IT Application Development - Journey (Olympia)

State of Washington; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) in Olympia, WA is seeking an IT Application Development - Journey to design, develop, test, and maintain critical applications used to support DCYF’s mission. You will work across the full software lifecycle with DevOps to ensure secure, reliable solutions for children, youth and families.

Qualified candidates have 4+ years IT experience, a CS degree or equivalent, and hands-on experience with .NET, SQL, JavaScript, Azure DevOps and Power

Qualifications

• Four years of IT experience including design, programming, or support.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field may substitute for 2 years of experience.
• Experience using Azure DevOps to create and manage build definitions and deployments.
• Twelve months of professional experience developing, testing or maintaining data-driven OO applications.

Responsibilities

• Participates in iterative SDLC improvements.
• Design and develop interfaces with state agencies and third parties.
• Collaborate with DevOps for controlled deployments of updates.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex applications and data issues.
• Ensure application security and privacy requirements are met.
• Monitor health and functionality of applications and respond to issues.
• Embrace agile software development principles and values.
• Develop and maintain Microsoft Power Platform, Azure Integration Services, .NET MVC and REST APIs.
• Mentor and coach less-senior developers.
• Perform complex system testing steps and create unit test projects.

Skills

C#

SQL

JavaScript

HTML

Agile methodologies

GitHub Copilot

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer information systems

Tools

Visual Studio

Azure DevOps

Azure Integration Services

Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

Our vision is to ensure that "Washington state's children and youth grow up safe and health-thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community"

Job Title: IT Application Development - Journey (Olympia) Location: Olympia WA, Thurston County Closes: September 30th, 2026 Salary: $85,800.00 - $115,416.00 Annually.

Click here to learn more about DCYF.

The Opportunity:

Join DCYF’s Background Check team as a Developer and design, develop, test, enhance, and maintain complex applications that operate 24/7. In this role, you will support mission‑critical systems that advance DCYF’s work and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families. You’ll work across the full software development life cycle, ensuring applications are secure, reliable, and compliant with state and federal requirements. You’ll also partner with DevOps teams to automate and streamline deployment, supporting modern and efficient technology solutions for DCYF.

Some of what you'll get to do:

• Participates in iterative process improvements regarding the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC.)
• Design and develop interfaces with business partners, including state agencies as well as third party organizations.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure regular, controlled deployment of updates to existing application-driven applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex applications, interface and data-related issues.
• Ensures application security and privacy requirements are met.
• Monitors the health and functionality of applications, reacts appropriately to operational issues.
• Embraces agile software development principles and values.
• Recommends, designs, and develops technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain Microsoft Power Platform, Azure Integration Services, .NET Framework MVC web application and Restful API's.
• Mentors and coaches less-senior developers.
• Perform complex system application software testing steps.
• Create website unit test projects.
• Build test classes and methods.

Required Qualifications:

Four years of information technology experience such as consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, installing and/or maintaining computers software applications, hardware, telecommunications, or network infrastructure equipment; directing projects; providing customer or technical support in information technology; or administering or supervising staff who performed work in any of these information technology disciplines.

*A bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer information systems may substitute for two years of experience.

AND

• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Additional qualifications:

• Experience using Azure DevOps to create and manage integrated build definitions and source code branches, merging code from different branches as well as deployment procedures.
• Twelve (12) months of professional experience developing, testing or maintaining data driven applications written in an object-oriented programming language.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience developing web applications using Visual Studio, Azure DevOps , C#, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, Azure Integration Services, and Microsoft Power Platform.
• Experience with Agile, and Iterative development processes.
• Experience with AI Assisted tools (GitHub Copilot).

Supplemental Information:

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This position is included in the bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). For more information: https://wfse.org/

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

For more information about this position or if you need an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, please contact DCYF recruiter.

If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at [phone] or [e-mail]. Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may call the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at 360-664-1960.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and wish to claim Veteran's Preference MUST attach a copy of their DD214, NGB Form 22 or Predischarge Certification (issued not more than 120 days prior to End of Term of Service (ETS) by date of submission). If claiming preference based on Predischarge Certification, individual will be required to provide their official discharge documentation, such as a DD form 214, NGB form 22, or equivalent, within 30 days after the date of discharge. Please blackout (redact) the social security number before attaching any documents. For additional information on Veteran's Preference and guidance on how to determine if you are eligible, click here.

DCYF participates in the federal E-Verify program. The selected candidate must provide proof of identity and authorization to work in the United States, consistent with E-Verify requirements, on their first day of employment.