Salary: $79,296.00 – $106,644.00 Annually
Location: Multiple Locations Statewide, WA
Job Type: Full Time – Permanent

The Information Technology Management Unit within the Department of Ecology’s Water Resources (WR) program is currently looking to fill an IT Application Developer – Journey position. This position can be located in any of the following Ecology offices.

Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.
Northwest Region Office (NWRO) in Shoreline, WA.
Central Region Office (CRO) in Union Gap, WA.
Eastern Region Office (ERO) in Spokane, WA.
Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

Please Note: If the final location of this position is determined to be in our Northwest Region Office (NWRO) in Shoreline, WA. there will be an additional 5% pay increase due to its location in King County. In this instance the salary range will be $6,938 – $9,331 per month.

Agency Mission: Ecology’s mission is to protect, preserve and enhance Washington’s environment and to promote the wise management of our air, land and water for the benefit of current and future generations.

Program Mission: The mission of the Water Resources Program is to support sustainable water resources management to meet the present & future water needs of people & the natural environment, in partnership with Washington’s communities.

Tele-work options for this position: This position is eligible to telework up to 90% of the time. Applicants with questions about position location options, tele-work, and flexible or compressed schedules are encouraged to reach out to the contact person listed below in “other information.” Schedules are dependent upon position needs and is subject to change.

Application Timeline: This position will remain open until filled, we will review applications on August 18, 2023. In order to be considered, please submit an application on or before August 17, 2023. If your application isn’t received by this date, it may not be considered. The agency reserves the right to make a Hire any time after the initial screening date.

What makes this role unique?

We are a cross-functional team of 10 Information Technology professionals who are dedicated to providing advanced software applications to support the Water Resources program’s environmental specialists, engineers, inspectors, and policy makers. In this role, you will work in a supportive and professional environment with fantastic people who are passionate about the environment, understand the importance of work-life balance, and are focused on continual improvement and learning. You will contribute to diverse projects using ESRI GIS tools, Microsoft development stack and agile methodologies to tackle some of today’s most challenging and exciting IT systems.

What you will do:

• Develop new or maintain existing geospatial applications and web maps using Microsoft development stack and ESRI’s suite of products.
• Serve as the technical leader of moderately complex GIS application development projects.
• Working with business teams, analyze and develop requirements for GIS information systems.
• Perform spatial analysis that require expert working knowledge of ArcGIS software, GIS database fundamentals, spatial data concepts of accuracy, coordinate reference system, and map scale. 
• Track, resolve, and document critical application issues/bugs and log enhancement requests.

Required Qualifications:
Years of required experience indicated below are full-time equivalent years. Full-time equivalent experience means that any experience where working hours were less than 40 hours per week will be prorated in order to meet the equivalency of full-time. We would calculate this by looking at the total hours worked per week, divide this by 40, and then multiply by the total number of months worked. Examples of the proration calculations are:

• 30 hours worked per week for 20 months: (30/40) x 20 months = 15 months full-time equivalent
• 20 hours worked per week for 12 months: (20/40) x 12 months = 6 months full-time equivalent

Experience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, education, and volunteer experience. See below for how you may qualify.

Option 1: Four (4) years of recent professional level IT experience which includes:

• At least one (1) year of recent professional level experience using Esri ArcGIS technology (ArcGIS Desktop and Server, ArcGIS Online and ArcSDE products). Experience may include some or all of the following: analyzing, designing, implementing, maintaining and/or programming in large-scale and/or organization-wide information systems. AND
• At least one (1) year of information technology experience programming web-based software applications or developing information systems architecture using Microsoft development technologies such as C#/ASP.Net MVC, SQL Server, TFS, JSON, RESTful Web Services, and HTML5/JavaScript for mobile applications. This experience should be within the last 4 years.

Option 2: An Associate’s degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), or closely related field AND two (2) years of experience as described below:

• One (1) year of recent professional level experience using Esri ArcGIS technology (ArcGIS Desktop and Server, ArcGIS Online and ArcSDE products). Experience may include some or all of the following: analyzing, designing, implementing, maintaining and/or programming in large-scale and/or organization-wide information systems. 
• One (1) year of information technology experience programming web-based software applications or developing information systems architecture using Microsoft development technologies such as C#/ASP.Net MVC, SQL Server, TFS, JSON, RESTful Web Services, and HTML5/JavaScript for mobile applications. This experience should be within the last 4 years.

Note: Completion of a one (1) year (or longer) GIS Certificate can substitute for one year of ESRI ArcGIS experience.

All experience and education combinations that meet the requirements at the Journey level for this position:

Desired Qualifications:
We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.

• A Bachelor’s degree as described above.
• Two (2) years of GIS professional experience designing and producing analytical tools and cartographic products.
• Two (2) years of experience, within the last four (4) years, in information technology, programming web-based software applications or developing information systems architecture using Microsoft development technologies such as C#/ASP.Net MVC, SQL Server, TFS, JSON, RESTful Web Services, LINQ and HTML5/JavaScript for mobile applications.

Note: Having some (or all) of this desired experience may make your application more competitive in a highly competitive applicant pool.

Application Instructions

It’s in the applicant’s best interest to submit all of the documents listed below. Applications without these documents may be declined.

• A cover letter describing why you are interested in this position.
• A resume outlining your experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to the minimum qualifications of this position.
• A list of three professional references.

For more information and to apply: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/4145062/it-application-development-journey