IT Application Development - Journey

State of Washington$85K — $115K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field; relevant experience may substitute for education.
  • Three years of experience in ASP.Net, C#.Net, VBScript, and JavaScript programming.
  • Three years of experience using MS SQL with Visual Studio and MS SQL Tools.
  • One year of experience in Salesforce as a developer or system administrator.
  • Desired: Bachelor's degree in relevant fields and two years of experience in Salesforce and other technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement software applications, ensuring adherence to agency practices.
  • Assist in DBA roles, managing user accounts and maintaining database integrity.
  • Support the programming and quality assurance of agency reports and queries involving SOQL and Salesforce.
  • Write and maintain documentation for all development processes and standards.
  • Adapt existing code to meet compliance and performance standards.

Benefits

  • Flexible/Hybrid work environment with required onsite presence during training.
  • Opportunity for skill development in diverse technologies and platforms.
  • Access to resources for career growth and ongoing training.
  • Participation in a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.
  • Engagement with a collaborative team focused on enhancing agency operations.
Full Job Description
Salary: $85,800.00 - $115,416.00 Annually
Location : Thurston County - Olympia, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number:
Department: Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals
Opening Date: 09/18/2026
Closing Date: 10/4/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Description
Washington state residency is required upon hire.

Duties

About the Position
This position is a member of a five-person application development team. Duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Application development, design, coding, testing, and implementation. Knowledge of the agency's primary application, database structure, and agency business practices is required to answer questions about reports, troubleshoot user problems, create and maintain templates, and support processes and applications that interface with the agency's primary business application.
  • Backup Database Administrator (DBA) - Assist DBA supporting test and production environments for all databases, performing routine administrative tasks such as resetting user passwords, permission changes, and creating new users. Maintain MS SQL scripts.
  • SQL/SOQL Reports and Queries - Assists with programming, maintenance, quality assurance, troubleshooting, and support for agency reports, ad-hoc queries, and Public Disclosure Requests using SOQL, Salesforce Report Writer, Apex scripting, and MS SQL.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
  • Associate's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field. Relevant work experience may substitute, year for year, for the required education.
  • Three (3) years of experience programming in ASP.Net, C#.Net, VBScript, and JavaScript.
  • Three (3) years of experience in MS SQL using Visual Studio and MS SQL Tools.
  • One (1) year of experience in Salesforce as a developer or system administrator.
The experience may have been gained concurrently.

Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
  • At least two (2) years of experience programming in Salesforce, and Salesforce system administration.
  • At least two (2) years of experience programming in DocuSign CLM.
  • At least two (2) years of experience programming in MuleSoft.

Job-Specific Competencies
Demonstrated ability to:
  • Serve as backup database and backup system administrator for Salesforce and Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Program and develop applications and templates using Salesforce, DocuSign CLM, MS Word, PowerBuilder, VB Script, VB.net, C#, ASP.net, JavaScript, and HTML.
  • Review and rewrite previously written code in compliance with specifications and standards.
  • Provide adequate, simple, and easy-to-follow documentation of all essential items.
  • Develop and maintain queries and reports using Salesforce Report Writer, SOQL, and Apex Scripting.
BIIA Core Competencies
  • Accountability: Takes responsibility for own actions and can be relied upon to achieve excellent results with little oversight.
  • Adaptability to Changing Needs/Flexibility: Embraces changing business needs and adapts approach, goals, and methods to achieve success.
  • Customer Focus: Builds and maintains internal and external customer satisfaction with the services offered by the organization.
  • Diversity and Inclusion: Recognizes the value of cultural, ethnic, gender and other individual differences. Understands differences in and responds appropriately to others.
  • Effective Respectful Communications: In a respectful manner, conveys clear messages that are effective in communicating information and ideas with others.
  • Ethics and Integrity: Earns trust, respect, and confidence of coworkers and customers through honesty, candor, and professionalism in all interactions.
  • Relationship Building: Builds constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of teamwork, cooperation and mutual regard.
  • Safety Focus: Adheres to all workplace safety laws, regulations, standards and practices.
Statewide Equity Competencies
  • The ability to take action to learn and grow: Takes responsibility for knowing their own strengths and weaknesses and uses their learning to make government programs and processes more efficient and effective to serve all in Washington.
  • The ability to take action to meet the needs of others: Flexible, adaptable, customer-service focused, and willing and able to empathetically respond to the unique needs of the people they work with and serve.


Supplemental Information

Notes:
  1. This is a hybrid position. Working from the Olympia is required for at least three days per week during the onboarding/training period. Washington State residency is required upon hire.
  2. Extended hours and/or work on weekends/holidays may be required if the need arises.
  3. Travel is required on occasion to the eight BIIA facilities around the state, and to attend training and meetings.
  4. This position is included in the bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees.
Application Process:
Interested candidates must apply on-line and attachthe following:
  • A cover letter specifying how you meet the qualifications listed above (no more than two pages).
  • A current resume.
  • A list of at least three professional references.
Please attach the required documents in the "provide attachment" section of the online application (we won't have access to the references on your online application). Only applicants who meet the required qualifications and submit all of the required documents by the closing date will be considered.

Questions? If you have any questions about the position or application process, please contact Christy Sterling, Human Resources Manager, at (360) 753-6823, ext. 1123 or [email protected].

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