INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (BAND A) – SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMER – DOWNTOWN, OAHU Full Time

The responses you provide to these Supplemental Questions will be used in combination with your application to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements and/or your final score. Failure to provide detailed and complete information may result in your application being rejected or receiving a lower score.

Please do not submit a resume in place of completing the Supplemental Questions.

You must submit verification (e.g., copies of official transcripts or diploma as instructed below) in order to receive credit for education.
In general, proof of education downloaded from and/or submitted through the internet will not be accepted. Education obtained outside the United States must be comparable to education earned at a regionally accredited school in the United States. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.

To receive credit for substitute, temporary assignment, or volunteer experience, you must submit an official letter of verification. The letter should include the job title, employment dates, number of hours worked, a description of the duties performed, and a contact name and phone number.

Any information you submit may be verified.
Supporting documents must be either electronically attached to your application or submitted to our office at: State of Hawaii – Department of Human Resources Development – 235 South Beretania Street – 11th Floor – Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

If you previously submitted supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, diploma, driver’s license, etc.) to our office, you are not required to resubmit them.

• I acknowledge that I have read, understand and agree to all of the above.

Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified.

In general, concurrent experiences and/or education will not be double credited unless otherwise specified.

Your possession of the required amount of experience will not in and of itself be accepted as proof of qualification for the position. The overall paid or unpaid experience must be of such scope and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that you have the ability to perform the duties of the position.
Our calculation of experience will be based upon a full-time, 40-hour work week. Part-time experience will be pro-rated.
Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week will be pro-rated to six months of experience. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be extra credited.
Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week will be credited as one year of experience, not one and a half years.

• I acknowledge that I have read, understand, and agree to all of the above.

A link to the Minimum Qualification Requirements has been provided in the job announcement. Please review the requirements in their entirety.

• I acknowledge that I have accessed the link provided, and have read and understand the Minimum Qualification Requirements in their entirety.

Please indicate how you meet this requirement by selecting one of the following choices. (Refer to the Minimum Qualification Requirements for more detailed information.)

In order to receive credit for your academic training, you MUST SUBMIT a legible copy of your OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS by attaching it to your online application.

NOTE: If you are using relevant work experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree to fulfill the Education Requirement, you must clearly describe this work experience in your application and/or resume. In order to receive credit, this experience must be comparable in scope, level, and quality to knowledge and skills gained via completion of study leading to a Bachelor’s degree.

• I do not meet the Education requirement.
• I do not possess a Bachelor’s degree, but possess other professional work experience as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements.
• I possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or four-year college.

Additional education or training is NOT a requirement for these positions but may be awarded extra consideration in our review.

Have you completed any other formal or higher level education or training at a community college, 4 year college, university or IT Industry Association which is related to system programming or IT?

If Yes, please provide the name of the school, college/university or IT Industry Association, duration and the type of education, training or certification you received.

(Note: In order to receive credit for your training or certifications, you MUST SUBMIT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION of your training or certification by attaching it to your online application.)

Do you have the required Job Related Competencies as described in the job announcement?

• Yes
• No

If you answered ‘YES’ to the question above, please describe how your work demonstrated your knowledge and understanding of:

A. Information technology principles, concepts, standards, policies and procedures.

B. Computer hardware, software, languages and procedures and peripheral equipment.

C. Personal computer (PC), server, mini and/or mainframe operating systems.

D. Basic mathematics.

E. Problem solving methods and techniques.

F. Report writing.

Applicants must possess zero to two years of professional work experience in the system programming specialty area.

How many years of progressively responsible professional experience as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements do you possess?

• No Experience.
• Less than 1 year of experience.
• 1 year to less than 2 years of experience.
• 2 years to less than 3 years of experience.
• 3 years to less than 4 years of experience.
• 4 years to less than 5 years of experience.
• 5 years to less than 6 years of experience.
• 6 years or more of experience.

If you stated that you have ‘No Experience’ in the question above, please indicate ‘N/A’ below.

If you stated that you possess the Specialized Experience, please provide the following information to address your relevant background.

Address each change in employer or position separately. The information for EACH employer should include:

A. Name of employer, your official job title, dates of employment (mo/yr-mo/yr) and the average number of hours worked per week.

B. A brief description of this employer, including the type of organization (government agency, private corporation, etc.), the section your position was located in, the number and type of staff you worked with, the activities or services provided, and the clientele served.

C. Describe your primary function and major duties and responsibilities.

D. Describe your experience, if any, in each of the following areas. If none, so indicate. Include your specific role, the steps you took, who you worked with and what happened as a result and give relevant examples.
1) Adhering to programming standards in coding and testing software implementations for department applications.
2) Developing technical documentation in support of system requirements, design and maintenance.
3) Participating in identifying and understanding requirements, planning and designing of software code updates and changes, coordinating updates and performing system testing, debugging and documentation.
4) Participating in the creation, documentation and review of requirements for system changes.
5) Conducting feasibility studies, evaluation and recommendations for system change requests.

E. Describe any other IT-related duties you’ve performed with this employer.

F. What degree of supervision did you receive in performing these duties? What kinds of decisions were you authorized and/or not authorized to make?

G. What was the official title of your supervisor? Describe in detail how your duties and level of authority differed from your supervisor.

Be specific and complete in your responses. Employers and each position held must be identified in your resume. We do not make assumptions.

If your write up and resume are unclear, you may be asked to provide a copy of your official Job/Position Description.

To be creditable, you MUST SUBMIT a legible copy of your OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS by attaching it to your online application.

• I possess a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• I DO NOT possess a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.

Do you have experience in Information Technology with responsibilities in the software development process and software programming?

• Yes
• No

If you selected NO for the question above indicate ‘N/A’ below.

If you answered YES, please provide the following information to address your relevant background.

Address each change in employer or position separately. The information for EACH employer should include:

A. Name of employer, your official job title, dates of employment (mo/yr-mo/yr) and the average number of hours worked per week.

B. A brief description of this employer, including the type of organization (government agency, private corporation, etc.), the section your position was located in, the number and type of staff you worked with, the activities or services provided, and the clientele served.

C. Describe your primary function and major duties and responsibilities.

D. In detail describe your experience, if any, in each of the following areas. If none, so indicate. Include your specific role, the steps you took, who you worked with and what happened as a result and give relevant examples.
1). Software development process
a. requirements analysis,
b. software design,
c. implementation,
d. testing,
e. integration,
f. deployment/installation and
g. maintenance and
2). Software programming.

E. What degree of supervision did you receive in performing these duties? What kinds of decisions were you authorized and/or not authorized to make?

F. What was the official job title of your supervisor? How did you duties and level of authority differ from those of your supervisor?

Be specific and complete in your responses. Employers and each position held must be identified in your resume. We do not make assumptions.

If your write up and resume are unclear, you may be asked to provide a copy of your official Job/Position Description.