DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY

Your Partner For A Stronger Arizona.

DES works with families, community organizations, advocates and state and federal partners to realize our collective vision: A thriving Arizona.

DES serves more than 3 million Arizonans. Our Mission is to strengthen individuals, families, and communities for a better quality of life.

SENIOR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER (SENIOR TABLEAU DEVELOPER)

Job Location:

Division of Technology Services (DTS)
1400 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Posting Details:

Salary: $90,000 - $111,000 Annually

Grade: 27

Closing Date: May 21, 2025 

Job Summary:

Would you like to be part of an amazing team that helps Arizonans thrive? At the Department of Economic Security (DES) we strengthen individuals, families, and communities for a better quality of life. DES is looking for individuals who are committed to service, community, and teamwork. To learn more about DES please visit des.az.gov; or click on the link here to view ‘Our DES’ video. Come Join the DES Team!

DES is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team as a Senior Applications Developer (Senior Tableau Developer). This position is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining complex dashboards, reports and visualizations using Tableau Server, Desktop and Tableau Cloud. As well as, collaborating closely with business stakeholders and data teams to translate complex data into actionable insights, while also providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior developers within the organization.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords flexibility, autonomy and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, 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:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead development of new reports and dashboards using Tabelau to meet functional and technical designs.
• Engage with business analysts and stakeholders to understand functional requirements and contributes to completion of functional specifications.
• Create deliverables according to the Software Development Lifecycle such as functional and technical specifications, use cases, test cases, and system documentation.
• Develop dashboards and workbooks, analyze and resolve production problems in a timely manner, resolve end-user service requests as assigned.
• Mentor junior developers.
• Complete unit and system test dashboard changes to ensure quality of work. Prepare technical documentation on application specifications.
• Proactively solve complex problems. Analyzes, debugs, and resolves defects in applications. Fixes and develops changes to applications to meet functional and technical designs following best practices and development standards and guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
• Advanced Tableau Features
• Business Intelligence Concepts
• SQL and ETL knowledge a must
• Tableau Cloud
• Tableau Desktop
• AZURE DEVOPS

Skills In:
• Writing complex SQL queries to extract and manipulate data from different sources
• Data visualizations (reports and dashboards) as required supporting business teams with user stories, including UI/visualization aspects
• Strong leadership skills and ability to mentor and guide junior developers
• Good business communication skills

Ability to:
• Learn new technologies
• Work effectively and independently
• Build strong relationships inside and outside the organization
• Deliver in fast paced Agile Delivery cycles
• Interpret and analyze test results
• Use or maintain testing frameworks, test libraries, databases and test environments

Selective Preference(s):

This ideal candidate for this position will have:

• Extensive SQL and ETL knowledge.

Pre-Employment Requirements:

• This position may require driving or the use of a