Appl Syst Analyst/Prog Senior

Date Posted: May 17, 2024

Requisition ID: 443991

Location:

Indianapolis, IN, US, 46204

Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a diverse range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.

At the State of Indiana, we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion—we make it our goal to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace with a workforce that is representative of Indiana's population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

About the Indiana Department of Transportation:

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) provides a dynamic workplace that serves Indiana citizens, improves our state’s quality of life, and enhances its economic opportunity. INDOT has a number of innovative programs and projects, including Public-Private Partnerships, Green Initiatives, and cutting-edge uses of materials and assets. As part of the State of Indiana, INDOT offers a competitive total compensation package, as well as outstanding work/life balance. Whether you are an established professional in the transportation field or just starting your career, INDOT has exciting and challenging opportunities for you.

Role Overview:

This position is on the Interoperability and Content Management team in the MIS division of INDOT. This position is a senior level application systems analyst/programmer position. Our team is responsible for managing the systems we use for content management, API management, and the applications/integrations developed around those systems. The systems we use for content management are Oracle products. WebCenter Content is where the documents are stored, and Business Process Management is used for workflows that are built up around those documents in WebCenter Content. For API management, applications, and integrations we are using the .NET development stack and Java. The types of applications we have made and maintain include desktop applications, batch jobs, and websites. We are moving to make some changes to our systems in the coming months and years. The main changes coming will be moving away from Oracle Products to OpenText products for our content management and towards using MuleSoft for API management in addition to .NET. A normal workday for someone in this position is a mix of support, maintenance, and new development. The new development will consist largely of configuration to commercial off the shelf systems with the occasional .NET project. We are part of a larger IT team that works with a team of Project Managers and Systems Analysts who hash out requirements for us to fulfill. As for remote work, we are a hybrid workforce. Employees are expected to be in the office for at least three days out of the week and those three days must include either Monday or Friday.

Salary:

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $70,122.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

Location:

This position is located in INDOT’s Central Office, Indianapolis.

A Day in the Life:

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Confer with department management to assist in planning, organizing, and controlling activities of assigned area;

• Confer with the user community to conduct, through research, fact-finding, and analysis to formulate and define system requirements, scope, and objectives, establish priorities, and monitor the progress of complex information systems;

• Devise or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results to obtain maximum computer utilization;

• Prepare detailed project feasibility studies, formulates complete system scope, project cost, time estimates, and human resource and IT infrastructure requirements for new and existing application software systems;

• Assist, direct, train and coordinates the work of less experienced application software developers and/or application systems analyst staff and assist with the development of difficult and complex programs;

• May function as Team and/or Project lead responsible for completion of project phase;

• Provide complete documentation for new or modified information systems and/or application software programs including operational procedures and manuals;

• Prepare detailed specifications from which application software will be written;

• Prepare and conduct system test planning;

• Design, code, and debug new application software programs and/or make enhancements to existing application software programs of all levels;

• Test and debug new and existing application software;

• Execute tasks conforming to shop techniques, standards, policies, and procedures;

• May use case tools and/or application development software tools;

• Monitor application software systems to ensure proper execution and performance;

  The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

What You'll Need for Success:

You must meet the following requirement to be considered for employment:

• Extensive knowledge of information systems design principles and new systems design techniques;

• Extensive knowledge of policies, standards, procedures, and techniques used for application development;

• Extensive knowledge of application development software tools and application development software languages;

• Extensive knowledge of information technology equipment, operation, and capabilities;

• Extensive knowledge of the most recent advancement of information technology equipment, operation, capabilities;

• Extensive knowledge of both system and business applications and competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of applications systems analysis and programming activities;

• Ability to perform problem solving and analytical analysis;

• Ability to read and understand complicated technical manuals;

• Ability to manage multiple application development software projects and priorities;

• Effectively communicate both orally and in writing.

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:

This role may serve as a team lead for an assigned work group.

Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:

The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefit package for full-time employees which includes:

• Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans

• Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards

• Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution

• Flexible work scheduling options, including the potential for hybrid remote work for employees whose work may be performed outside state facilities

• Deferred compensation 457B account (similar to 401k plan) with employer match

• Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options

• A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:

• 150 hours of paid new parent leave

• Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave

• Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off

• 12 paid holidays, 14 on election years

• Education Reimbursement Program

• Group life insurance

• Referral Bonus program

• Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits

• Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

• Free Parking for most positions

• Free LinkedIn Learning access

  Equal Employment Opportunity:

  The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. We will comply with the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable state and federal laws.

  If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at [email protected] .

  The State of Indiana has established a culture that welcomes equity, inclusion, and opportunity for all employees and applicants. We encourage you to apply if you feel you have the transferrable skills to be successful in this position and we look forward to reviewing your application.

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