SYSTEMS DEVELOPER II - 55009785

Requisition No: 846267 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: SYSTEMS DEVELOPER II - 55009785

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55009785 

Salary:  $66,524.76 - $86,090.86 

Posting Closing Date: 03/17/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

965 / Program Management Office

OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Lee Darst                      

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 850-414-4079

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: lee.darst@dot.state.fl.us

ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $3,010.17

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You may be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS) unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.  QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation’s Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, the agency is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities.  Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided.  Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation’s Human Resources Office located at 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, or call (850) 414-5300 for assistance.  

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Develop and maintain application code in various languages and environments for new applications and existing applications. Analyze performance and application issues; working with customers, OIT (Office of Information Technology), recommending solutions and making changes to code as needed. Develop application program interfaces to allow interactions and sharing with other applications. Ensure that all application development meets the FDOT technology standards and complies with the Federal standard for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). Be familiar with and ensure compliance to all security standards and requirements. Develop and execute implementation plans. Coordinate with OIT on implementing new applications and code changes into production. Work in a team environment, supporting and assisting other developers.

Create and deliver reports, graphs, and maps via portals and dashboards utilizing Power BI or other reporting languages. Create ad-hoc reports to perform data quality analysis, research application issues, and meet requests for public information or other inquiries that are not part of the regular applications.

Analyze business needs and perform requirements gathering for new applications and/or enhancements to existing applications. Facilitate meetings with the appropriate stakeholders documenting the requirements. Create flowcharts of business and work processes as part of the requirements documents. Create mockups of screens and reports to illustrate possible solutions for customers. Conduct impact analysis for changes initiated by other business areas or changes because of technology upgrades; coordinate and work with other offices as needed.

Create test plans and test cases. Conduct testing at all levels using test tools as directed. Develop application integration and user acceptance test plans. Coordinate and facilitate user acceptance testing. Maintain the Requirements Traceability Matrix for new application development.

Participate in the design and development of database structures to support new and existing application structures. Research data migration needs and create data migration plans. Code and execute data migrations. Create data warehouses, views, and perform ETL functions (extract, transform and load) to support reporting or to provide data to other entities. Create and update meta-data information in support of reporting in accordance with FDOT policies and procedures. Perform analysis on data to support data quality by writing queries and reports.

Create application/program/system documentation. Create online help documentation to be accessed within the application. Create and maintain business process documentation. Create application training materials, which may include Computer Based Training (CBT) and conduct in-person training when needed. Create and deliver presentations on application related topics to various audiences.

Become familiar and knowledgeable about Program Management business processes and procedures. Provide end-user support on existing applications. Assist users with questions about how an application works. Respond to user calls, emails or service desk tickets reporting mal-functioning applications.

Research problems and communicate the resolution to users. Coordinate with the OIT. Develop and continually foster a collaborative and professional relationship with internal and external customers. Effectively and proactively communicate with users. Work effectively in a team environment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to learn and understand the Department’s procedures and policies for estimating road and bridge construction projects; Skill in reading and writing computer code; Knowledge of coding logic and languages; Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of systems development; Knowledge of relational database structures; Skill in developing reports; Ability to mine data from various sources: applications, data warehouses, and operational databases; Skill in performing data queries and developing reports; Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint or similar software; Ability to develop and deliver effective training and presentations; Knowledge of SharePoint and Webpage maintenance and setup; Ability to participate effectively in teams and to lead work efforts; Skill in relaying complex information in an understandable way to a variety of individuals; Ability to write technical guidance documentation; Skill in effective communication techniques; Ability to learn and understand project design deliverables and workflows; Ability to analyze processes and workflows to facilitate efficient design of technology solutions; Ability to plan and prioritize work assignments and meet deadlines; Skill in coordinating dependent processes and delivering effective and efficient technology solutions for system interfaces; Ability to adapt to the various needs of the Program Management Office and various internal and external customers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two years of relevant employment experience. Post-graduate education from an accredited college or university may be substituted for employment experience on a year-per-year basis. Relevant professional experience, such as Engineering, Contract Administration or Development, Finance, Economics, Public Administration, Business Administration, Urban Planning, policy analysis, financial modeling, accounting, statistics, transportation financial analysis or work program development can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.

As a CANDIDATE, you may be required to provide documentation (i.e. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENCY, college transcripts, ETC.) to verify meeting these Minimum Qualifications.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES THE SERVICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY SPOUSES.  If you are a preference-eligible applicant who receives notice of a hiring decision and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, you may file a written complaint within 60 calendar days from the date you receive the notice, requesting an investigation to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard, Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.