Who we are…

The mission of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is to provide statewide leadership of a high-quality mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery system that is effective and valued by all Ohioans.

OhioMHAS Values:

• Contribute and Collaborate
• Serve Compassionately
• Deliver Quality
• Be Accountable

At OhioMHAS we strive to attract and sustain a diverse workforce by recruiting, hiring, developing and retaining high-performing employees who work collaboratively to balance efforts toward providing prevention and recovery supports and fostering inclusion that inspires innovation, encourages respect and promotes unlimited success.

OhioMHAS Information Services is the technology arm of the third largest cabinet level agency in the state of Ohio. We support more than 3,200 employees within six regional inpatient behavioral health hospitals, Ohio Pharmacy Services and Central Office. We develop and support technology for several critical business solutions used by the agency as well as by county and local behavioral health care providers across the state.

Role Overview:

At OhioMHAS, our IT staff is motivated by the agency’s mission, and we are accepting applications for multiple Information Technologist 2 positions within the Office of Information Technology, headquartered at the James Rhodes State Office Tower, 30 East Broad Street, 33rd floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

What you'll do:

• Provides maintenance and documentation support to IT specialists.
• Enters meta-data into repositories.
• Performs loading validation.
• Executes unit or system test scripts.
• Provides maintenance support for application software.
• Develops, organizes, files & maintains platform specific documentation.
• Generates enhancements for existing infrastructure, software or database systems in compliance with specifications and standards.
• Creates and/or modifies program modules.
• Creates database diagrams.
• Writes standard queries.
• Writes test cases and/or scripts for unit and systems testing.
• Verifies unit and system test results to ensure software is producing desired results.

Job duty, knowledge, skill, and ability statements at a lower-level are understood to be able to be performed at any higher level.

This position will require out-of-state travel.

What’s in it for you:

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

Medical Coverage

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the available Ohio Med plans.

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

• Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period. Length of eligibility period is dependent on union representation.

Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave

Employee Development Funds

• The State of Ohio offers a variety of educational and professional development funding that varies based on whether you are a union-exempt employee or a union-represented employee.

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee’s salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.

Deferred Compensation

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.

Additional Benefits

• Participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
• Flexible work schedules (currently teleworking 90% of the time), and so much more!

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The following are the minimum qualifications for this position. For further consideration, applicants must clearly identify how qualifications are met within the education and/or experience sections of the application.

The ideal candidate, at minimum, must have the following:

Alternative 1:

• Completion of associate core program in computer science or information systems AND
• 12 mos. combined work experience as specified by the agency position description & job posting.

Alternative 2:

• 18 mos. combined work experience in any combination of the following: computers and/or telecommunications software/hardware, applications, support products, projects or databases for small scale systems or programs or pieces of larger systems or programs including 12 mos. combined work experience as specified by the agency position description & job posting.
  

Alternative 3:

• Equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.

Note: The official position description on file with the designated agency is to reflect the required technical experience. Only those applicants possessing the required technical experience listed in the position description are to be considered for any vacancies posted. The job posting should also only list the required technical experience commensurate with the position in question.

Knowledge of: computers and electronics, oral and written communication tools and techniques, customer support & personal service, state and agency policy, procedures and applicable laws*, vision, mission and goals of agency*, telecommunications, IT security principles and methods, mathematic principles relative to assigned area in IT, safety practices, operating systems installation and configuration procedures, network standards, protocols & procedures, platform usage, capabilities and applications of network equipment including hubs, routers, switches, bridges, servers, and related hardware, technology design techniques, basic internet server maintenance techniques, back-up and recovery techniques, software distribution and configuration management tools and technical writing and documentation, technical writing and documentation practices, IT lifecycle concepts.
Skill for: reading comprehension, speaking, service orientation, installation, troubleshooting, critical thinking, systems evaluation, and operation monitoring.
Ability to: transport items up to 50 lbs, calculate decimals, percentages and fractions, carry out instructions in written, oral or picture form, understand manuals and verbal instructions, technical in nature, stay abreast of current technologies in area of IT assigned, and deal with problems involving several variables in familiar context.

(*)Developed after employment.

All answers to the supplemental questions must be answered completely and supported by the work experience/education provided on your civil service application.

Selection devises, testing, and/or assessments may be used to determine proficiency in this position.

The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

The State of Ohio and OhioMHAS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you are an applicant who is selected for an interview and require an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Office so proper arrangements can be made.