Application Developer 4 (02-4078)

Holland America-Princess (Holland America Dawson City Inn); Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Holland America-Princess (Holland America Dawson City Inn) is seeking an HRIS Application Developer to lead enterprise-level HRIS initiatives across Alaska state agencies. This role drives innovation, aligns systems with statutory requirements, and delivers critical payroll and HR solutions.

The position focuses on translating complex requirements into robust system designs, guiding teams, and ensuring the HRIS remains reliable and future-ready for statewide HR, payroll, labor relations, and

Qualifications

• Adapts to changing demands with critical thinking and effective prioritization.
• Knowledge of computer languages and their applications; ability to design, write, test, and maintain code.
• Anticipates customer needs and delivers high-quality service and products to stakeholders.
• Understands project management principles for scheduling, coordinating, and managing resources.

Responsibilities

• Represent HRIS needs across agencies and provide expert technical assistance to organizations exchanging HR and payroll data.
• Lead HRIS enhancement projects; supervise HRIS team members and contractors; oversee statewide payroll processing.
• Analyze complex requirements, assess legislative impacts on HRIS functionality, and advise leadership on major system changes.

Skills

Adaptability

Computer Languages

Customer Focus

Project Management

Job description

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

residency definition

What You Will Be Doing

The HRIS Application Developer 4 serves as the State of Alaska’s foremost expert in Human Resource Information Systems, driving innovation and ensuring the HRIS evolves to meet the State’s most complex operational, statutory, and regulatory needs. In this role, you will champion enterprise-level HRIS functionality, shape statewide strategy, and deliver solutions that directly support the mission-critical work of HR, payroll, labor relations, and management across all agencies. You will translate high-stakes requirements into intelligent system design, guide teams through transformative projects, and ensure the HRIS remains robust, reliable, and ready for the future.

The HRIS Application Developer will be responsible for:

• Representing and advocating for the needs of the State’s HRIS within the Division of Finance and across all state agencies, while providing expert technical assistance to organizations that exchange HR and payroll information with the State.
• Acting as a team lead or supervisor by providing vision, guidance, and direction to HRIS team members and contractors; driving HRIS enhancement projects; monitoring contractual services; and overseeing statewide payroll production processing.
• Analyzing complex, mission-critical requirements and determining optimal solutions within the HRIS; evaluating the impact of proposed or enacted legislation on system functionality; and serving as a strategic consultant to leadership on the feasibility and implications of implementing major system changes.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

The Department Administration, Division of Finance provides the highest quality accounting, payroll, and travel services for the State of Alaska.

Our diverse team of accountants, analysts, technicians, and payroll specialists fosters a welcoming community dedicated to conducting the State's financial affairs with integrity, accountability, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

Joining our team means contributing to work that directly supports every State of Alaska employee and strengthens public service across the state. We embrace a friendly, collaborative culture that values work/life balance and encourages you to grow your career as a statewide HRIS expert. Flexible work schedules and telework options are currently available, providing the freedom to tailor your work environment to your needs. You will have opportunities for ongoing professional development, mentorship, and leadership in high-impact, enterprise-level initiatives. Most importantly, your expertise will help drive improvements that benefit Alaska’s workforce and deliver meaningful value to the communities we serve.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

You will enjoy a workplace with a view of Juneau's beautiful downtown scenery. Located on the 10th floor of the State Office Building, you are within close walking distance to coffee shops, restaurants, and numerous nature trails.

Who We Are Looking For

Technical Documentation

: Knowledge of procedures for developing technical and operational support documentation.

Teaching Others

: Helps others learn through formal or informal methods; identifies training needs; provides constructive feedback; coaches others on how to perform tasks; acts as a mentor.

Accountability

: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

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 demands 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.
• Project Management:
  Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.

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 act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Additional Required Information

Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

Please be sure to check our

residency definition

At time of interview

, please be prepared to provide:

• A list of three (3) professional references, if not already listed in your application.
• Copies of your most recent performance evaluations. Letters of recommendation from a current or former supervisor may be substituted.

EDUCATION

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the