Application Developer II

About SLED The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is a premier statewide law enforcement agency dedicated to serving and protecting the citizens of South Carolina. With a proud history rooted in integrity, professionalism, and public service, SLED is committed to providing high-quality investigative, intelligence, and forensic services to support law enforcement agencies across the state.

At SLED, we value dedication, ethical conduct, accountability, and a strong commitment to justice. Our agency plays a vital role in maintaining public safety and supporting criminal justice efforts at the local, state, and federal levels. From advanced forensic science to homeland security, criminal investigations, and criminal justice information systems, SLED's diverse responsibilities make it one of the most dynamic law enforcement agencies in the state.

We foster a professional work environment where teamwork, respect, and continuous improvement are fundamental. Our employees are held to the highest standards and are given opportunities to grow within a mission-driven organization that makes a meaningful difference in South Carolina communities.

Gather complete and accurate requirements from stakeholders for software development and enhancement. Document, design, code, troubleshoot, and maintain applications adhering to best practices for the language used. Perform in-depth analysis of users’ requests and create documentation that will be used to schedule, assign, and implement the requests. This position is responsible for technical documentation, user training/guidelines, and procedural or operational documents.

Assist with peer review on planning, coding, testing, and implementation plans to ensure the SLED and department policies are met or exceeded.

• Conduct feasibility analysis, needs analysis, requirements definitions, and translate business specifications into user documentation using requirement engineering techniques (UML, Visio, Dev Ops, etc.). Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user needs.
• Administer the development of C# systems per specifications, using .NET technologies such as C#, XML, JavaScript, ADO, and MS SQL. Review, analyze, and modify programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing.
• Utilize technical knowledge of database concepts including complex queries development and data manipulation. Must work with Reporting Services, stored procedures, and views. Manage interference between applications and database.
• Participate in meetings to share knowledge regarding design, requirements, and program function to other staff.
• Present regular status updates on projects to management. Define development expectations to development staff, and review work product for completeness. Communicate progress with business users.
• Assist with documentation for users to describe system features including user manuals, training documentation, and help documentation.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field and two (2) years’ .NET experience in analysis, design, and development of major systems, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have experience in performing detailed analysis, coding complex and secure solutions, creating documentation, and troubleshooting code.
• Strong user support and interpersonal skills are required.
• Must be able to communicate and work effectively with users, vendors, management and other IT peers both verbally and in writing. Excellent interpersonal skills needed.
• Must have strong analytical skills, the ability to think logically, and must be a self-starter able to research and find solutions independently.
• Must have strong code development skills, experience with creating requirements, design, and test documentation.
• Must know and have experience with SDLC processes.
• Must have experience with C#.
• Fingerprint background check required.
• Must be able to travel state wide and out of state on a limited basis.
• May be required to work nights and weekends as necessary.
• Some on-call time may be required.

Experience with MS SQL, XML, and JavaScript is…