About Us:

The mission of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is to provide statewide leadership of a high-quality mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery system that is effective and valued by all Ohioans.

OhioMHAS Values:

• Contribute and Collaborate
• Serve Compassionately
• Deliver Quality
• Be Accountable

At OhioMHAS we strive to attract and sustain a diverse workforce by recruiting, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing employees who work collaboratively to balance efforts toward providing prevention and recovery supports and fostering inclusion that inspires innovation, encourages respect and promotes unlimited success.

OhioMHAS Information Services is the technology arm of the third largest cabinet level agency in the state of Ohio. We support more than 3,200 employees within six regional inpatient behavioral health hospitals, Ohio Pharmacy Services, and Central Office. We develop and support technology for several critical business solutions used by the agency as well as by county and local behavioral health care providers across the state.

As a Software Development Specialist 4 (Primary technology: .Net Framework, Secondary Technology: SQL) at OhioMHAS, many opportunities are offered to impact family, friends, and the residents of the State of Ohio. We are a close-knit community of IT staff and develop applications which allow mental health and addiction providers to serve our community in need. Our applications support, regulate, fund, and collect data to allow our organization the ability to respond to those in crisis as well as those needing continuity of care.

At OhioMHAS, our IT staff is motivated by the agency's mission, and we are accepting applications for one Software Development Specialist 4 position within the Office of Information Technology, headquartered at the James Rhodes State Office Tower, 30 East Broad Street, 33rd Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

What You'll Do:

Job responsibilities will include:

• Works with IT Architecture staff, CIO, and/or IT Managers to design solutions that meet the agency's requirements.
• Assists analysis of the solution design's business case.
• Seeks to develop expertise in leading complex initiatives and knowledge of organizational improvement frameworks.
• Seeks to develop expertise in project management methodologies.
• Edits or creates for recommendation and approval enterprise or IT artifacts, including, but not limited to, policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, best practices, and position papers.
• Ensures current and/or future business process flows are defined and documented.
• Conducts detailed alternative analyses and determines end-user requirement(s).
• Consults with end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others.
• Leads design reviews.
• Provides postproduction support for applications varying in size, scope, and impact to agency operations which may include load balancing, failover, and clustering.
• Answers questions on technical topics to assist other technical staff in software development or identifies sources capable of providing answers.
• Presents technical tops to a diverse group.
• Develops pass/fail testing criteria.
• Assesses overall system performance including optimizing code and identifying and resolving peripheral software/hardware conflicts.
• Oversees performance and load testing.
• Finalizes implementation of plans, procedures, and schedules.
• Conducts lessons learned (testing perspective) and coordinates improvements to enterprise testing processes.
• Understands technical environments and impacts on software execution in order to identify environmental components to be reviewed for adequacy.
• Recommends software reusability guidelines.
• Plans and conducts formal mentorship activities for peers and/or lower-level staff via verbal instruction or technical documentation.

Currently teleworking up to 90% of the time, subject to change.

What's in it for you:

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:

Medical Coverage

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the available Ohio Med plans.

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

• Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period . Length of eligibility period is dependent on union representation.

Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave

Employee Development Funds

• The State of Ohio offers a variety of educational and professional development funding that varies based on whether you are a union-exempt employee or a union-represented employee.

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee's salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.

Deferred Compensation

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.

Qualifications
The following are the minimum qualifications for this position. For further consideration, applicants must clearly identify how qualifications are met within the education and/or experience sections of the application.

The ideal candidate, at minimum, must have the following:

Alternative 1:

• 60 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: providing solutions design, developing project plans with project manager or recommending approach through defining tasks and/or leading meetings relating to programs for computer applications including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.

Alternative 2:

• Or completion of associate core program in computer science or information systems; 42 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: providing solutions design, developing project plans with project manager or recommending approach through defining tasks and/or leading meetings relating to programs for computer applications including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.

Alternative 3:

• Or completion of undergraduate core program in computer science or information systems; 36 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: providing solutions design, developing project plans with project manager or recommending approach through defining tasks and/or leading meetings relating to programs for computer applications including 12 mos. work experience in the primary technology as specified by the agency position description & job posting.

Alternative 4:

• Or equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.

Note: The official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect the required, primary technology directly relating to the duties of the position. only those applicants possessing the experience in the required, primary technology listed in the position description & job posting are to be considered for any vacancies posted. The job posting must list the required technology commensurate with the position in question.

Job Skills: Software Development/Implementation
Technical Skills: Information Technology, Software development/implementation
Professional Skills: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Customer Focus, Written Communication