Programmer Analyst III

PROGRAMMER ANALYST III

Position No: 125-10290

Salary Range: $7,000 per month. For full benefits package, click here: Total Rewards Calculator

Closing Date: February 23, 2025

Status: Full-Time with State Benefit Package

Recruitment: Internal/External

Location: Bismarck, ND

Selecting Supervisor: Josh Iverson, Software Developer Manager, IT/CJIS Division; Heidi Smith, Division Director, IT/CJIS Division

Summary of Work:

The Programmer Analyst III position provides ample opportunities to work with interesting tools, engage in meaningful projects and programs, and grow personally and professionally. It is a small office that provides analysis, design, development, and support for a variety of applications, including large applications impacting a significant number of users within the Office of Attorney General and hundreds of criminal justice professionals across North Dakota. This makes the office environment dynamic, fast-paced, challenging, and collaborative.

This is an in-person position, located in Bismarck, North Dakota. All normal work hours will be conducted in person, in an office setting. No remote work or hybrid work is available.

Duties and Tasks:

• Design and develop programming solutions based on available system resources and programming capability so that custom software can become available to the agency
• Coordinate with programming staff, users, and other system support sources to ensure the compatibility and integrity of programs so that software continues to provide the agency benefit
• Conduct an appropriate level of analysis to determine feasibility for an automated program or project so that that estimates, plans, schedules, budgets, and product requirements can be determined
• Perform program maintenance according to user specifications and to maintain technical updates so that software continues to provide agency benefit
• Serve as project leader/manager on special projects when seniority or special understanding is required for project success
• Develop program and system testing tools, methodology, and procedures as required to facilitate testing by agency users, public users, and users state-wide in other criminal justice and non-criminal justice agencies
• Prepare and maintain program and system documentation; assist in the preparation of user guides and instruction manuals as required
• Prepare required administrative reports, forms, and communications
• Mentor contract programmers on agency business/technical process and procedures

In addition to the monthly salary, this position includes fully paid health insurance for employee and family (with a wellness rider included), the option to participate in employee-paid dental and vision for employee and family, participation in the state NDPERS defined benefit retirement plan as well as the option to participate in the 457 deferred compensation plan, the option to contribute to a medical spending account, and earning annual leave and sick leave.

Employees in this position are eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer information systems, or another computer related field, and two years of required work experience as described below. Additional work experience, as described, may substitute for up to two years of the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Two years of the required work experience must be within the last four years.

Required Work Experience:

Progressive experience in the full life cycle of application development

Analysis, design, development and support of solutions in C#, VB.net, or similar language

Experience participating on teams that include a project manager

Preference will be given to applicants with the following (not required):

A degree with a major in computer science, computer information systems, or another computer related field

Experience with criminal justice organizations such as a state identification bureau, sex offender registration, prosecuting attorneys, criminal courts, victim rights, or local law enforcement

Experience with analysis, design, development, and support of solutions involving SOAP or RESTful synchronous messaging

Experience with analysis, design, development, and support of solutions involving message queuing (NServiceBus or MSMQ)

Experience with analysis, design, development, and support of relational databases (Microsoft SQL Server)

Experience with or knowledge of development and execution of unit, system, and acceptance test plans

Experience collaborating on solution technical analysis, design, and architecture to meet requirements

Experience with or knowledge of business analysis including business requirements elicitation, SIPOC diagrams, interviews, surveys, data dictionaries, traceability matrix, stakeholder analysis, use cases, process flows, and mockups.

Experience with project initiation and planning including collaborating on project charters, plans, and schedules

Must demonstrate:

Ability to build strong working relationships with customers and co-workers; preference given for relationships across organizational boundaries with both business and technical contacts

Excellent prioritization, time management, and organization skills

Appropriate written and verbal communication skills

Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality

Successful completion of the interview process, reference checks, and standard background and criminal record checks to determine knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform Software Developer I tasks.

About Team ND

"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.

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Application Procedures

Applicants are screened based on qualifications, successful completion of the interview process and a background and criminal investigation. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The Office of Attorney General does not provide sponsorships.

Application package must be received by 11:59 PM on the closing date listed on the opening.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE AT: www.nd.gov/careers

Documents to be submitted:

• Resume
• Cover letter with a summary that clearly explains how the applicant's work experience is related to the summary of work and minimum/preferred qualifications
• 3 Professional References
• College Transcripts (copies or unofficial versions are acceptable for the initial application process but when the top candidate is given a conditional employment offer, they are required to present official transcripts)

The North Dakota Office of Attorney General prohibits candidates from plagiarizing any portion of their employment application and interview process to include responses to questions in which you must provide a narrative and/or verbal response. You must create your own responses originally and not copy or adapt them from other sources. While the North Dakota Office of Attorney General encourages you to create your narratives and interview responses with great care, including correct use of grammar and style, you are prohibited from using any artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool, to include but not limited to ChatGPT during the interview process. Any information you provide during the application and interview process is subject to verification. The North Dakota Office of Attorney General will discontinue your candidacy if we find you have violated this prohibition on use of AI tools in the application and interview process.

All hiring decisions are subject to approval by the Attorney General. No offer of employment is final or binding until approved by the Attorney General.

Anyone needing assistance or accommodations during any part of the application or interview process please contactAshley, Office of Attorney General: E-mail: aeisenbeis@nd.gov ;phone: (701) 328-1256 or TTY: 1-800-366-6888.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. 23-12-10.