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Job Summary:

The Developer II has responsibilities across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from business requirements to support, but he or she is primarily focused on development activities. Development activities include: working with business analysts and customers to understand requirements; working with team members to apply secure programming techniques using standards and best practices; commenting code for peers and testers; performing unit testing, configuration management, source code control, deployment and release management; and providing support services as needed. Operational support services vary in scope from minor bug fixes (tickets) to major enhancements (change orders). As an application reaches the sunset stage, the developer is also expected to participate in planning efforts around replacement and modernization.

In this role you will:

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  Perform coding (in-house applications) in a C# .NET stack with a SQL database or configuration management (COTS applications) in accordance with standards and best practices and further minimize defects through disciplined unit testing.
• Coordinate update releases and other system changes, contribute to the implementation of break/fix solutions, and update documentation and configuration information related to changes as needed throughout the life cycle.
• Find unique ways to resolve issues in the development process to meet the requirements of the customers and lead to the most efficient implementation possible.
• Working with the supervisor, develop estimates of the work effort necessary to deliver application solutions based on the project specifications provided.
• Organize, build, and validate all segments of the code related to a specific build (release) for final User Acceptance Testing.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

Work Experience:

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  2 years of hands on programming experience in applications development.

• Undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university in information technology, computer science, or related field.

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Additional, appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

• 3 years experience in a C# .NET development stack
• 3 years experience in SQL database development
• Some java experience is desirable
• Sharepoint experience is desirable
• Salesforce experience is desirable

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

This position may require on-call duties as needed by the position.