Please mail your completed State application to: 
OPSB Recruitment & Examination Division, Room 501
301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Or, To Complete an Application On Line: Go to the DBM Application System

Announcement Number - 09-4470-001
If you are completing your application on paper, place both the title and announcement number on your application.

09-4470-001 - List both the title and announcement number on your application.

SALARY:    $42,632 - $68,250 (Grade 17) The salaries referenced above are in accordance with the State of Maryland Executive Order 01.01.2009.11 – Fiscal Year 2010 State Employees’ Furlough and Temporary Salary Reduction Plan.

CLOSING DATE:  OPEN AND CONTINUOUS

POSITION DUTIES: This is the full performance level of work designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining applications and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Each candidate must have:

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other information technology related field.

Experience: One year of experience designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining applications systems and programs using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools.  (You must provide details of programming languages and/or tools used in experience.)
                                                         
Notes: 1. Candidates may substitute six credit hours of coursework in application analysis and programming using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for six months of the required experience.
 2. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or a high school equivalency certificate and eighteen months of experience converting data from project specifications by writing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the required education.
 3. Candidates may substitute completion of high school or a high school equivalency certificate and fifteen credit hours from an accredited college or university in systems analysis and applications programming using generally accepted computer programming languages or other developmental tools for the required education.
4. Candidates may substitute experience in one of the following areas: operating computers, scheduling, controlling input and output or maintaining backups or data storage, processing data on computers, evaluating, implementing and maintaining hardware and software, on a year-for-year basis for a high school education.

TO APPLY:  Please include the title of the position for which you are applying, as well as the announcement number, on your State application (MS-100).  Please send your application to the address listed above.  Sending the application to a different address could result in not being considered.

APPLICATIONS:  Applications may be obtained by visiting our website at: www.dbm.maryland.gov; by writing to DBM, OPSB, Recruitment & Examination Division, 301 W. Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201; or by calling 410-767-4850, toll-free: 800-705-3493; TTY users call Maryland Relay Service, 800-735-2258.

QUALIFICATIONS:  You must possess the minimum (and selective, if applicable) qualifications to be considered for this position.  If you are scheduled to complete an educational or licensing requirement within six months of the assessment, you may participate in the examination process.  Permanent Maryland State employees may also complete necessary experience requirements within six months of the date of the assessment.  However, such candidates will appear in pending status on the eligible list until documentation has been received that the educational and/or experience requirements have been met.  Credit may be given for relevant part-time, temporary, or volunteer experience, if you list the number of hours worked per week.  For education obtained outside the U.S., you will be required to provide proof of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service.  This evaluation must be submitted with your application.  All information used to determine your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date.  Therefore, be sure that you accurately and thoroughly complete the application.

SELECTION PROCESS AND ASSESSMENT:  Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application (and on separate pages, if necessary) to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment.  All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date.  We will not consider information submitted after this date.  Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position.  You may be required to complete a qualifications supplement, or the rating may be based on your application.  Therefore, it is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application.  Report all experience and education that is related to this position.

Issued: 01/09/4470/mbp
Re-issued: 04/09/4470/mbp