IT Application Software Specialist – Fish and Fisheries Data Systems

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission • Portland, OR

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is recruiting candidates to fill the
role of IT Application Software Specialist – Fish and Fisheries Data
Systems, located at headquarters office in Portland, Oregon.

Group Definition: Applications Software Specialists design, document,
develop, modify, test and implement new or existing systems and applications
software.  Functions include analyzing and refining systems requirements;
translating requirements into applications;
writing, debugging and maintaining code; determining output media/formats;
designing user interfaces; working with customers to test applications; assuring
software and systems quality and functionality; writing and maintaining program
documentation.

Position/Project Specifics:

The IT Application Software Specialist (Specialist) with be supporting regional
fish and fisheries data systems that support collaborative data sharing among
Tribal, Federal, State and non-governmental agencies. The Specialist will be
working in a team environment, and due to the nature of our regional
systems, will be expected to work collaboratively with external partners and
contractors to inform development of new and maintenance of existing systems.
The duty station is the PSMFC office in Portland, Oregon, and the selected
candidate will be working at the office location. Anticipated start date would
be between late-March 2026 and mid-April 2026. Based on the applicant pool, the
hiring process may involve up to two rounds of interviews.

The position requires someone who can step into existing codebases, understand
and extend systems that have evolved over time, and make thoughtful, practical
improvements. The selected Specialist will be expected to be comfortable working
with modern application architectures, including relational databases and
API-based systems, and to have experience with contemporary JavaScript
frameworks or similar technologies. In addition, the successful candidate will
also be expected to contribute to clear documentation, communicate technical
information to non-technical colleagues, and present task updates to both
technical and non-technical partners and contractors.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience performing tasks as a
mid-level developer and ideally will have several years of progressively
responsible professional experience (typically three to seven years) building
and supporting data-driven applications. The selected candidate should be a
proven adaptable developer with demonstrated technical growth and sound
judgment. The diversity of systems, expectation to evolve to best support
internal users and external requires an adaptable approach and self-learning
of new technology stacks, which is not conducive to a rigid or narrowly defined
technology stacks

Requirements

• Software development in a Microsoft Windows or Unix environment: Linux (Ubuntu), Windows
• Software development platforms: Node.js, .NET
• Database query language: SQL, T-SQL
• Programming language: JavaScript, TypeScript, C#
• Relational database management system: Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
• Web authoring tools: React, HTML/CSS, RESTful APIs
• Other: Git version control, Azure fundamentals
• Candidates must present one year of Specialized Experience which demonstrates: Knowledge of the customary approaches, techniques, and requirements appropriate to systems and applications software design and development; Knowledge of planning sequences necessary to accomplish assignments where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls; and Adaptation of guidelines or precedents to the needs of the assignment.
• The Specialized Experience must equip the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, the Specialized Experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower level in the normal line of progression position.

Nice To Haves

• Relational database management system: Oracle, Azure SQL Database
• Web authoring tools: Svelte, Next.js, Power BI
• Programming language: Python, R
• Knowledge of: Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), containerization (Docker), CI/CD pipelines
• Software development platforms: Visual Studio Code, Azure Data Studio, Azure Data Factory
• Database query language: PL/SQL, DAX (Power BI)
• Other: Legacy system migration experience, Visual FoxPro familiarity a plus

Responsibilities

• Define and analyze technical and functional requirements and specifications. Assure they are consistent with current and planned infrastructure and data environments.
• Develop software components, data flow, relationship and other models and the data structures to implement the models.
• Develop code, test, debug, document, write user instructions, and deploy systems software and application software.
• Develop web-based application interfaces to databases. This includes development of graphical user web-based interface and stored database rules and procedures.
• Maintain engineering control processes as a mechanism for software modifications. The process provides capabilities to solicit input from users, prioritize major and minor bugs and software enhancement requests, and the ability to track these changes from the time they are reported to the time they are implemented in production code.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed