IT Programmer Analyst, LeadAdvanced
Job Location:
Baltimore, MD - USA
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Job Summary
Introduction
If you are looking for an exciting career with great benefits pension generous leave competitive salary and the opportunity for advancement and professional growth apply to join the DPSCS team today!
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12000 employees and a budget of more than $1 order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release.
As a member of the DPSCS team you can have a fulfilling career while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage paid time off (i.e. vacation sick leave) becoming vested in the State pension supplemental retirement options and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.
GRADE
LOCATION OF POSITION
POSITION DUTIES
- Provide technical leadership in the development maintenance and modernization of DPSCS legacy mainframe applications.
- Lead code reviews and design sessions ensuring best practices in mainframe architecture performance tuning and maintainability.
- Design implement and optimize COBOL CICS JCL DB2 IMS VSAM and TSO-based components within production and development environments.
- Champion the use of development tools such as Xpeditor File-AID QMF and TSO/ISPF to streamline debugging testing and deployment processes
- Collaborate cross-functionally with project managers QA analysts business stakeholders and vendors to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical solutions.
- Lead incident and problem management efforts providing root cause analysis and long-term corrective action for production issues.
- Provide 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical systems and ensure operational continuity through proactive monitoring and redundancy planning.
- Contribute to modernization planning advising leadership on strategies for integrating mainframe systems with cloud API or web-based platforms.
- Prepare and maintain comprehensive technical documentation including architecture diagrams interface specifications and process workflows.
- Represent the mainframe development team in technical planning sessions vendor discussions and governance meetings.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience:Six yearsof experience two years of experience designing developing testing implementing andmaintaining applications systems and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools and an additional four years of experience converting data from project specifications by writing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools.
Notes:
1. Candidates may substitute six credit hours of coursework in application analysis and programming using generallyaccepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for six months of the required experience.
2. Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high schoolequivalency certificate and eighteen months of experience converting data from project specifications by writing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the additional four years of the required experience.
may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and fifteen credit hours from an accredited college or university in systems analysis and application programming using generally accepted computer programminglanguages or other developmental tools for the additional four years of the required experience.
4. Candidates may substitute experience on a year-for-year basis in one of the following areas: operating computers scheduling controlling input and output or maintaining backups or data storage processing data on computers evaluating implementing and maintaining hardware and software for a high school education.
5. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology Computer Science Management Information Systems or other information technology related field and two years of experience designing developing testing implementing and maintaining applications systems and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the required experience.
6. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Computer SystemsProgramming classifications or Computer Systems Programming specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
SELECTION PROCESS
Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing will not consider information submitted after this candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified Better Qualified or Qualified and placed on theeligible (employment) list for at least one year.
EXAMINATION PROCESS
The assessment may consist of a rating of your education training and experience related to the requirements of the is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your report all experience and education that is related to this position.
BENEFITS
As an employee of the State of Maryland you will have access to outstanding benefits including: health insurance dental and vision plans offered at a low cost.
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Personal Leave - new State employees are awarded six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date)
Sick Leave - fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
Parental Leave - up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
Holidays - State employees also celebrate at least twelve (12) holidays per year
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
Online applications are highly recommended.However if you are unableto apply online the paper application and supplemental questionnaire maybe emailed to Paper application materials must be received in our office by the closing datefor the recruitment.
If you are submitting additional information the preferred method isto upload it with your application. All uploaded additional informationmust be received by the closing date and time. If you are unable to upload please email the requested information to materials that are requested will be accepted for thisrecruitment.
If you are having difficulties with submitting your onlineapplication please contact the DBM Recruitment and Examination Division or .
We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.
People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
As an equal opportunity employer Maryland is committed torecruiting retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of theStates diversity.
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