Salary : $99,300.00 - $133,608.00 Annually
Location : Thurston County - Olympia, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Remote Employment: Remote Optional
Job Number:Department: Health Care Authority
Division: ETS
Opening Date: 09/09/2026
Closing Date: 9/23/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Salary Information: The high end of the salary range, Step M is typically a longevity step
Description IT Application Development - Sr/Spec (ITAD-SS/ETS)71115338Help build the future of Washington's healthcare systems as a Senior .NET Project Lead at the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA). Lead full-stack development for the Medicaid and CHIP Quality Rating System from architecture to production.
All HCA employees will apply an equity lens to their work, which may include but is not limited to all analyses of core business and processes.
About the position:This position serves as a professional, technical senior/specialist and project lead for cross-functional (full stack) .NET application and database development for ADS. As a project lead for the Medicaid and CHIP Quality Rating System project, this position leads and provides technical expertise, direction and technical oversight for all: front-end, middle-tier and, back-end development activities. This position will provide support and maintenance work once the system has launched into production. This ADS project lead position serves as HCA's applications architect for initial ideation, development, support, and enhancements. The position is responsible for leadership and advanced-level applications development expertise for programmers. Responsibility includes all aspects of software development lifecycle (SDLC), resulting in database software solutions in order to support a broad organizational scope with focus on development and deployment of systems supporting:
- The agency's 13 divisions' IT business solutions, specifically the Medicaid and CHIP Quality Rating System project.
- Maintaining and providing support for the Medicaid and CHIP Quality Rating System once it has been operationalized.
- Mission-critical functions for HCA line-of-business programs that operate 24x7 and have Federal and/or State mandates.
- Legal or financial time-sensitive customer and public support functions.
- High-impact systems that span agency-wide, multiple agency, or state-wide and public-facing applications that serve Washington state residents that seek to purchase a firearm.
This position is eligible to telework and is typically not required to report on-site.The default assigned work location of all Health Care Authority (HCA) positions - both on-site and telework eligible positions - is within the State of Washington. This position reports to Olympia, WA. Frequency of onsite work will vary based on business and operational needs.
All agency employees are required to report on-site in Olympia on their first and last days of employment to pick up and return state-issued equipment, regardless of telework status or location. DutiesSome of what you will do:- Independently and with considerable discretion, apply highly specialized technical skills and senior/specialist knowledge in application and systems development to design, develop, test, implement, and modify/maintain the database and model-driven application architecture solutions for high-risk, high-visibility multi-dimensional web-enabled information systems built with Microsoft C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Razor, Entity Framework, LINQ, JavaScript/JQuery, Bootstrap, Microsoft SQL Server RDBMS, Transact-SQL, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Power BI and RESTful API web technologies.
- Apply comprehensive advanced level software development and analysis skills to evaluate software architecture patterns, object-oriented design concepts and abstraction techniques, coding languages, view model technologies, OLTP database modeling and design, query languages, entity modeling, performance tuning, and security best practices and standards, to make sound solution decisions for building information technology systems.
- Exercise advanced technical proficiency in utilizing multiple and disparate technology system Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to perform systems integration for development of end-to-end workflow solutions to meet strategic service-oriented agency automation needs.
- Serve as a primary software architect and technical consultant on the architectural design of complex multi-user agency-wide and public-facing database application systems, application programming interfaces, new data models, including relational database design and normalization, and data integration solutions.
- Provide guidance on industry direction and new capabilities/emerging technologies to determine applicability to the information systems that are supported.
- Lead technical demos of research and development test projects to demonstrate proof of concepts.
QualificationsRequired qualifications:This experience can be concurrent:
- Five (5) years' experience with applications development with Microsoft Visual Studio, C# and .NET technologies, including software design patterns, Microsoft SQL Server, including relational database design and modeling, writing TSQL queries, developing Microsoft SQL Reporting Services and Microsoft SQL Integration Services solutions.
- Two (2) years' experience with Software Development Lifecycle Management (SDLC).
- One (1) year experience in addressing application development security protocols and standards.
- One (1) year experience being directly involved with Agile / Scrum methodology practices.
Qualifying candidates will also meet
one of the following criteria options:
Option 1:
- Master's degree in IT, Computer Science, or an IT related field.
- Three (3) years of progressive (continuing to grow professionally) professional IT experience such as:
- Consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, installing and/or maintaining computer software applications, hardware, or network infrastructure equipment.
- Directing IT projects.
- Providing customer or technical support in IT.
- Administering or supervising staff who performed work in any of these IT disciplines.
Option 2:
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or IT related field or equivalent.
- Five (5) years of the experience listed above.
Option 3:
- Three (3) years as a Journey Level IT Professional in State Government performing the experience listed above.
Option 4:
- Nine (9) years performing the experience listed above.
Required competencies:- The ability to take action to learn and grow.
- The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.
- Working-level knowledge of serving as a project lead and associated responsibilities.
- Advanced knowledge, skill and ability in relational database design and development.
- Advanced knowledge, skill and ability in C# programming and ASP.NET solution development.
- Knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint Online and beyond, Azure DevOps Server 2020 and beyond, Internet Information Server 10 and beyond, HTML 5, CSS, Agile/Scrum, Lean and ITIL concepts.
- Proficient with the software development life cycle (SDLC), developing and documenting user requirements, project charters, testing strategies and user test scripts.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Preferred qualifications:- Experience designing, developing, testing, implementing, and managing large scale development and integration projects.
How to apply:Only candidates who reflect the minimum qualifications on their NEOGOV profile will be considered. Failure to follow the application instructions below may lead to disqualification.
To apply for this position, you will need to complete your profile which includes three professional references and attach in separate files:- A cover letter that specifically addresses how you meet the qualifications for this position
- Current resume
To take advantage of
veteran preference, please do the following:
- Attach a copy of your DD214 (Member 4 long-form copy), NGB 22, or USDVA signed verification of service letter.
- Please black out any PII (personally identifiable information) data such as social security numbers. Include your name as it appears on your application in careers.wa.gov.
Supplemental Information What we have to offer:- Meaningful work with friendly co-workers who care about those we serve Voices of HCA
- A clear agency mission that drives our work and is person-centered HCA's Mission, Vision & Values
- A healthy work/life balance, including alternative/flexible schedules and mobile work options.
- A great total compensation and benefit package WA State Government Benefits
- A safe, pleasant workplace in a convenient location with restaurants, and shopping nearby.
- And free parking!
Notes:This position is covered by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). Once the listed position(s) is(are) filled, this recruitment announcement may also be used to fill additional position(s) for up to sixty (60) days.
Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment.
