programming bugs and other issues identified in testing and production software, develops software solutions, and participates in software testing and remigration as needed. The incumbent may communicate directly with other departments within the Archives and is required to translate the archivist's requests into software that meets their unique/custom needs. Under the direction of the IT Programmer Analyst, Lead/Advanced, the incumbent may also assist in providing ongoing maintenance and upgrades for all software developed by the department. This position is supervised by IT Programmer Analyst, Lead/Advanced and does not supervise other employees.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

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.

SELECTIVE QUALIFICATIONS

Selective Qualification: (Candidates must meet the minimum and selective qualifications to be approved).  

One year of experience in software design and development using the .NET family of languages in MS Visual Studio.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience troubleshooting .NET and Coldfusion applications and websites.

Experience with software maintenance and deployment.

Experience converting legacy code into newer formats.

Experience in team based project development.

Experience gathering system requirements from users and management including inputs, outputs, and workflows.

Experience working in MS SQL Server including creating, connecting to, and troubleshooting stored procedures, text queries, and Common Language Runtime (CLR) DLLs attached to SQL server.

Experience monitoring application servers including system performance, utilization, and capacity.

Experience with text and HTML parsing.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Employees in this classification may be subject to call 24 hours a day and, therefore, may be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where the employee can be reached.

Employees may be furnished with a pager or cell phone.

EXAMINATION PROCESS

The examination may consist of a rating of your education, training and experience.  It is essential that you submit complete and accurate information pertaining to the tasks of this position on your application in order to determine if you meet the qualifications as specified above, including a non-editable, unofficial copy of your college diploma or transcripts as applicable prior to the closing date.  Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing the application. 

All information concerning your qualifications must be received by the closing date.   Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year.

BENEFITS

Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program (the Program), have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents.  As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits. You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Online application process is STRONGLY preferred. If the application process is not available, you may mail a paper application by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date.

DBM/OPSB, Recruitment and Examination

301 West Preston Street,

Room 608

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

For questions concerning this recruitment, please call 410-767-2024.  

 TTY  Users: call via Maryland Relay 

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity. People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.




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