IT Applications Developer/Senior

The work we do matters

Hiring Agency:
Retirement Systems - Agency 85

Location:
Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:
$35.267

Job Posting:
JR2025-00020591 IT Applications Developer/Senior (Open)

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Job Description:
Do you crave variety? Do you enjoy challenges? Are you a team player and customer-service oriented? Consider joining our team The Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems (NPERS) has an IT Applications Developer/Senior job that might be right for you. The position will work with IT team members and other business teams to support and develop solutions in the NPERS pension administration system.

At NPERS, we are committed to providing secure retirement services to Nebraska's public service employees. We administer retirement plans for Nebraska schools, Omaha Public Schools, the state patrol, state employees, county employees, and judges. NPERS understands the importance of both meaningful and interesting work, and we'd like to invite you to create a satisfying career with us doing both.

State employment offers great benefits During your first year here at NPERS, you'll receive 13 paid holidays per year, earn 12 days of vacation and sick leave per year, have your retirement contributions matched at 156%, and have 79% of your medical insurance premiums covered by your employer. Do you have student loans? We are also a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

At the State, we stand by our core values of treating others with dignity and respect, acting ethically in all situations, and creating an environment where our customer is our top priority. Apply to join our team today

To learn more about NPERS, please visit our website at npers.ne.gov.

Work schedule: M-F, 8-5

Hourly Wage: $35.267
Range: $35.267 - $51.987 The pay rate may be commensurate with education and/or experience within fiscal constraints if approved.

NPERS does not sponsor or transfer non-immigrant work visas. This position is not remote.

Examples of Work:

Responsible for new development or maintenance of software development projects, and daily consulting with business analysts and clients within the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems, while mentoring other developers. This particularly includes working on the Nebraska Public Retirement Information System (NPRIS). Utilize application development tools effectively which may include IBM RAD IDE, Code repositories, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, OnBase ECM and Microsoft Azure. The person in this Senior Position will be responsible for designing, coding, debugging, testing, and documenting programs. Perform the functional and technical design and implementation in a large-scale IT environment with limited supervision. Participate in the full range of software product development activities, including requirements gathering, analysis and definition, coding and testing, and production support with limited supervision. This position conducts application and database testing at multiple levels including Development and UAT (User Acceptance Testing). Coordinates testing efforts with clients as well as other team functions such as Release Management, Infrastructure and Architecture Support, Application Support, and Change Management. Executes complex data-driven testing. This position coordinate software releases. This includes documenting changes and recording the status of work items in Microsoft Azure as software changes are promoted from development environments to user acceptance testing and production.

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems, mathematics, engineering or other related field and two years of experience, education, or training in coding computer applications; programming experience can be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of public pension plans. Knowledge and experience working with pension administration systems.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Knowledge of: software development principles and methods; principles and processed involved in business and organizational planning, coordination and execution; design techniques, principles, tools and instruments; instructional methods and training techniques; principles, methods and procedures for designing, developing, optimizing and integrating new and/or reusable systems components; principles and processes for providing customer service; software system testing procedures, programming and documentation; infrastructure requirements; system analysis; logical/physical database design; database management principles and methodologies.

Skill in: analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design; applying systems engineering concepts and factors; using basic math to solve problems; writing computer programs for various purposes; information gathering; troubleshooting; active listening, communicating effectively; active learning; reading comprehension; weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action; platform selection; idea evaluation; identification of key causes; visioning; writing, debugging and maintaining code; integrating hardware/software components; determining output media/formats.

Ability to: apply programming languages; read and understand information and ideas presented; reason inductively; communicate information and ideas, so others will understand; reason deductively; recognize a problem; put information in order; develop creative ways to solve a problem; organize different pieces of information into a meaningful pattern; concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task over a period of time; identify or detect a known pattern that is hidden in other distracting material; perceive similarities and differences in pieces of information; think logically; organize, plan and prioritize work; provide guidance to less experienced coworkers in solving programming problems; test, install, implement, document and maintain software; design, code, test and debug large and complex computer applications; apply computer assisted software engineering tools to the design and development process; maintain source code; modify and upgrade code as necessary.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

Current employees of the State of Nebraska should NOT apply on this external career. Instead go to Workday and access the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page.

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