Application Developer 1/2/3

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries is recruiting

for an Application Developer 1/2/3 located in Juneau, Alaska!

What You Will Be Doing:

Develop, support, and maintain the various parts of the Fish Ticket System.

Assist fisheries’ staff in ensuring the quality of fish ticket data.

Our Mission, Values and Culture:

The Division of Commercial Fisheries strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully.

The Fish Ticket system plays a vital role in aggregating commercial catch data. This role is pivotal in making sure that data can be used to maintain healthy, sustainable fisheries for our state and the people who live in it.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

This position is a great opportunity to grow knowledge in a variety of technologies. The duties can vary and provide new challenges day by day. The team offers flexible scheduling and a supportive environment for learning.

The work supports a data system with long-reaching impacts and usefulness across the commercial fishing industry in Alaska.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is in Juneau at the ADFG Headquarters (1255 W 8

Th

Street, next to Overstreet Park).

Day-to-day, you will primarily be working on individual projects or collaborating with the small team of developers working on the Fish Ticket and connected systems. Most user support will be in the form of email correspondence, instant messaging and voice/video calls as fisheries staff are located statewide.

A hybrid telework schedule may be an option after initial training.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are looking for a candidate with experience in the following areas:

Software Development: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools for designing, developing, and testing software in a given environment.

Customer Service: Anticipates and meets the needs of both internal and external customers. Delivers high-quality products and services; is committed to continuous improvement.

Technical Problem Solving: Troubleshoots, diagnoses, analyzes, and identifies system malfunctions to determine the source and cause of the problem.

Continuous Learning: Assesses and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses; pursues self- development.

To view the general description and example of duties for an Application Developer 1/2/3 please

go to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Application Developer 1

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:

Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Computers and Electronics:

Knowledge of electric circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Continual Learning:

Assesses and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses; pursues self-development.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training in computer programming or system analysis and/or experience using a computer for analysis (including experience in the use of computer reporting languages); providing software/hardware installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and support to end-users; and/or direct computer programming.

Special Note:

A position may focus on working in one or more computer languages. Which language(s) will be specified when recruiting to fill the position.

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” means the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, online, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Application Developer 2

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving:

Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Computer Languages:

Knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions and skill in designing, writing, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training in computer programming or system analysis and/or experience writing, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, or maintaining a computer program’s source code.

Special Note:

A position may focus on working in one or more computer languages. Which language(s) will be specified when recruiting to fill the position.

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” means the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, online, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Application Developer 3

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Adaptability:

Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demand and competing priorities in a changing environment.

Computer Languages:

Knowledge of computer languages and their applications to enable a system to perform specific functions and skill in designing, writing, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.

Customer/Quality Focus:

Anticipates, monitors, and meets the needs of customers and responds to them in an effective, appropriate manner. Demonstrates commitment to identifying customers’ apparent and underlying needs and continually seeks to provide the highest quality service and product to all customers.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Training in computer programming or system analysis and/or progressively responsible professional experience developing, testing, troubleshooting, or maintaining computer ap