Application Developer II

Full Job Description

About SLEDThe South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is a premier statewide law enforcement agency dedicated to serving and protecting the citizens of South Carolina.

With a proud history rooted in integrity, professionalism, and public service, SLED is committed to providing high-quality investigative, intelligence, and forensic services to support law enforcement agencies across the state.

At SLED, we value dedication, ethical conduct, accountability, and a strong commitment to justice.

Our agency plays a vital role in maintaining public safety and supporting criminal justice efforts at the local, state, and federal levels.

From advanced forensic science to homeland security, criminal investigations, and criminal justice information systems, SLED's diverse responsibilities make it one of the most dynamic law enforcement agencies in the state.

We foster a professional work environment where teamwork, respect, and continuous improvement are fundamental. Our employees are held to the highest standards and are given opportunities to grow within a mission-driven organization that makes a meaningful difference in South Carolina communities.

Learn more about why you should join our team at www.sled.sc.gov.

General Responsibility
Gather complete and accurate requirements from stakeholders for software development and enhancement. Document, design, code, troubleshoot, and maintain applications adhering to best practices for the language used. Perform in-depth analysis of users’ requests and create documentation that will be used to schedule, assign, and implement the requests. This position is responsible for technical documentation, user training/guidelines, and procedural or operational documents. Assist with peer review on planning, coding, testing, and implementation plans to ensure the SLED and department policies are met or exceeded.

Specific Duties

• Oversee feasibility analysis, needs analysis, requirements definitions, and translate business specifications into user documentation using requirement engineering techniques (UML, Visio, DevOps, etc.). Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating business systems and user needs.
• Administer the development of C# systems per specifications, using .NET technologies such as C#, XML, JavaScript, ADO, MS SQL and so on. Review, analyze, and modify programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing.
• Utilize technical knowledge of database concepts including complex queries development and data manipulation. Must work with Reporting Services, stored procedures, and views. Manage interference between applications and database.
• Participate in meetings to share knowledge regarding design, requirements, and program function to other staff.
• Present regular status updates on projects to management. Define development expectations to development staff, and review work product for completeness. Communicate progress with business users.
• Assist with documentation for users to describe system features including user manuals, training documentation, and help documentation.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field and two (2) years’ .NET experience in analysis, design, and development of major systems, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have experience in performing detailed analysis, coding complex and secure solutions, creating documentation, and troubleshooting code.
• Strong user support and interpersonal skills are required.
• Must be able to communicate and work effectively with users, vendors, management and other IT peers both verbally and in writing. Excellent interpersonal skills needed.
• Must have strong analytical skills, the ability to think logically, and must be a self-starter able to research and find solutions independently.
• Must have strong code development skills, experience with creating requirements, design, and test documentation.
• Must know and have experience with SDLC processes.
• Must have experience with C#.
• Fingerprint background check required.
• Must be able to travel state wide and out of state on a limited basis.
• May be required to work nights and weekends as necessary.
• Some on-call time may be required.

Qualifications

Experience with MS SQL, XML, and JavaScript is preferred.

Additional Information

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

SLED offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs

Supplemental questions are considered part of the official application. Any misrepresentation of yourself may be grounds for disqualification.

Conditional selection based on candidate education, training, experience, oral interviews and clearance of background investigation.