State of Maryland

A State Retirement Agency (SRA) Database Developer III is a lead/advanced level of work developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining data driven solutions and supporting technologies. Employees may learn to utilize scripting and other programming languages to facilitate agency data persistence as it relates to web applications, system integrations, data workflows and other data operations. Database developers interact with other database developers, database administrators and Database Developers. They may also be required to collaborate with stakeholders and contributors on project activities. Employees in this classification do not supervise other positions.

Employees in this classification receive general supervision from a SRA Database Administrator Manager.

Positions in this classification are evaluated using the classification job evaluation methodology, which involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of this classification specification.

The SRA Database Developer III is differentiated from the SRA Database Developer II in that the SRA Database Developer III either assigns, reviews and approves the work of and trains SRA Database Developers or is the subject matter expert of a single solution’s data artifacts and integrations. The SRA Database Developer III is differentiated from the SRA Database Developer IV in that the SRA Database Developer IV performs expert level of work as the subject matter expert of two or more solutions and supporting technologies.

When functioning at the Lead Level:

Assigns, reviews and approves the work of lower-level SRA Database Developers;

Trains lower-level SRA Database Developers;

When functioning at the Advanced level:

Is the subject matter expert of a single solution’s data artifacts and integrations;

When functioning at both levels:

Designs, codes, tests and documents data driven operations;

Generate new or modify existing reports from different types of data stores;

Balances usability, security, maintainability, extensibility, availability, scalability, and portability of data solutions;

Develops understanding and proficiency with intelligent document processing technologies utilized by the agency;

Remains up to date on innovations in data development best practice and technologies to incorporate into new and existing efforts;

Prepares detailed specifications;

Develops conceptual designs and prototypes;

Implements authorization and authentication in new data solutions;

Develops strategies for protecting Personally Identifiable In formation (PII) leveraging best practice and technologies;

Performs cost benefit and feasibility analyses;

Participates in development of information technology (IT) policies, security controls, disaster recovery, and standard operating procedures;

Participates in separation of concerns as outlined in SRA policy in terms of code creation, code reviews and deployment;

Performs other related duties.

Knowledge of line-of-business programs, their respective missions, and the role of information technology;

Knowledge of System Development Life Cycle;

Knowledge of computer operating systems, computer networks, hosted and cloud-based solutions;

Knowledge of change management and separation of duties;

Knowledge of relational databases;

Skill in using data development supporting technologies;

Skill in developing in agency core data programming languages;

Skill in working with reporting and supporting technologies;

Skill in applying authorization and authentication;

Skill in building and maintaining custom solutions;

Ability to analyze organizational needs, architect business solutions, and monitor/administer systems/software to optimize performance;

Ability to use acquired institutional knowledge to achieve organizational efficiencies;

Ability to troubleshoot data solutions;

Ability to develop software in an agile environment.

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Four years of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining data driven operations and reporting using generally accepted scripting and other programming languages with supporting technologies.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other information technology related field for up to two years of the required experience.

2. Candidates may substitute an Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other information technology related field for up to one year of the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute six credit hours of coursework in data persistence and development using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for six months of the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute experience in one of the following areas: operating computers, scheduling, controlling input and output or maintaining backups or data storage, processing data on computers, evaluating, implementing and maintaining hardware and software, on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

5. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in Data Persistence Programming classifications or Data Persistence Programming specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

Employees in this classification may be subject to call-in 24 hours a day and, therefore, may be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where the employee can be reached. Employees may be furnished with a pager or cell phone.

Applicants for this classification may handle sensitive data. This will require a full scope background investigation prior to appointment. A criminal conviction may be grounds for rejection of the applicant.

Employees may occasionally be required to travel to field locations and must have access to an automobile in the event a state vehicle cannot be provided. Standard mileage allowance will be paid for use of a privately owned vehicle.

Class specifications are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System. All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions. Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit, as indicated by the designation of S (Supervisor), M (Manager), T (Agency Head), U (Board or Commission Member), W (Student), X (Used by Agency or Excluded by Executive Order), or Z (Confidential). As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded collective bargaining. Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.