Web Applications Developer

Special Notes:

1. A criminal background check will be conducted prior to offer of employment to determine if the circumstances of any conviction may be related to the job.
2. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires employers to hire only individuals who are eligible to work in the United States. Upon reporting for work, an individual will be expected to present proper evidence establishing employability.
3. Verification of academic degrees will be conducted prior to an offer of employment.

Job Duties:

1. Analyze, design and maintain web applications
• Meet with agency management and staff to define/review/determine feasibility, establish system scope, goals, business requirements, objectives, and perform cost benefit analysis
• Oversee system testing and implementation.
2. Perform complex design and programming activities for web applications
• Develop and oversee detailed web application designs.
• Design, program, test and debug applications to meet Society business needs.
• Provide necessary programming modifications and/or maintenance of applications.
• Oversee internal and external application development to ensure quality and compliance of web applications.
3. Develop and manage business-critical databases
• Develop and maintain Oracle and SQL Server databases.
• Manage database users, including adding, modifying and deleting users.
• Create and maintain all schema objects - tables, views, packages, jobs, functions, triggers, sequences, constraints, indexes, etc.
• Maintain data integrity and correct data problems as needed.
• Migrate users and all user objects from development to production instance.
• Create data exports on request.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with all the following programming languages: ASP, ASP.NET, JavaScript, html/xhtml, CSS 2, XML/XSL.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with all of the following databases: Oracle 10g/PL-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server/T-SQL and Microsoft Access 2000/2003.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with web-based e-commerce processes and systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with web technologies, including XMLHTTP, AJAX, and RSS.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Rapid Application Development tools, including Microsoft Visual Studio Professional.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Oracle Reports 10
• Basic knowledge of PHP, ColdFusion, Perl.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work and frequently interact with small teams from start to finish developing complex web applications.
• Demonstrated ability to self-review efficiency and productivity and to propose new approaches to solving problems.
• Demonstrated ability to be responsive to client requests and questions.
• Demonstrated ability to develop self-maintaining code and processes, comprehensive error checking/logging and user-friendly error pages.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems with applications written in unfamiliar languages.

How To Apply:

Please submit an Application for State Employment form OSER-DMRS-38 (please note that Madison, Wisconsin is located in Dane county – county code 13); a current resume; and a paper (not to exceed three pages) that describes your experience in the following areas 1-3 below. Please label each response 1, 2 or 3. Write clearly and concisely and use examples to support your statements when necessary.

If you omit information requested on this announcement, your application may be rated ineligible. Since the answers to each question will be scored separately, be sure to provide a separate and complete answer for each question. Do not reference your response to one question as the answer for part of any other question - each answer should stand alone. Your responses are considered to be an Examination for this position and will be used to determine your eligibility for this vacancy.

Answer all questions below:

1. What experience do you have with the application development process? Please include the specific stages of the application development process you have actively participated in, the size of development groups you have worked with, and years of experience.
2. What experience do you have developing and maintaining web-based applications? Please describe significant web applications you have developed and a description of your role in developing the application. Please specify the development languages you are currently using to develop applications, the internet technologies you have experience with, and which development tools you have used. Please specify your experience developing and maintaining e-commerce applications.
3. What experience do you have developing and maintaining databases? Please include specific database applications and versions, your experience managing database users and objects, the size of the largest database you developed (number of records), and the development tools you are most familiar with. Also describe your experience maintaining data quality and the methods used to ensure data quality. Finally, describe your experience importing and exporting data from various data formats.

Do not send materials as zip files.

Send completed application materials (via mail, Fax or E-mail) to:

Brian Schroeder, Human Resources Specialist
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706-1482

Phone: 608/264-6409
    Fax: 608/264-6415
E-mail: BrianL.Schroeder@wisconsinhistory.org

Completed materials must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008.

Materials will be evaluated and the most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process. Based upon the Examination results, you may be asked to interview for this position. Please be prepared to provide URLs for current web applications that you have developed or co-developed as part of any interview process. Questions may be directed to Brian Schroeder at 608/264-6409.

The Wisconsin Historical Society is an equal opportunity employer.