Senior Applications Developer

Full Job Description

Are you searching for a lead application developer position where you can help ensure seamless information technology (IT) operations for the benefit of all taxpayers in Pennsylvania?

Join our team as a Senior Applications Developer within the Employment, Banking, and Revenue (EBR) IT Delivery Center, Solutions Management Division for the Department of Revenue.

With us, you will be responsible for designing, configuring, testing, implementing, and maintaining essential business functions in the Pennsylvania Tax Hub (PATH) system.

Apply now and share your expertise to help empower and enhance critical components of our state’s modernized, official, online tax system!

Requirements

As part of the EBR IT Delivery Center, you will perform and lead development and maintenance activities for the PATH system.

Work includes planning, controlling, directing, and implementing development projects; providing leadership to project staff throughout the systems development life cycle; and ensuring effective utilization of hardware, software, personnel, and other resources in meeting assigned goals.

These projects use the COTS integrated tax processing software package GenTax®, which serves as the foundational framework for our development work and is customized using C#.

From day one in this role, you will serve as a development team lead; gather requirements and perform system analysis, design, documentation, development, and testing; and design and support various tax system components.

These include Collections, Decision Support, Tax Clearance, Case Management, Bankruptcy, Bank Attachment, Wage Garnishment, Liens, and Payment Plans.

Your excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, as well as your ability to function in an atmosphere of constant change with detailed accuracy, function within team based organization, and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to all levels within the organization and to outside agencies and vendors are key skills for success with our team.

Excellent networking skills are utilized to meet with business team members to discuss requests for customization and determine the feasibility, detailed requirements, and priority of each request for new development or enhancements to the PATH system.

Our team will also rely on you to maintain a working knowledge of the latest state-of-the-art technology and advancements as they apply to application development.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.

Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time.

In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.

If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.

Additional details may be provided during the interview.

• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year as an Applications Developer 2 or Computer Programmer 4 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Five years of information technology experience that includes three years of experience in applications development or applications maintenance; or
• Three years of information technology experience in applications development or applications maintenance, and an associate’s degree in any information technology field; or
• One year of information technology experience in applications development or applications maintenance, and a bachelor's degree in any information technology field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Other Requirements:

• This particular position also requires three or more years of full-time professional experience working with the following:
  • C#
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • .Net Framework 4.7 and above
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

This position will have access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) and is subject to the provisions of IRS Publication 1075 (Pub 1075) which requires you to pass an enhanced background check prior to beginning employment.

Under Pub 1075, acceptance of a conditional offer of employment will require submission to and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to: a fingerprint-based federal records check; a PA State Police clearance; a check of local law enforcement agencies where you have lived, worked, and/or attended school within the last five (5) years; and a citizenship/residency verification.

How to Apply:

Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position.

Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).

If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.

Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only.

Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce.

The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania.

The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

Additional Information

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.