Software Development Specialist 3 (.NET Framework) at STATE OF OHIO in Columbus, Ohio

Job Description:

About Us:

The Ohio Department of Education is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals dedicated to fulfilling the vision established in Each Child, Our Future, Ohio’s strategic plan for education. The vision is, “In Ohio, each child is challenged to discover and learn, prepared to pursue a fulfilling post-high school path and empowered to become a resilient, lifelong learner who contributes to society.” Ensuring this vision for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students, in partnership with more than 240,000 educators across the state, is no small feat. Under the leadership of the superintendent of public instruction and governed by the State Board of Education, Department team members, in collaboration with a wide range of partners, are sharply focused on helping schools and districts continually improve to be the best they can be for each child. Equity and impact are core to every program, service and action. The Department’s work is well regarded both in Ohio and nationally for its innovative, leading-edge and forward-looking approach. When the Department succeeds, students succeed, communities succeed, and Ohio succeeds.

Culture and Values:

Ohio Department of Education is mission driven, values a culture of feedback and places a premium on growth mindset among all its team members. Together the enterprise is building a continuous learning and improvement community.

Overview:

The Ohio Department of Education, Office of Information Technology is seeking a candidate with .Net Framework experience, with a background in C#, JavaScript, and HTML. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical, mathematical and communication skills, and the ability to provide technical support for Ohio Department of Education employees.  We are looking for an IT professional that is looking to learn new technology, such as Azure and Angular, to develop applications and processes to fulfill the needs of the business users.

Major Responsibilities & Duties:

Analyzes, designs and develops software solutions for specific business initiatives:

• Ensures current and/or future business process flows are defined and documented;


• Conducts detailed alternative analyses and determines end-user requirement(s);


• Consults with end-users, technicians, management, and others;


• Leads design reviews;


• Creates, edits, tests and/or compiles software code;


• Documents software code (e.g., uses cases, in-line code comments);


• Provides postproduction support for applications varying in size, scope and impact to agency operations;


• Assesses overall system performance including optimizing code.

Creates detailed test designs and test plans;

• Creates and reviews test data for performing test scenarios;


• Coordinates execution of unit and system test scripts, debugging efforts and defect tracking, support of user acceptance testing, and software implementation and deployment tasks;


• Leads the development, implementation and monitoring of IT quality assurance standards and testing;


• Performs performance and load testing.

Performs other duties as assigned (e.g., assists higher-level IT staff with estimating workload requirements).

Primary Technology: .Net Framework

Secondary Technology: HTML/JavaScript/Angular/C#

Completion of undergraduate core program in computer science or information systems; 36 months combined work experience in any combination of the following: assuring requirements are defined and approved, performing code reviews and ensuring application development standards are met including 12 months work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.

-Or completion of associate core program in computer science or information systems; 42 months combined work experience in any combination of the following: assuring requirements are defined and approved, performing code reviews and ensuring application development standards are met including 12 months work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.

-Or 60 months combined work experience in any combination of the following: assuring requirements are defined and approved, performing code reviews and ensuring application development standards are met including 12 months work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.

-Or equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.

Note: The official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect the required, primary technology directly relating to the duties of the position. Only those applicants possessing the experience in the required, primary technology listed in the position description & job posting are to be considered for any vacancies posted. The job posting must list the required technology commensurate with the position in question.