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Senior Programmer Analyst

***Re-Opened and Updated***IT PROGRAMMER ANALYST, LEAD/ADVANCED

Recruitment #15-004471-0010

Introduction

The Maryland State Retirement Agency (Agency) is looking for several career-minded individuals to join our Systems Development team. The Agency administers retirement benefits programs serving State employees, teachers, law enforcement officers, legislators, and judges.

Within the Agency, Systems Development consults with business units to form and implement initiatives that better integrate business operations, improving services internally and on the web. Systems Development is part of a full-service Agency IT team.

Work only a few blocks from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, convenient to Metro, Light Rail, and buses (all at no charge to State employees in the Baltimore metro area), and enjoy other State of Maryland employee benefits.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Tom Montanye, Director of Systems Development at 410-625-5665.

GRADE

18

LOCATION OF POSITION

Inner Harbor Area

120 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

Main Purpose of Job

The positions will have hands-on involvement in all elements of a full life-cycle development process – identify, plan, design, develop and implement new business/computer systems and/or revise existing systems – requiring strong verbal and written communications skills, business, analytical, project leadership and programming skills. In the Lead role, it requires the ability to assign, review and approve the work of the team members.

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.

Substitutions

1. 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.

2. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or a high school equivalency certificate and fifteen credits 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

Substitutions

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 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.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • 6 months’ experience using current Microsoft development tools and platforms, including Visual Studio, ASP.NET, C#.NET, VB.NET, and MS SQL Server on Windows Server and IIS. 
  • Experience architecting and programming secure web applications (HTTPS authenticated) using current Microsoft and industry best practices 
  • Experience using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/ jQuery, and MVC programming model 
  • Proficiency with Entity Framework and LINQ 
  • Proficiency with MS Team Foundation Server
  • Experience maintaining and optimizing MS SQL Server databases 
  • Proficiency administering MS SharePoint Portal Server 2010

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.

SELECTION PROCESS

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. For education obtained outside the U.S., you will be required to provide proof of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service. This evaluation must be submitted with your application. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Resumes may not be submitted in lieu of completing the employment application. Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year.

EXAMINATION PROCESS

The examination will consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience as presented on your application and as they relate to the requirements of the position. You must complete the supplemental questionnaire, which will be used as part of the rating process.  Therefore, it is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application.

BENEFITS

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Complete the application including the supplemental questions. Please submit a copy of your resume with your application materials.

The online application process is STRONGLY preferred.  If online access is not available, you may submit a paper application, supplemental questionnaire, and resume to 301 W. Preston Street, Room 608, Baltimore, MD 21201.  All faxed materials must include the applicant's name and the job number and must be received by the closing date.  Resumes will NOT be accepted in lieu of completing the application.

If you have any questions concerning the recruitment process for this position, please call 410-767-4850.

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.

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




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