Job Description

WSLCB Vision
Safe communities for Washington State

Mission
Promote public safety and trust through fair administration and enforcement of liquor, tobacco, cannabis and vapor laws
This recruitment is open until filled. First review of applications will be November 28, 2023. The hiring authority reserves the right and may exercise the option to make a hiring decision at any time. We encourage all to apply as early as possible.

Who we are

The mission of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) is to promote public safety and trust through fair administration, education and enforcement of liquor, cannabis, tobacco, and vapor laws. We search for people who demonstrate a strong work ethic, excellence in customer service, partnering and teamwork, and quality performance.

We want to create a culture that fosters excellence in customer service, open and honest communication, transparency and accountability, data driven decisions, and business-initiated process improvement.

Our commitment to DEIB

The WSLCB strives to promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) in all aspects of our work. This includes a commitment to our workforce and external stakeholders.

It is our mission to build, educate, and inspire an inclusive environment that recognizes, respects, and celebrates diversity in the workplace and in the community we serve. We are committed to maintaining a thriving culture where employees and those we serve feel safe and accepted regardless of education, background, or beliefs. As a WSLCB team member, you will have opportunity to join statewide business resource groups (BRGs) such as, Rainbow Alliance and Inclusion Network, Veteran Employee Resource Group, Latino Leadership Network, Blacks United in Leadership and Diversity, Disability Inclusion Network, Washington Immigrant Network and Hawaiians, Asians, and Pacific Islanders Promoting an Empowerment Network.

The WSLCB Information Technology Services Division is announcing an exciting opportunity for Application/ETL Developer (IT Application Development – Journey) at Olympia, WA. This positions report to the Application Developer Supervisor in the WSLCB’s Information Technology Services Division (ITSD).

This position is part of the Salesforce Team which serves to define business technical needs, design, develop and maintain software solutions for WSLCB that are innovative, secure, and meet IT industry standards. The Salesforce Application team consists of the WSLCB’s Salesforce and ETL developers, system administrators and business analysts.

In this role, you will be responsible for design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of multiple enterprise applications including all inter-system and inter-agency interactions. You will provide expert level technical services by designing, testing, implementing, and maintaining multi- dimensional information systems. You will also have responsibilities of a database developer by taking business requirements to analyze and design, develop, test, normalize, install, and implement agency databases and data interfaces, including writing scripts for automated backups, replication and ETL processes.

If you have an interest in an Application/ETL Developer position, we encourage you to apply to be a part of the WLSCB team!

WSLCB provides a modern work environment and excellent benefits including:

• A comprehensive benefits package (including but not limited to Medical/Dental/Vision, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance etc.)
• Paid Vacation, Leave, and Holidays
• Tuition Waiver (enrollment in courses at state universities/colleges on a space availability basis – all or a portion of the tuition/fees may be waived for state employees)
• Tuition reimbursement (courses taken with prior approval in order to further employee’s career development with the WSLCB)
• Training and career development programs (including online courses and LinkedIn Learning)
• A healthy work/life balance (this may include flexible/alternative work schedules and telework/remote work opportunities, when possible)
• Employee Assistance Program – confidential program created to promote the health, safety and well-being of public service employees
• Generous wellness program (we offer reimbursements for certain fitness related activities)
• Onsite exercise facility (for employees working at WSLCB Headquarter Building in Olympia)
• Infants at Work Program to promote parent and infant bonding, parental well-being and healthy infant development. Depending on your job duties, work location and supervisor approval, eligible employees who are new mothers, fathers or legal guardians can bring their infant (six weeks to six months) when they return to work.
• Free parking

Duties

Some of the duties you will perform are:

• Develop detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured application architected designs to assure quality, efficient and secure complex software systems and databases for staff, other agencies, and the public to consume daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly work.
• Develop complex, user intuitive, ADA compliance, and secure web user-interfaces which includes secure architecture design, coding, unit tests, function tests, system tests, and implementation.
• Architect application components, APIs, and web services for re-usable code.
• Provide system analysis, consult, and support system failures of small to complex information systems independently.
• Develop, review, and approve code modification of fellow developers before migration into user acceptance testing and into production.
• Plan, design, document, review and write code to create, enhance or fix application components.
• Using Cloud ETL services to build integration with Custom-Off the Shelf (COTS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) software, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) services.
• Coordinate with COTS, PaaS, and SaaS vendors, application administrators and technical staff on defining technical integration, logging, reporting and security requirements, implementing, upgrades, enhancements, and security patches.
• Verify and validate successful code migration and implementation including code review of Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) systems.
• Write code to enhance, improve logging, reporting and security of COTS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions.

• Optimize data models for PowerBI and write custom ETL solutions to extract transform data and load into WSLCB Salesforce system, and various interfaces for internal and external agency use.
• Plan and conduct complex functional, system-integration, and performance testing of code changes.
• Plan, document, perform, coordinate, validate, approve, and implement data migration plans.
• Create, review, and maintain active work items for salesforce development team.
• Design/create/update databases and backend architecture for large data exchanges for real-time transactions with sensitive data.
• Design and build secure data exchange portals using multiple factor authentication for multiple users (i.e., internal staff in different locations, other agencies, employers, public).
• Design and write code to develop interactive prototype to demonstrate screen flow and user’s interface architecture.
• Deploy code in accordance with WSLCB deployment release strategy.
• Convert data, database schema, and records from complex custom and COTS/SaaS/PaaS databases.
• Create and build application code release workflows.
• Maintain System documentation and Security & Coding Standards.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience as an application developer. This should include progressive experience and knowledge in following areas:

• Software development languages and MVC frameworks.
• HTML5, CSS, JavaScript.
• Platform authentication patterns (SAML, SSO, OAuth).
• Scripting languages and data management. (e.g., SOQL, SOSL, T-SQL, Azure cloud services, data management, database architecture, ETLs, data profiling, data modeling and data conversions, especially in conversion to the Salesforce platform).
• Data integration tools and experience integrating solutions with different business systems.
• Building and maintaining applications and their continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines requiring source control (GIT).
• Comparing benefits and limitations of open-source software vendor developed software.
• Maintaining RESTful web services (e.g., Apex, SQL, SOQL, and Python or other Azure compatible language to build WebAPI).
• Developing system estimates for new software solutions, full or partial software solution replacements, and upgrading software solutions.
• COTS/SaaS/PaaS software and ability to provide integration and security requirements for RFIs and RFPs.
• Working in an environment where IT security best practices, policies, and procedures are required and audited, with having responsibility for enforcing and administering the policies and procedures.
• Documenting functional and non-functional requirements, building from written requirements, developing, automating, and performing tests that validate code complies with written requirements.
• SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), and Agile development methodology.
• System security issues.
• Collect, synthesize and evaluate information for research and problem solving.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor’s degree or above from an accredited college or university in Data Science, Information Technology, Web Development, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3 or more years of experience in directly working with the Salesforce product suite, including Sales, Service, and Experience Clouds as a Salesforce developer and administrator.
• 3 or more years of experience in all current Salesforce development languages including Apex, VisualForce, Lightning, SOQL/SOSL, and Omniscript.
• 3 or more years of experience in data reporting tools and at least 1 year using Microsoft or Salesforce reporting tools.
• Knowledge of Cloud Architecture and recent experience developing using PaaS, SaaS, IaaS with focus on scalability, security and integration challenges.
• Current Salesforce Developer Certification.
• Recent experience in building Salesforce Lightning applications.
• Experience with VSCode, Git and Salesforce (SFDX) deployment life cycle.

Supplemental Information

IMPORTANT: To be considered for this position, you MUST include the following, failure to do so will result in your application being disqualified:

1. Completed online application.
2. Current Resume.
3. Letter of Interest describing how you meet the specific qualifications for the position.
4. Three professional references to include a current or recent supervisor with email addresses and phone numbers.

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from job seekers with diverse backgrounds. Honoring diversity, equity and inclusion means that as an agency, and as individuals, we are committed to ensuring that all employees enjoy a respectful, safe, and supportive working environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.  You are welcome to include your name and gender pronouns in your application, to ensure we address you appropriately throughout the application process.

For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email 

hr****@lc*.gov











 or call (360) 664.1720. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.

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Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 80,000 - 100,000.

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