Job Description **Primary Location**

: United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus Compensation : $79,789 to $125,507 Software Development Specialist Pilot ( 220001K8 ) **Job Duties**

The Ohio Department of Taxation is responsible for the administration of individual and business taxes across the state. We emphasize a customer-focused approach to tax administration through courtesy, accuracy, responsiveness, and equitability in each interaction with Ohio taxpayers. Our Department is comprised of a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we invest in each employee through in-depth tax training, a competitive total compensation package (including medical, dental, and vision insurance), performance-based wage increases, tuition reimbursement, health and wellness incentives, work-life balance, and promotional opportunities. In addition, the Ohio Department of Taxation is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

We seek *promotable*, *professional*, and *passionate* candidates to fill our available positionsif this sounds like you, continue reading below to learn more about career opportunities with our Department!

*** * *** **The Ohio Department of Taxations Information Services Division is seeking one (1) candidate**

**to fill our available Software Development Specialist Pilot position.**

**The primary technology for this position is Java/J2EE; the secondary technologies are Web framework, Web services, Hibernate, Spring JDBC, JPA, AJAX, and SQL.**

*** * *** The Information Services Division (ISD) plays a crucial role in the success of the department. Specifically, this position resides in ISDs Application Development Unit. For this position, ISD seeks a strong leader with a proven track record in Java and J2EE.

As a Software Development Specialist, you will:

* Work with IT Architecture staff, CIO and/or IT Managers to design solutions that meet the agency's requirements

* Assist with analysis of the solution design's business case

* Author portions of the solution business case

* Seek to develop expertise in leading complex initiatives and knowledge of organizational improvement frameworks

* Seek to develop expertise in project management methodologies

* Edit or create for recommendation and approval enterprise or IT artifacts, including, but not limited to, policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, best practices and position papers

For additional information, scroll down to review the Official Position Description.

**Major Worker Characteristics**

Knowledge of: 1) Java/J2EE, 2) computer and electronics, 3) oral and written communication tools and techniques, 4) customer support and personal service, 5) state and agency policy, procedures and applicable laws*, 6) vision, mission and goals of agency*, 7) software development principles and methods for design, development, testing and implementation of new or modified software, 8) commonly used query language, 9) mathematic principles relative to assigned area in IT, 10) IT principles, methods and practices in assigned specialty area, 11) standard software validation tools, 12) software distribution tools and mechanisms, 13) technical writing and documentation practices, 14) systems performance management, 15) requirements analysis principles and methods, 16) back-up and recovery procedures, 17) interrelationships of multiple IT specialties, 18) cost-benefit analysis methods, 19) IT lifecycle concepts.

Skill in: 20) reading comprehension, 21) speaking, 22) service orientation, 23) troubleshooting, 24) critical thinking, 25) complex problem solving, 26) lead work, 27) programming software analysis and evaluation, 28) using data recovery tools and techniques, 29) judgment and decision making, 30) assuring quality, identifying and specifying business requirements, and 31) developing and interpreting policy and strategies governing the planning and delivery of IT services.

Ability to: 32) stay abreast of current technologies in area of IT assigned, 33) deal with problems involving several variables in familiar context, 34) define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions, 35) prepare meaningful, accurate and concise reports, 36) and provide expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical specialists on critical IT issues.

(*)Developed after employment.

**Additional Information**

The pay band for this position ranges between $27.15/hour ($56,472/year) and $56.87/hour ($118,289/year) and will be determined based on education, experience, and technical capability.

This position will report to 4485 Northland Ridge Blvd., Columbus, OH 43229.

For more information, please contact HRStaffing@tax.state.oh.us.

******Official Position Description******

40% - Works with IT Architecture staff, CIO and/or IT Managers to design solutions that meet the agency's requirements; assists with analysis of the solution design's business case; authors' portions of the solution business case. Seeks to develop expertise in leading complex initiatives and knowledge of organizational improvement frameworks; seeks to develop expertise in project management methodologies. Edits or creates for recommendation and approval enterprise or IT artifacts, including, but not limited to, policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, best practices and position papers. Plans and conducts formal mentorship activities for peers and/or lower-level staff via verbal instructions or technical documentation.

40% - Ensures current and/or future business process flows are de-fined and documented; conducts detailed alternative analyses and determines end-user requirement(s); consults with end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others; leads design reviews; provides post production support for applications varying in size, scope and impact to agency operations which may include load balancing, failover, and clustering. Answers questions on technical topics to assist other technical staff in software development OR identifies sources capable of providing answers. Presents technical topics to a diverse group.

20% - Develops pass/fail testing criteria; assesses overall system performance including optimizing code and identifying and re-solving peripheral software/hardware conflicts; oversees performance and load testing; finalizes implementation of plans, procedures and schedules; conducts lessons learned (testing perspective) and coordinates improvements to enterprise testing processes; understands technical environments and impacts on software execution in order to identify environmental components to be reviewed for adequacy. Recommends soft-ware reusability guidelines

Job duty, knowledge, skill, & ability statements at a lower level are understood to be able to be performed at any higher level.

*Note: Work involves operation of computer terminal for long periods of time; overtime may be required; must be able to be on-call 24 hours/day, seven (7) days/week, & be willing to carry pager/cellular telephone.*

**Qualifications**

**Preferred Qualifications**

The ideal candidate will: possess 5-7 years of experience in Java, JEE Technologies (JSP, Servlets, JDBC) in addition to experience in Web framework (Struts, JSF), Webservices (SOAP, REST), Persistence Framework (Spring, JDBC, Hibernate, JPA), and Java script libraries

**Minimum Qualifications**

To qualify for a Software Development Specialist, you should document on your online application the following:

* Completion of undergraduate core program in computer science or information systems; 12 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: developing and/or modifying programs for computer applications, performing testing and debugging and assisting with analysis and design including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology specified by the agency in the position description & job pos