Senior Programmer Analyst

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OVERVIEW:

The Maine Office of Information Technology’s Application Development team is seeking a Senior Programmer Analyst to help build and support software applications for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and other departments. The selected individual will work with a team of other dedicated developers to maintain the MOSES suite of applications and to develop new applications where needed.

This position offers the opportunity to work first-hand on the development and maintenance of IT systems supporting the State’s natural resources agencies using the Oracle technology stack.

Hybrid Work Opportunity – The employee in this position currently can work from home as much as 90% of the time provided the work is performed within the State of Maine. Regularly scheduled in-office days are also required 10% of the time.

MaineIT is seeking a highly talented individual who will represent our C.A.R.E. values in all that they do.  At MaineIT we:  

• Practice Customer-focus, ensuring that our customers are heard, and their needs are met. 
• Hold ourselves to a high level of Accountability by being transparent with our stakeholders. 
• Maintain an effective level of Responsiveness by providing timely updates in a proactive manner. 
• Strive to provide Empathy driven, people-focused services by applying emotional intelligence skills and behaviors.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• You will be a member of a highly productive technical team using a variety of technologies to design and provide technical solutions for business problems.
• You will have the opportunity to work in a small, independent, and flexible team environment.
• You will help resolve technical issues to provide system functionality and data integration.
• You will experience new and different challenges on an ongoing basis.
• You will have opportunities for training and career development.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

This is technical services work involving the development, enhancement, and maintenance of a variety of complex systems. You will help to:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain application code.
• Partner with technical staff and end-users to test and refine your work.
• Work under limited supervision.
• Supervise, coach and train junior programmers.
• Comply with State of Maine standards for production, quality, and productivity.
• Train system end-users, serve as an information resource, develop resource materials, and provide ongoing support.
• Respond to customer support escalations.
• Write documentation for system references.
• Support occasional off-hours system updates and patching.
• Stay on top of new technology trends and ongoing opportunities for education.

WHAT WE EXPECT:

• The preferred candidate will have demonstrated ability to define and resolve complex technical problems independently.
• The ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Five years’ experience with Java developing and supporting software applications, websites, web apps, web services, and mobile apps. 
• Three years’ experien