WE ARE TCEQ

Are you ready to make a positive impact in Texas? At TCEQ, protecting the environment is at the heart of everything we do. Choose a career where your perspective, passion, and skills are valued. We strive to protect our state’s public health and natural resources consistent with sustainable economic development. Our goal is clean air, clean water, and the safe management of waste.

TCEQ employees get some great perks, including a hybrid work schedule, paid leave, health insurance, and state and federal holidays. See Benefits and Perks at TCEQ.

TELEWORK

This position offers an opportunity to work remotely, with occasional attendance in the office required.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ Administrative Services, you would help support the logistical and operational structure for TCEQ statewide -- the business foundation for the whole agency. See details about what we do.

This position is a member of our Information Resources Division.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As a part of the division’s Information Resources team, our Programmer Analyst IV will play a key role in achieving TCEQ’s mission. You would use your skills and experience to:

Lead and/or participate in the analysis, development, programming, and implementation/modification of agency software applications for the Information Resources Division (IRD) of the TCEQ.

• Conduct coding tasks for application maintenance, support, and development based on requirements and design documentation and adhering to agency information technology (IT) standards. Review and evaluate coding best practices, techniques, and training needs.
• Provide technical advice and performs design tasks for application maintenance, support, and development, based on requirements documentation while adhering to agency IT standards.
• Coordinate testing and Quality Assurance/Quality Control tasks for application maintenance, support, and development, against requirements and design documentation while adhering to agency IT standards; participates/leads peer reviews. Guide and assist customers with customer acceptance testing.
• Provides advice on technical tasks regarding application maintenance, support, and development, to include creating charters, developing business cases; and providing project plans and status reports; participate in sponsor meetings, creates requirements documentation, and facilitates joint application development (JAD) sessions. Provide customer support to agency staff specific to agency applications, IT policies, and general related IT areas.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Five (5) years of full-time experience in computer programming, computer system administration, and/or systems analysis.

OR

• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university, or technical college with a major in computer science, plus two (2) years of full-time experience in computer programming, computer system administration, and/or systems analysis.

OR

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with 12 semester hours in computer science, plus three (3) years of full-time experience in computer programming, computer system administration, and/or systems analysis.

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• Completion of 30 semester hours (600 clock hours) in computer science from a licensed vocational, technical, or business school or accredited college, plus three (3) years of full-time experience in computer programming, computer system administration, and/or systems analysis.

OR

• Completion of 15 semester hours (300 clock hours) in computer science from a licensed vocational, technical, or business school or accredited college, plus four (4) years of full-time experience in computer programming, computer system administration, and/or systems analysis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience programming with Coldfusion, JAVA, Hibernate, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, Java Script, CSS, XML, and/or HTML.
• Experience with configuration management, quality assurance, and/or change management.
• Experience performing business analysis work to include writing requirements, design, and test plan documentation, and/or facilitating JAD sessions.

TRANSCRIPTS / COLLEGE HOURS OR COURSE WORK

See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the minimum qualification requirements outlined above.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.

In compliance with ADA, if you need any special accommodations during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at (512) 239-0102.

Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes can be found at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/. Please click the hyperlink under ‘Occupational Category’ for the respective Class Title.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.