IT PROGRAMMER ANALYST II

Grade 17 Standard Salary Schedule

Salary Range: $46,857 - $68,175

Nancy S. Grasmick Education Building

200 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

This is a professional, Special Appointment, position responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing, maintaining, and documenting existing customized commercial off the shelf applications systems and programs critical to the Maryland State Department of Education objectives.

Defines, identifies, analyzes data, and document requirements; develops detailed data and process models including inputs and outputs; develops, writes, tests process models  and programming source code for applications and completes all associated documentation; develops test and evaluate requirements that will be used to determine acceptable system performance; identifies potential risks and defines mitigating design features; performs security risk assessments; develops conversion plans to migrate current data to new systems; prepares detailed logic specifications for each software module; translates requirements and design into system components; tests individual elements (units) for usability; prepares for integration and testing of the IT system.

Education: A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other information technology-related field to include coursework in systems analysis and applications programming, high level computer programming languages, and developmental tools.  

Experience: One year of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining application systems including web applications and programs using generally accepted computer program languages. Experience developing ASP.NET MVC 5 web applications using Visual Studio, Entity Framework, Client Frameworks, C# or VB.NET.  

Notes:

1. Thirty credit hours from an accredited college or university in Computer Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other information technology related field to include coursework in systems analysis and applications programming using third generation or other generally accepted computer programming languages may be substituted for the required experience.
2. An additional year of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining applications systems and programs using third generation or other generally accepted computer programming languages may be substituted for the required education.

Knowledge of application development and documentation practices; skill in developing and maintaining change control and source code control practices for software applications and IT projects; ability to develop clear and concise documentation for requirements, risks and modifications; ability to communicate effectively with IT staff, managers and users.  Experience developing ASP.NET MVC 5 web applications using Visual Studio, Entity Framework, jQuery, Ajax, JSON, Javascript, HTML5, Bootstrap for MVC, C#, VB.NET, XML, and SQL.

Proof of eligibility to work in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act and possible travel throughout the State are required. Any misrepresentation of academic or experience requirements for this position may result in non-selection or termination of employment.

Applications should be received by, September 2, 2016  -  Open Until Filled

To apply for this position online go to MSDE Jobs on JobAps (or complete an MSDE Application). On-line applications (and resumes) are the preferred method for receiving your application/attachments.  Using this method will allow applicants to access their documents for future recruitments for which they apply and verify that the appropriate documents (resume-credentials) have been attached to the recruitment that requires them. Applicants must include their resume and provide sufficient information on the application to document that they satisfy the minimum qualifications for this recruitment. Please do not put "See Resume" in the job duties section of your application; your application will not be considered.  

If you utilize fax or regular mail as the option to submit required attachments, you will need to resubmit these documents each time you apply for a new position that requires the attachments.  Additionally, you must include the following information on each page of the attachment you submit in order to ensure that we append the attachments to the correct recruitment: First and Last Name, Recruitment Number, and the last 4 digits of your SS# and indicate application for Information Technology Programmer Analyst II – Application Development #039612 (JobAps# 16-006692-0001). Mailing Address: Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Human Resources, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland  21201. Fax: 410-333-8950 – This fax number is for Department of Education recruitment actions only.

If you have difficulty with your user account or have general questions about this online application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division at 410-767-4850. For inquiries or an MSDE Application, contact 410-767-0019 or TTY/TDD 410-333-3045 or visit our website at http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/.  

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request