Application Developer 3

Fish & Game; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

PERS/TRS retirement system

Hybrid telework after probation

Job summary

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, is seeking an Application Developer 3 in Anchorage. The role focuses on maintaining, repairing, and enhancing ColdFusion applications built on Fusebox, with ongoing SQL database support.

You will collaborate with staff and contractors on varied technical challenges from web apps to data collection tools. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement, opportunities to work with diverse IT professionals, and a team that values

Qualifications

• Adaptability: adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address priorities.
• Knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions; design, write, test, debug, troubleshoot, maintain source code.
• Customer/Quality focus: anticipates and meets customer needs with high quality service and products.
• Equivalent to training in computer programming or system analysis and/or progressive professional experience developing, testing, troubleshooting, or maintaining computer applications.
• Special note: competencies may focus on one or more computer languages; language(s) specified when recruiting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair, and enhance ColdFusion applications built on Fusebox; support related SQL databases and components.
• Collaborate with a diverse team of staff and contractors across IT and divisions.
• Perform ad hoc programming for complex projects and datasets within the Division of Sport Fish.

Skills

Knowledge of computer languages

Web technologies

Database management systems

Adaptability

Customer/Quality Focus

Education

Training in computer programming or system analysis

Job description

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish is recruiting

for an Application Developer 3 located in Anchorage, Alaska!

What you will be doing:

As a member of the Sport Fish Research and Technical Services Programming group, you will be primarily responsible for maintaining, repairing, and enhancing ColdFusion applications built on the Fusebox framework that support the eLogbook program. In addition, you will provide ongoing support for the associated SQL databases and related application components. This position presents a wide range of technical challenges that require creative, effective problem solving across systems spanning from complex multi-layer web applications to simple single user data collection tools. You will work collaboratively with a diverse team of staff and contractors who bring a variety of technical backgrounds and skill levels.

Our mission, values, and culture:

ADF&G protects, maintains, and improves the fish, wildlife, and aquatic plant resources of the state, and manages their use and development in the best interest of the economy and the well‑being of the people of the state, consistent with the sustained yield principle. The department strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully. To contribute to the division successfully achieving these values the incumbent will under mentorship:

Represent the Division of Sport Fish concerning departmental applications and systems while working with ADF&G staff, OIT and contractors to develop datasets, applications, and services.

Coordinate with staff and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) to ensure performance, file storage and IT infrastructure capabilities of servers are appropriate to support Division needs. This includes occasional troubleshooting and support.

Design, administer and maintain Division of Sport Fish datasets and applications which include needs assessment, research, design, and selection of hardware and/or systems independently, as team leader, or as a team member.

Perform ad hoc computer programming as needed for projects and databases within the Division of Sport Fish when extremely complex, unusual computing issues are involved.

The benefits of joining our team:

We are a small close knit team of 4 analyst programmers and 1 GIS analyst that work with a wide array of statewide ADF&G staff. Here you will get the chance to work with a number of technologies in a creative manner fulfilling requests and solving unique and challenging problems. We enchorage out of the box thinking in a friendly work environment. We strive to enable employees to achieve a positive work‑life balance with flexible schedules and leave.

In addition, the following list describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska and may vary depending on the job. More details here:

http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/benefits/

• Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
• Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available
• Group-based insurance premiums for term life, long/short-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, long-term care, and supplemental survivor benefits.
• Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses
• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
• Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
• Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
• Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
• Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
• The Defined Contribution Plan, Supplemental Annuity Plan and Deferred Compensation Program offer a variety of investment options.
• Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
• Eleven paid holidays a year

The working environment you can expect:

The position is located at the Anchorage Fish and Game office, close to walking and biking trails (Campbell Creek greenbelt) and home to many computer infrastructure specialists and programmers which allows for the opportunity to develop professional relationships with a diversity of other IT professionals and contribute to high-quality storage and access to information on Division data and information about sport fishing. You will have a private walled office. The position requires an ability to work with a high degree of independence but also within a team environment at varying levels collaborating with staff in the Division of Sport Fish Research and Technical Services as well as regional and area offices. A hybrid telework agreement may be available after a probationary period

Who we are looking for:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Computer Languages:

Knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions.

Database Management Systems:

Knowledge of the uses of database management systems and software to control the organization, storage, retrieval, security, and integrity of data.

Web Technology:

Knowledge of the principles and methods of web technologies, tools, and delivery systems, including web security, privacy policy practices, and user interface issues.

To view the general description and example of duties for an Application Developer 3, please go

to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Adaptability:

Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demand and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Computer Languages:

Knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions and skill in designing, writing, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

Customer/Quality Focus:

Anticipates, monitors, and meets the needs of customers and responds to them in an effective, appropriate manner. Demonstrates commitment to identifying customers’ apparent and underlying needs and continually seeks to provide the highest quality service and product to all customers.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training in computer programming or system analysis and/or progressively responsible professional experience developing, testing, troubleshooting, or maintaining computer applications.

Special Note:

A position may focus on working in one or more computer languages. Which language(s) will be specified when recruiting to fill the position.

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” means the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, online, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post‑secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or ac