IT Application Development - Senior​/Specialist

The Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (BIIA) is offering a challenging and rewarding opportunity for the right individual to make a difference through serving the state of Washington. Our employees are our most valuable resource: diverse, energetic, innovative thinkers who care equally about producing quality work and serving the public. We are committed to preserving our culture of diversity and inclusion and to providing a work environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, and gender identity diversity.

You can read the BIIA's Pro-Equity Anti-Racism statement here.

The BIIA's mission is to serve the public by resolving appeals in a consistent, impartial, timely, and efficient manner. The BIIA rules on approximately 14,000 annual appeals related to orders, decisions, and awards of the Department of Labor and Industries. The BIIA plays a significant role in the state's multi-billion dollar industrial insurance economic sector. Key stakeholders include the Office of the Attorney General, the Department of Labor and Industries, and business and labor groups representing over 179,000 employers and over 3,000,000 workers.

The agency's jurisdiction includes disputes involving workers' compensation, premium assessment, industrial safety and health, and crime victims' compensation, among others. The agency is also the final authority on all proposed structured settlements.

The Board is a full-time, quasi-judicial, three-member board appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The agency has approximately 140 employees and a biennial budget of approximately $56 million. Headquartered in Olympia, the BIIA also has staffed offices in Lakewood, Renton, Richland, Spokane, Vancouver, and Yakima.

The BIIA is a great place to work! We offer flexibility and mobility in the workplace to enhance work/life balance, to improve wellness, and to support a productive work environment, increased job satisfaction and engagement. You can read employee testimonials on our website at http://www.biia.wa.gov/Jobs.html.

This position includes medical, dental, life insurance, long-term disability, retirement, deferred compensation, flexible spending account, dependent care assistance, paid time off (sick leave, vacation leave, personal holiday, personal leave day), 11 paid holidays, and an Employee Assistance Program. Tuition Reimbursement is available for eligible employees subject to guidelines and funding. You can find more information about benefits at Benefits - careers.wa.gov.

Reporting to the Application Development Supervisor, this position is a senior-level member of a five-person application development team. The position performs application development, design, coding, testing, and implementation, and will serve as the SQL Server Database Administrator and Salesforce application system administrator. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting and sharing advanced knowledge of Salesforce programming techniques with development team members to enhance their skills to support the agency's primary business application.
• Creating and maintaining reports and ad-hoc queries in SQL and Salesforce in response to user, management, and public disclosure requests.
• Supporting the agency's Intranet and Internet websites and assorted applications.
• Supporting the agency's Continuing Legal Education application using Power Builder.
• Supporting the agency's MS Word ribbon and templates.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field. Relevant work experience may substitute, year for year, for the required education.
• At least seven (7) years of experience…