Job title: Senior Dev Ops Engineer
Company: Washington State
Job description: Description
The ideal candidate for the Senior Dev Ops Engineer project position at ESD should be proficient in various development languages and experienced in IT systems implementation, management, and optimization. If you have proven leadership and collaboration skills, this may be the opportunity for you!
This role provides an opportunity to make a significant impact on highly visible systems that have agency-wide, statewide, multi-agency, and Department of Labor federal reporting impact. The ideal candidate will be motivated by the challenge of enhancing application performance and reliability for critical IT systems, applications, and services within the WorkSource line of business.
The WorkSource Systems (WSS) Senior DevOps Engineer serves as a vital conduit between the development and operations teams within ESD’s IT Services Division (ITSD) as an integral member of the WorkSource Systems Support unit. Reporting directly to the WorkSource System IT Manager, who in turn reports to ESD’s Deputy Chief Information Officer, this position plays a pivotal role in the successful execution of the WorkSource Integrated Technology (WIT) Replacement Project.
The WSS unit, where this role is housed, is instrumental in maintaining and operating systems for job seeker and employer services, as well as re-employment services within ESD. The unit’s primary focus is on application development for state-wide mission-critical case management, labor exchange applications, and other applications within the Workforce Services portfolio.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work closely with other ITSD teams, divisions, and business units. Your contributions will be crucial in supporting and maintaining the WorkSource line of business. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on critical applications, systems, and services that support ESD’s mission.
This is a project position which may transition into a permanent position after December 31, 2025, depending upon the Washington State Legislative session appropriation in a future fiscal year.
Duties
- System Implementation and Management: You will be responsible for implementing, managing, and supporting the development, testing, training, staging, and production services for the WorkSource Integrated Technology (WIT) case management system and other Workforce Services Portfolio applications. This includes deploying and maintaining new technologies to create and manage production environments and providing Tier 2 and 3 support.
- CiCD: You will optimize continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines to streamline software development processes within the Workforce Services Portfolio to enhance application performance and reliability.
- Application Testing: You will play a key role in ensuring the quality and performance of our applications through rigorous testing.
- Code Maintenance: Your duties will include maintaining code in source control repositories to ensure version control and seamless collaboration.
- Security Improvement: You will be tasked with identifying areas for improvement in the security of our applications and systems to protect our data and infrastructure.
- Software Installation and Migration: You will implement installation and migration plans for third-party and SaaS software solutions to ensure smooth integration with our existing systems.
- Documentation: You will create and maintain project and technical documentation to ensure transparency and effective knowledge transfer.
- Professional Development: We encourage you to continuously increase your knowledge and skills related to technologies and systems to stay at the forefront of industry trends.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or closely related field and seven years of *IT experience. OR Eleven (11) years of experience in combination of education and/or relevant *IT experience.
*Qualifying professional IT experience is defined as experience in one or more of the following IT disciplines: IT consulting, applications development, systems development, or systems analysis.
- Four years of experience in service-oriented design and development using C#, ASP.NET, MVC, JavaScript, PowerShell, Python, Typescript, .NET Core, and T-SQL.
- Three years of experience in DevOps principles, practices, and methodologies using software management and work item management such as Team Foundation Server, Azure DevOps, and GIT strategies.
- Three years of experience performing the full application life cycle activities of the standard Application Life Cycle Methodology (Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, etc.)
- Three years of experience in creating deployment pipelines in Azure DevOps, Octopus or Jenkins.
- One year of experience using ARM, BICEP or Terraform.
- Three years of experience with DevOps principles, practices, and methodologies.
Additional Requirement of Employment:
Must pass Unemployment Insurance Claim and Benefit Review (UI Fraud Check).
Able to travel as needed.
Please submit your Cover Letter, and Resume with your Online Application through the “Add Attachments” field. A resume will not substitute for the “work experience” section of the application or vice versa. Applications with blank fields, or supplemental question responses with comments such as “see attachments” may be considered incomplete.
Please submit only the required documents as noted below and ensure all Personal Identifying Information (PII) such as Social Security numbers etc. are edited out of your materials for privacy.
Supplemental Information
Our agency’s mission and values drive every decision that we make, determine how we interact with others, and are at the core of who we are. Our values are Belonging, Love, Equity, Stewardship, and Access. We understand that a work environment that respects your work/life balance is key; that’s why many of our positions are eligible for flexible work schedules and teleworking opportunities. Through support, value, and trust, our employees are empowered to grow and develop into their best self.
Opportunity for All
We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, sexual orientation, and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, people over 40 years of age, people with religious beliefs, veterans or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.
The Employment Security Department is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
If you are a person needing assistance in the application process, if you need this job announcement in an alternate format, or if you have general questions about this opportunity, please contact or at (360) 763-2033 or the Talent Acquisition Team. If you are having technical difficulties creating, accessing, or completing your application, please contact careershelp@des.wa.gov or (360) 664-1960 or toll free (877) 664-1960, Washington Relay 711.
This recruitment may be used to fill additional agency-wide positions in accordance with Article 4 of the WFSE Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Candidates who are offered a job with ESD must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa now or in the future.
Expected salary: $91776 – 123468 per year
Location: Olympia, WA
Job date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:40:57 GMT
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