WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Respect. Professionalism. Integrity. Accountability.
IT Application Development Supervisor
It App Development - Senior/Specialist
Salary Consideration:
Range 08IT, Step A is $97,356 per year and Step L is $127,788. The high end of the salary range, Step M, is $130,992, and is typically a longevity step. All employees progress to Step M six (6) years after being assigned to Step L in their permanent salary range.
This recruitment is open until August 23, 2026, at 11:59 pm.
The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) reserves the right to make a hiring decision and/or choose to close or extend this recruitment at any given time after seven (7) days from the date posted. Applications for this recruitment could be used to fill comparable positions that open within the next 60 days.
The Opportunity:
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) seeks to fill the role of IT Application Development Supervisor within the Information Services section of the Administrative Services Division to provide technical expertise and development support for the commission’s digital services, including enterprise application modernization, system maintenance, database integration, and the implementation of new software features. The position is responsible for designing, coding, testing, and deploying software components that align with the agency’s mission and statewide technical standards.
This position has direct responsibility for managing the IT development and business analyst staff, and the section’s budget applicable to agency IT development and maintenance for all business applications. In addition, this position is a member of the agency’s extended leadership team.
Hybrid:
Although this is a hybrid opportunity, the successful incumbent must reside within Washington state and must be available to report to the Lacey, Washington headquarters building when needed.
Travel:
Local travel, mostly within Thurston County, may be required to attend training and meetings.
Our Mission:
To protect the people of Washington by ensuring that investor-owned utility and transportation services are safe, equitable, available, reliable, and fairly priced.
Vision:
We strive to achieve equitable and fair outcomes for both consumers and regulated companies. We prioritize inclusion and belonging in the workplace.
For more information about our benefits or working at UTC, please visit our website.
What We Offer Our Employees:
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UTC fosters an environment of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, while striving to hire and retain a workforce from the communities we serve.
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We place importance on a healthy balance between personal and professional lives; offering flexible work schedules, wellness programs, and mobile/telework opportunities.
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Through the state, our employees (and their families) are offered options for medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance.
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We offer enrollment into the state retirement programs and a deferred compensation plan.
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Full-time and part-time employees are entitled to paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year.
Some of What You’ll Do:
The main purpose of this position is to provide professional-level software development, systems analysis, and technical support for the agency’s business applications and digital services. This role is responsible for designing, coding, testing, and implementing software solutions that adhere to enterprise-wide policies, security standards, and architectural frameworks. This position contributes to the modernization of legacy systems, supports the integration of new technologies, and ensures the continuous functionality of critical applications that align with agency and statewide operational goals.
Additional tasks include:
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Define the tools, practices, patterns, procedures, policies, and methods used by the application development staff to build and maintain applications, including mission-critical, high-risk applications.
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Interview, hire, assign, direct work, coach, evaluate, and discipline IS staff engaged in application development and maintenance.
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Manage the maintenance of application development tools and environments, and the transition of applications from legacy to modern environments.
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Provide high-level and long-term designs for applications and their interfaces with internal and external services.
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As an expert application developer, apply advanced knowledge and discretion to develop and update applications; create web pages and forms; create data connections and queries; design and build object classes, methods, and properties; compose report definitions; design code solutions and database tables; build stored procedures; and create or modify other computer code using Visual Studio, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, and other tools and languages in a mixed Dynamics, SharePoint, .NET, and SQL environment to create and maintain custom applications needed by the agency.
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Manage the section’s source code, product backlogs, and sprint planning in Azure DevOps.
Required Qualifications:
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Seven (7) years of consultative, administrative, or supervisory experience in application development and maintenance, application architecture, development tools and practices, database design and programming, and project management.
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Advanced experience in Visual Studio, C#, ASP.NET, SQL, and JavaScript.
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Experience or training in Agile development theory and practice.
Note: A master’s degree in information services, business or a related field, including a minimum of nine (9) semester or 15 quarter hours of computer science courses will substitute for three (3) years of required experience. A bachelor’s degree in information services, business or a related field, including a minimum of nine (9) semester or 15 quarter hours of computer science courses will substitute for two (2) years of required experience. An associate’s degree or completion of an accredited vocational training program in an information technology or a related program will substitute for one (1) year of required experience.
Demonstration of Equity Competencies:
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The ability to take action to learn and grow: Takes responsibility for knowing their own strengths and weaknesses and uses their learning to make government programs and processes more efficient and effective to serve all in Washington.
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The ability to take action to meet the needs of others: Flexible, adaptable, customer-service focused, and willing and able to empathetically respond to the unique needs of the people they work with and serve.
UTC Core Competencies (expected of all employees):
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Accountability
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Measuring Success and Improvement
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Customer Focus
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Results Focus
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Communication Skills
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Adaptability/Flexibility
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Self-Development
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Continuous Process Improvement
Desired Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
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Intermediate experience in developing custom SharePoint 2016 (or later) applications.
READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMPLETELY:
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This position is covered under civil service rules, Title 357 of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC).
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RCW 80.01.020 limits the UTC's ability to employ any person who owns stock in any company the UTC regulates or is otherwise financially interested in such company. Such interests include those of an employee's spouse.
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UTC does not use E-Verify; therefore, we are not eligible to extend STEM-Optional Practice Training (OPT). For information, please visit www.uscis.gov.
How to Apply:
Interested in joining the UTC team? Click the Apply button at the top to begin! To be considered for further screening, ensure you attach the following documents to your completed application:
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Letter of Interest - describing how you meet the position qualifications and why you believe you are the ideal candidate.
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Resume - detailing your applicable competencies, experience and education.
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References - At minimum, three (3) professional references with current telephone numbers and email addresses must be included with your application; one (1) contact MUST be your current or most recent supervisor.
The initial screening of candidates will be solely based on the contents and completeness of the application materials, including answers provided to the ‘Supplemental Questionnaire’, along the additional application materials submitted as part of the application process.
If you are viewing this recruitment on any website other than www.careers.wa.gov, please note the recruitment title and job number and apply through Washington state’s official portal. Your application may be received incomplete if using a third-party website. If you are having technical difficulties creating, accessing, or completing your application, please call NEOGOV toll-free at (855) 524-5627 or email [email protected].
NOTE, indicating ‘see resume’ will not substitute for completing the "work experience" section or supplemental questionnaire of the application packet and may result in your submission being marked incomplete.
Veterans Preference:
For information about YesVets, please click here.
Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach to their application a copy of their redacted DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Please blackout any personally identifiable data such as Social Security numbers. For further information, contact UTC Human Resources at
[email protected].
All information may be verified; additional documentation may be required. Candidates may be disqualified if the education and/or work experience does not include information used to meet the minimum qualifications of the job.
The UTC is an equal opportunity employer. We want to make sure you have an equal opportunity to join our team. Our commitment is making sure current and future employees are treated fairly and equally without regard to age, sex (including gender identity), race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or religious or political affiliation.
Persons needing accommodation in the application process may contact the recruiter via telephone on (360) 664-1134 or email the UTC HR office at
[email protected]. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service on 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.
For more information about the UTC, please visit:
www.utc.wa.gov, www.facebook.com/wautc
The State of Washington:
http://access.wa.gov
