Requisition No: 870025
Agency: Financial Services
Working Title: APPLICATION SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER II (PENDING RECLASS) - 43004883
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 43004883
Salary: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00
Posting Closing Date: 02/25/2026
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*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****
CLASS TITLE: APPLICATION SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER II (PENDING RECLASS)
DIVISION: OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BUREAU: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
CITY: TALLAHASSEE
COUNTY: LEON
SPECIAL NOTES:
Four (4) years of experience in a Computer Science or Information Technology-related field, such as cybersecurity, programming, computer science, engineering or similar is required. A post-secondary degree in those fields may be used as an alternative for the years of experience on a year-for-year basis.
Additional requirements:
Preference
This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.
This position may be required to occasionally perform duties other than those listed on the position description.
Salary Range: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00 Annually
Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.
Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.
REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
Designs, develops, tests, and implements new application systems and enhancements to existing systems. Assist in support of the application development and production environments. Design non-functional prototypes of software and websites. Perform analysis; facilitate resolution or correct performance related problems with applications. Design and develop technical specifications, provide the best solution for the new enhancement and ongoing maintenance. Maintain, enhance, and/or develop supported applications in approved development language and platforms in accordance with division processes. Perform production code builds and help resolve problems related to code deployments as needed.
Conducts advanced systems analysis to define requirements, prepare specifications, and develop program logic. Collaborates with stakeholders, business analysts, technical teams and project managers to ensure system solutions meet program requirements. Estimate and prioritize application changes, ensuring that all authorized changes are thoroughly documented, reviewed, and accepted by the business area. Gathers metrics, troubleshoot issues, and monitor navigation and functionality for internal and external web sites.
Communicate regularly with team members, OIT management, and business areas as to the status of assignments, and proposed and current projects. Conducts code reviews and ensures compliance with agency programming standards, security policies, and best practices. Creates and maintains documentation (including security, infrastructure, versions, setup/configure, etc.), procedures and manuals on all supported systems. Evaluates emerging technologies and provides recommendations for system improvements or modernization. Participates in application security assessments and implements corrective measures as required.
Serve as contact for system users in the area of secured access to internal system applications. Provides technical leadership and guidance to lower-level programmers and analyst staff.
Perform other related duties as required.
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
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