Application Developer

Job Description

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

Welcome to the Department of Health!

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only.

Please check out the

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

The Department of Health (DOH) is seeking a dynamic, creative individual to fill a key Application Developer 4 position. In this role, you will serve as technical lead for a team of developers, recruit and train new team members, and serve as a liaison to division leadership. This position will primarily utilize the Microsoft .NET technology stack and SQL Server. To be successful in this position, you will need strong SQL Server, .Net,

and cloud development/migration experience, the ability to manage quickly changing priorities, strong analysis skills, and outstanding written and oral communication skills. We are looking for a capable teammate willing to grow and learn as they meet our organization’s needs.

The mission of the Department of Health is  to promote and protect the health and well-being of Alaskans . The Division of Finance and Management Services (FMS) provides financial, administrative, facilities, and technology services to the department.

The Department of Health (DOH) provides a welcoming, professional environment for anyone interested in being a key contributor to the department. In this position, you will join a team of dedicated technical and professional-level staff who produce high-quality work and help the department function efficiently. We are open to new ideas and collaborating internally and with other agencies to grow and explore technological advancements.

DOH is committed to providing educational tools for all Business Applications employees and provides subscriptions for online training with Pluralsight and other technologies to meet that commitment.

The position is located in Anchorage at the Frontier Building at 3601 C Street. This team is a diverse, technically self-motivated group that embraces the latest technology and develops and supports leading-edge applications for the department.

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

Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools for designing, developing, and testing software in a given environment.

Takes responsibility for employees performance by setting and communication expectations and goals that are specific and measurable, tracking progress against the goals, supporting employees’ efforts to achieve job goals (by providing resources, removing obstacles, acting as a buffer, etc.). ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.

Identifies a need; gathers, organizes and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

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 rather than 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…