DEPT OF HEALTH SERVICES

The Arizona Department of Health Services promotes and protects the health of Arizona’s children and adults. Our mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona. We strive to set the standard for personal and community health through direct care, science, public policy, and leadership. ADHS promotes alternative work schedules, flexible hours. We have positions that can fit any stage in your career, from entry to senior level. We offer a robust benefit package, including the ADHS Student Loan Assistance Program, where eligible employees can receive up to $437.50 per month for their outstanding student loans. Come check us out and see how you can make a difference in the lives of all Arizonans.

Senior Web Developer (GIS)

Job Location:

Address:  150 N. 18th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007

Posting Details:

Salary: $93,500 

Grade: 27

Closing Date: Open until Filled

Job Summary:

The Sr. Application Developer is responsible for managing and customizing all technical aspects of IT systems/solutions by creating custom applications, processes, visual layouts, geospatial applications (GIS) and other technologies to build customized solutions with the responsibilities of integrating third-party platforms, and custom code including data migrations with the goal of providing users with the most relevant experience possible.

This position works in the information technology DevOps team that follows agile as well as traditional software life cycles. The primary functions of this position include analyzing processes, developing workflows, and custom scalable solutions for specific business needs. Develops highly interactive UI technologies. Implements and maintains current and new solutions, including web mapping applications.

This position is also responsible for utilizing best practices to perform operational support, enhancements, bug fixes as needed, maintain updated ticketing for events, incidents, requests, changes, problems, maintains GIS applications, and ensuring the availability of mission critical IT solutions. This includes acting as a point of escalation for Service Desk and NOC ticketing for advanced issue resolution.

The Sr. Applications Developer position will collaborate with functional leaders, organizational units, and subject matter experts to determine requirements and translate them into business needs in order to design, configure, test and deploy effective tools.
Develops tools and processes (e.g. ETL, Python automation) allowing for repeatable and efficient workflows in support of agile software development life cycle activities.

Develops, documents and enforces application standards and procedures.

Remains current with information technology trends and best practices.

Participates in efforts to develop and execute unit, integration and user acceptance test plans, including use cases and test data.
Provides technical leadership, setting best practices including integration and application development, deployment, testing (unit and systems), and iterative refinement.

This position is mostly remote, within Arizona, with a willingness to come in office when needed. 

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Job Duties:

-Design, develop and maintain applications to meet functional and technical designs following best practices and development standards and guidelines; Creates deliverables according to the Software Development Life cycle such as functional and technical specifications, use cases, test cases, and system documentation.
-Analyzes and assists with creating reusable and enterprise level modules and GIS applications; Supports production systems; analyzes and resolves production problems in a timely manner; resolves end user service requests as assigned.
-Translate requirements into business, functional and use case documents for large, complex projects. Engages with business analysts and stakeholders to understand functional requirements.
-Develops tools and processes (e.g. ETL, Python automation) allowing for repeatable and efficient GIS workflows in support of pr