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IT APPLICATIONS SPECIALIST 1

Salary

$4,770.00 - $8,589.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

ETH-ITAPPSPEC1-053025

Department

Ethics Administration

Opening Date

05/30/2025

Closing Date

6/13/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

At Ethics Administration, we strive to achieve compliance by governmental officials, public employees, candidates and lobbyists, and provide public access to disclosed information.

The mission of the Ethics Administration Program is to provide staff support for the Louisiana Board of Ethics, which administers and enforces Louisiana’s conflicts of interest legislation, campaign finance disclosure requirements, lobbyist registration, and disclosure laws. The Board of Ethics also ensures compliance by governmental officials, public employees, candidates, and lobbyists and provides public access to disclosed information.

The Information Technology Applications Specialist 1 will be responsible for developing, administering, and supporting various Ethics Administration applications, including systems for campaign finance, personal financial disclosures, online payments, and ethics training. This position requires strong technical expertise, collaboration with staff and public users, and the ability to maintain and improve key IT systems to ensure smooth operation and enhanced functionality.

This position may be filled by job appointment, probational appointment (probation in lieu of promotion), detail to special duty, or non-competitive reemployment.

Selected candidate may be required to serve a probational appointment of up to two years.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their applications to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Louisiana is a State as Model Employer (SAME) for individuals with disabilities.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Izzy Piland

Human Resources

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

[email protected]

Minimum Qualifications

Six years of experience in information technology; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus four years of experience in information technology; OR

An associate's degree in information technology plus four years of experience in information technology; OR

A bachelor’s degree plus four years of experience in information technology; OR

A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics field plus three years of experience in information technology; OR

A master’s degree plus three years of experience in information technology.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

NOTE:

A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion, provided the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.

Job Duties and Other Information

+ Application Development & Administration: Develop, administer, and provide technical expertise in the execution of critical IT systems, including the Campaign Finance Online Filing System, Personal Financial Disclosure Online Filing System, Online Payments System, and Ethics Training Portal. Lead efforts in application development and cloud-based or third-party system integration.

+ Stakeholder Engagement & System Evaluation: Work closely with staff from Ethics, Training, Campaign Finance, and Personal Financial Disclosure departments to gather feedback and recommend software improvements. Prepare technical reports, training materials, and documentation for system users.

+ Systems Maintenance & Performance: Perform routine maintenance of application systems, including security updates, performance enhancements, and user interface improvements, to ensure smooth functionality and integration of all Ethics Administration IT systems.

+ Training & Support: Provide training to lower-level IT personnel and assist public users with troubleshooting issues related to electronic data filing and online training systems.

+ Troubleshooting & Vendor Liaison: Respond to troubleshooting requests related to application systems. Serve as a liaison between IT vendors, technology users, and the Ethics Administration management team to ensure efficient communication and support.

+ Software Usage: Designs, codes, compiles, tests, debugs, modifies and documents new and existing complex mission-critical applications and data solutions. Develops programs within accepted standards, procedures, and guidelines. Knowledge of Business rules, T-SQL, VB.NET or C#, SQL Tools, and Visual Studio essential. Web Development knowledge useful.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Successful completion of twenty-four (24) semester hours in specialized coursework along with a completed bachelor's degree can reduce the amount of experience required to qualify for this position but is not required. Have you successfully completed twenty-four (24) semester hours in one or a combination of the following fields: information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics?

+ Yes

+ No

02

If you answered yes to the previous question, you are required to list the courses below in order to receive qualifying credit. Please list the course name, how many semester hours earned and what institution you took the class at. "See transcript" is not an acceptable answer- you must list the courses here in the following format: Example: Computer Science 1001- Intro to computer science- 3 hours- LSU If you answered no to the previous question, simply type N/A for this question.

03

A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion. Please list all certifications you would like to receive qualifying credit for in the space below. If you do not possess any certifications, you may simply type N/A.

04

How many years of experience do you have using Visual Studios to develop web applications? If you have no experience in this, simply type "none" or "N/A."

05

Give an example of a web application in which you played an integral development role. If you do not have an example, simply type N/A.

06

How many years of experience do you have using MS SQL to create new databases, maintain existing databases, and develop queries to utilize the data in ways needed by various stakeholders? if none, simply type N/A.

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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