Salary: $97,356.00 - $130,992.00 Annually
Location : Thurston County - Olympia, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Non-Permanent
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number:
Department: Dept of Children, Youth, and Families
Division: Information Technology
Opening Date: 06/29/2026
Closing Date: 7/12/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Description
Job Title: IT Application Development (Senior/Specialist) Non-Permanent

Location: Olympia WA, Thurston County (Flexible/Hybrid)

Closes: July 12th, 2026

Salary: $97,356.00 - $130,992.00 Annually
*This position is non-perm with the intent of making permanent in 2027.
The Opportunity:

As the Development Team Supervisor, you will lead and support teams responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining mission-critical applications that help advance DCYF's mission of protecting children and strengthening families. This role provides leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality, secure, and reliable technology solutions while overseeing project delivery, system enhancements, and application support. The position also partners with DevOps teams to streamline deployments, ensures compliance with state and federal technology standards, and supports disaster recovery and business continuity efforts.
Some of what you will get to do:

• Creating, Designing, developing, upgrading, maintaining, enhancing, testing and replacing existing mission critical 24/7 operations type applications
• Managing three distinct technical architectures (Unisys, IBM and SQL) and the processes that move information between them.
• Participates in iterative process improvements regarding the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC.)
• Designs, develops, maintains and troubleshoots interfaces with business partners (state agencies as well as third party.)
• Recommends, designs, and develops technical solutions.
• Decomposes high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements,
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex application, interface and data related issues.
• Monitors health and function of applications, reacts and responds to problems.
• Resolves incidents for stakeholders, customers, and partners by pragmatically working through the incident's possible origins until a cause is identified and mitigated or resolved.
• Oversees 1 IT Application Development position (senior level) and 4 IT Contract positions in performing day-to-day application development activities.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or business/public administration with 9 semester or 15 quarter hours of computer science courses;
AND

Seven (7) years of progressively more complex problem solving as a developer designing, developing or maintaining large-scale applications with mission critical business functions using COBOL, ECL, SSG, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Knockout, JQuery, Ninject, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, Reporting Services, MS SQL Server, Microsoft .NET C#, Transact Structured Query Language (TSQL), and Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML).
*Consultative, administrative, or supervisory experience in information technology analysis, system maintenance, or troubleshooting/problem resolution experience, or analyzing, designing, or programming computer systems applications or databases will substitute for education on the basis of one year of experience for two years of education;
OR

An associate's degree or completion of an accredited vocational training program in an information technology or related program
AND

Six (6) years of consultative, administrative, or supervisory experience in information technology analysis, system maintenance, or troubleshooting/problem resolution experience, or analyzing, designing, or programming computer systems applications or databases AND Seven (7) years of progressively more complex problem solving as a developer designing, developing or maintaining large-scale applications with mission critical business functions using COBOL, ECL, SSG, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Knockout, JQuery, Ninject, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, Reporting Services, MS SQL Server, Microsoft .NET C#, Transact Structured Query Language (TSQL), and Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML).

*Can be earned concurrently

AND

• The ability to take action to learn and grow
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

*Consultative, administrative, or supervisory experience in information technology analysis, system maintenance, or troubleshooting/problem resolution experience, or analyzing, designing, or programming computer systems applications or databases will substitute for education on the basis of one year of experience for two years of education;
Additional Qualifications:

• Expert knowledge of application development principles, concepts, technologies, current industry standards and the Microsoft technology stack including.
• Windows, Visual Studio, IIS, .NET C#, SQL, TFS, SharePoint, etc. This expert knowledge is gained through five or more years of experience.
• Working knowledge of Agile values and principles as they apply to application development.
• Working knowledge of Scrum development methodologies, artifacts and traditions.
• Working knowledge of DevOps concepts.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment where IT assets and data are subject to a broad range of State and federal information security requirements and regulations.
• Working knowledge of DevOps concepts

*All experience may be gained concurrently.
How do I apply?Complete your applicant profile on careers.wa.gov and attach the following documents:

• Current resume detailing experience and education.
• Letter of Interest that details how you meet the qualifications for the position.

Supplemental Information:

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington's children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment or if you would like to request an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, contact Cole Alford (Talent Acquisition Specialist) at [email protected]. If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at (855)524-5627 or [email protected].
More than Just a Paycheck!
Employee benefits are not just about the kind of services you get, they are also about how much you may have to pay out of pocket. Washington State offers one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation.

We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career. Like everyone, your first priority is ensuring that you and your family will maintain health and financial security. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package. We have a selection of health and retirement plans, paid leave, staff training and other compensation benefits that you can mix and match to meet your current and future needs.

Read about our benefits:
The following information describes typical benefits available for full-time employees who are expected to work more than six months. Actual benefits may vary by appointment type or be prorated for other than full-time work (e.g. part-time); view the job posting for benefits details for job types other than full-time.

Note: If the position offers benefits which differ from the following, the job posting should include the specific benefits.

Insurance Benefits
Employees and their families are covered by medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance. There are multiple medical plans with affordable monthly premiums that offer coverage throughout the state.

Staff are eligible to enroll each year in a medical flexible spending account which enables them to use tax-deferred dollars toward their health care expenses. Employees are also covered by basic life and long-term disability insurance, with the option to purchase additional coverage amounts.

To view premium rates, coverage choice in your area and how to enroll, please visit the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) website. The Washington Wellness program from the Health Care Authority works with PEBB to support our workplace wellness programs.

Dependent care assistance allows the employee to save pre-tax dollars for a child or elder care expenses.

Other insurance coverage for auto, boat, home, and renter insurance is available through payroll deduction.

The Washington State Employee Assistance Program promotes the health and well-being of employees.

Retirement and Deferred Compensation
State Employees are members of the Washington Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). New employees have the option of two employer contributed retirement programs. For additional information, check out the Department of Retirement Systems' web site.

Employees also have the ability to participate in the Deferred Compensation Program (DCP). This is a supplemental retirement savings program (similar to an IRA) that allows you control over the amount of pre-tax salary dollars you defer as well as the flexibility to choose between multiple investment options.

Social Security
All state employees are covered by the federal Social Security and Medicare systems. The state and the employee pay an equal amount into the system.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness
If you are employed by a government or not-for-profit organization, and meet the qualifying criteria, you may be eligible to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Holidays
Full-time and part-time employees are entitled to paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year.

Note: Employees who are members of certain Unions may be entitled to additional personal leave day(s), please refer to position specific Collective Bargaining Agreements for more information.

Full-time employees who work full monthly schedules qualify for holiday compensation if they are employed before the holiday and are in pay status for at least 80 nonovertime hours during the month of the holiday; or for the entire work shift preceding the holiday.

Part-time employees who are in pay status during the month of the holiday qualify for the holiday on a pro-rata basis. Compensation for holidays (including personal holiday) will be proportionate to the number of hours in pay status in the month to that required for full-time employment, excluding all holiday hours. Pay status includes hours worked and time on paid leave.

Sick Leave
Full-time employees earn eight hours of sick leave per month. Overtime eligible employees who are in pay status for less than 80 hours per month, earn a monthly proportionate to the number of hours in pay status, in the month to that required for full-time employment. Overtime exempt employees who are in pay status for less than 80 hours per month do not earn a monthly accrual of sick leave.

Sick leave accruals for part-time employees will be proportionate to the number of hours in pay status, in the month to that required for full-time employment. Pay status includes hours worked, time on paid leave and paid holiday.

Vacation (Annual Leave)
Full-time employees accrue vacation leave at the rates specified in (1) or the applicable collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Full-time employees who are in pay status for less than 80 nonovertime hours in a month do not earn a monthl