South Florida Water Management District
Published: March 19, 2020
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Description
~The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is a regional governmental agency that manages the water resources in the southern half of the state, covering 16 counties from Orlando to the Florida Keys and serving a population of 8.1 million residents. ~
It is the oldest and largest of the state's five water management districts. Created in 1949, the agency is responsible for managing and protecting water resources of South Florida by balancing and improving flood control, water supply, water quality and natural systems.
Position Overview
The IT Developer, Senior is responsible for computer programming to automate workflows and business processes by coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting software applications according to specified requirements and designs. Applies technical and business knowledge to complete complex to highly complex assignments. Must demonstrate knowledge and experience for multiple technology platforms, frameworks and languages such as: Java, C#, Pega PRPC, RDBMS, Angular, APIs, Mobile Application Development, Service Oriented Architecture, Object Oriented Analysis & Design, JavaScript and Git.
Pega System Architect or Pega Senior System Architect certification would be considered a plus. Mobile Application Development would be considered a plus.
The successful candidate will be highly energetic, self-motivated, technology loving individual who enjoys working as team to develop software to solve business problems. This individual will have skills in the Pega PRPC, Java technology stack, API development, Mobile Application Development and modern web application technologies. Candidate strives to write the simplest code possible to solve complex problems and is comfortable working under supervision, possess excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), strong interpersonal skills that thrives in a creative and energetic environment, and be able to multi-task and meet strict deadlines. Minimum 5 years Application Development experience required.
Location: West Palm Beach Administrative Headquarters.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include:
- Design and develop computer software code that is readable, maintainable and understandable by peers.
- Develop a working relationship with the customer to understand their needs and expectations.
- Provide excellent customer service in direct and indirect manner, and exceed customer expectations.
- Actively participate in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Converts high level and detail level designs into code that meet business requirements.
- Participates with other team members by providing input into the design of software, offering advice, thoughts, and feedback, while understanding their skill level.
- Estimate the time and materials required to complete a project.
- Demonstrate knowledge of approaches, techniques and tools by working with teams in a constructive and collaborative manner.
- Demonstrate a logical and structured approach to time management and task prioritization.
- Ensure new developments go through appropriate code reviews, testing processes, and solid release plans.
- Ensure source control is maintained and is kept up to date.
- Provide support and troubleshoot all issues related to functional processes that are not working to customer requirements.
- Ensure that all development efforts follow the District’s standards/best practices and make process improvement recommendations.
- Conduct after-hours production product releases.
- Provide after-hours and weekend on-call support.
Note: Position may be filled at the IT Developer – Specialist level.
Employment Guidelines
IT Developer - Senior: Typically has a Bachelor's Degree in a related field and 8+ years' experience that demonstrates measurable career and technical progression that can be applied to support both the IT Department's Annual Work Plan and the District's strategic goals and objectives.
Typically, total experience includes 3 years focusing on any technical area within IT and 5+ years focusing on one specialty within the Development Job Family. Disciplines for IT education and experience requirements include but are not limited to: Computer Science, Computer/ Systems Technology, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, and Systems Engineering.
IT Developer - Specialist: Typically has a Bachelor's Degree in a related field and 5+ years' experience that demonstrates measurable career and technical progression that can be applied to support both the IT Department's Annual Work Plan and the District's strategic goals and objectives. Disciplines for IT education and experience requirements include but are not limited to: Computer Science, Computer/ Systems Technology, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, and Systems Engineering.
Licenses:
- Valid State of Florida Driver's License is required.
Physical Requirements/ Working Environment:
- Due to the District's response role and in the total scope of emergency management, this position may at times, be required to provide support before, during and after major storm events and emergency situations, such as hurricanes or other declared emergencies, depending on assigned emergency response role.
- Mostly sedentary in an office environment sitting at a desk and operating a personal computer to produce work products.
Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
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