Career Opportunity

Bulletin
SENIOR PROGRAMMER ANALYST
(OIT-DHHS)

CODE: 0866 PAY GRADE: 27 ($50,772.80 - $68,931.20/annually)*

Includes a 15% recruitment and retention salary adjustment and eligibility for a 5% annual
training bonus.

Maine State Government is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Diverse candidates

encouraged to apply. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities
upon request.

OPENING DATE: December 9, 2010 CLOSING DATE: December 27, 2010

PURPOSE OF ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Office of Information Technology currently has a vacancy for a Senior Programmer Analyst within
its Health and Human Services team (OIT/DHHS). This group provides information technology support
for nearly 4,000 employees in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). This
technology team focuses on all aspects of applications, ranging from smaller, unit-based systems to
enterprise-wide database management systems. These all enable DHHS to provide efficient services to
approximately 250,000 Maine residents.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
More specifically, this position will be focused on the Data Hub supporting the Office of MaineCare
Services and the MMIS application. This position requires strong Java and PL/SQL experience.
Familiarity with SubVersion and the Mercury Quality Center is preferred. This position will act as a
liaison with interface systems, both internal and external to the State. This position will need to be
proficient in resolving defects and the implementation of change requests. Employees in this
classification are competent to work at the highest technical level in all phases of programming
activities for large-scale, complex application systems; and serve as technical advisors to other data
processing staff. The most important aspects of this classification are the translation of logical designs
into effective technical solutions and the correction of highly complex programming problems.
Supervision may be exercised over other data processing staff. Work is performed under limited
supervision. This position is located in Augusta.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
In order to qualify, you must have five (5) years of computer programming experience utilizing higher
level languages including two (2) years at the Programmer Analyst level or equivalent. A Masters
Degree in Computer Science may be substituted for one (1) year of programming experience.

APPLICATION INFORMATION:
You must submit a direct hire application form available at the Division of Financial &
Personnel Services in Augusta, all Maine Career Center Offices, and on the Division of
Financial & Personnel Services web page at http://www.maine.gov/fps/opportunities . The
completed application, attached supplemental, and a copy of your resume must be
submitted by the closing date to: Julie Cotnoir, Personnel Specialist, Division of Financial &
Personnel Services, 74 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0074, Telephone (207) 624-
7417. For additional information about this position please contact Cynthia Hopkins,
Application Director for Health and Human Services at (207) 592-2191.

Value of State paid Dental Insurance: $13.42 bi-weekly

*Value of State-paid Health Insurance

Level 1: 100% State Contribution (employee pays nothing): $363.77 bi-weekly

Level 2: 95% State Contribution (employee pays 5%): $345.58 biweekly
Level 3: 90% State Contribution (employee pays 10%): $327.39 biweekly
Level 4: 85% State Contribution (employee pays 15%): $309.20 biweekly

* The level of the actual value of state paid Health Insurance will be based on the employee's
wage rate and status with regard to the health credit premium program as of July 1, 2010.
Value of State's share of employee retirement contribution = 14.94% of salary for BU position; 19.94% of salary for X
position.

Skills Matrix – This must be included with your application.

Directions: Applicants must complete the following skills matrix and attach it to their application form. Please
check the appropriate box indicating your skill according to the following criteria:

None (leave blank) I have no training or experience related to this area.

Beginner I have limited experience/training in this area, I am not able to apply this
skill independently.
Competent/experienced I have considerable skill in this area and apply this skill independently.
Expert I have excellent skills in this area and serve as a resource to others

Beginner Competent/Experienced Expert

Application software/environment
Oracle
SQL
PL/SQL
Subversion
JAVA
J2EE
UNIX
HTML
.NET
Visual Basic
ASP
COGNOS

Enterprise-level technical skill sets

Application development
Debugging/problem resolution
Systems testing
System documentation/technical writing

Other skill sets

Health and Human Services experience
Data Warehouse/Decision Support
Systems
Experience in customer service.
Experience working as part of a team.