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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING |
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Position Number: 50362597 |
Description Activated On: 10/13/2026 4:26:18 PM |
Position Purpose: Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively. The purpose of this position is to provide independent advanced analysis, design, development, enhancements, implementation, and support to ensure efficient and effective operation of complex software. This position acts as a subject matter expert for Oracle Commerce Cloud and the related subsystems to support the PLCB’s Fine Wine & Good Spirits (FWGS) website, Licensee Online Ordering Portal (LOOP) and Associate Portal (AP). They also provide daily operational support of Oracle Commerce Cloud (OCC) and Server-Side Extensions (SSE) and extranet environments. This includes configuration of the Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC). Development on other special projects is assigned as needed. The following programming languages and development tools are used to support the above applications; HTML, SQL, XML, JavaScript, Python scripting, Java, C#, Oracle SQL Developer, DevOps, Visual Studio and MongoDB. |
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Description of Duties: Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor. Application Development The primary responsibility of the employee in this position is development within the various Oracle systems utilized by the PLCB, this includes the Fine Wine and Good Spirits website (fwgs.com) and the Licensee Online Ordering Portal (LOOP). This development can be done individually or as part of a team, dependent on the complexity of the project in question. Defects and requests from the business are taken by the team. The employee must analyze existing code, then plan and design solutions. They routinely develop and debug code. Testing is conducted by the developer or team before passing on to UAT (User Acceptance Testing). Work done by the incumbent must be documented within the code and in the agency’s change management system. At times, new enhancements and integrations to other systems are requested or mandated. The incumbent must research and evaluate the products and determine their viability. They must effectively communicate their observations to a variety of staff which differ in technical skill levels. In addition, they will need to integrate any new systems selected into the Oracle Suite, which may require programming changes. Development has a peer review component that this position will lead. Code changes from all positions in the team are to be reviewed by a second position from within the team. This position will enforce the rule and review code when necessary. Change Management The incumbent will adhere to guidelines set forth by the agency regarding Change Management. They will document and be able to speak about changes to the system during reviews. The person selected for the position will also have the responsibility to make level of effort estimations for request for service or enhancements from the business. The estimation activity is to be documented and presented to the heads of IT and the business for prioritization. Changes to the various environments are to be documented and approvals sought from the appropriate department heads. The position will follow the procedures and Testing of system changes implemented by the Senior Application Developer or any of the corresponding team are to be tested within the team for accuracy before the code is moved to the next environment for further testing from the business users. Defects found are documented and are the responsibility of the developer to fix and retest before progressing back to the business for another user acceptance test. The Senior Application Developer will support several nonproduction environments that are used for testing. They will progress the code and changes through the environments. The environments are to be kept in a clean state so as not to cause confusion. This is the responsibility of all developers in the PLCB. Senior Application Developer The position is that of a Senior Applications Developer and requires the incumbent to act in an advanced capacity. The duties assumed are training new employees and preparing them for job responsibilities. This includes creating training plans and documenting training activities. The Senior Application Developer will serve as a subject matter expert for the various systems owned and integrated with, in addition to development tools, processes, policies, and the code base. When called upon they are to give information on any of the aforementioned topics. Business requests to change packaged and customized application software (ex: Oracle Commerce Cloud, Fine Wine and Good Spirits website, Licensee Online Ordering Portal, etc.) are evaluated by the incumbent. They also advise on functional management of the most efficient technical solution. Status reports are to be provided to the group manager. These reports include individual status, project status, performance, and training. Status reports are for project management and identify progress and/or deviations from objectives. The incumbent is also to make recommendations for developers assigned to the project team. The position assists in the assessment of software products and makes recommendations for purchase to meet organizational and Commonwealth objectives. This can be done as a team or individually depending on the business need. Support and maintenance This position will also serve in advanced troubleshooting, investigating, and debugging of problems and defects found in the supported systems. Problems are found and logged by internal staff. This position will research the problems found, log input and findings into the ticket and theorize a solution. At times this position will perform maintenance activities as needed. Updates to the various systems require the stopping jobs and restarting of certain jobs. This function is typically conducted off hours (after 5:00 PM and before 8:00 AM). Other maintenance activities include restarting integrations between the systems and system monitoring. System performance is to be monitored and operational deficiencies relative to program execution are to be identified by the incumbent. Recommendations, implementation of solutions, remedial actions to ensure acceptable performance are the responsibility of the Senior Application developer. The position cooperates with other developers and IT staff to provide security and quality assurance measures. These activities include backup, recovery, data security, error handling, and system controls. Policy and Procedure This position adheres to established bureau, commonwealth and industry standards, policies and procedures. These include proper testing documentation in all environments, security policies and procedures applied to development, PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards, and ecommerce team standards. These practices must be met to ensure the integrity and safety of the data and keep in compliance with the industry. The incumbent also assists in the establishment of standards, guidelines, and acceptable customer service levels relating to web applications for the PLCB. Documentation of design decisions, requirements, level of effort estimations and similar are required by the incumbent. These documents are developed with other IT staff and the business end users. The Senior Application Developer reviews relevant OA (Office of Administration) Information Technology Bulletins relating to operational practices, security practices and management directives regarding Internet/Intranet facing applications, ensuring that applications meet those requirements. Performs other related job duties as needed. |
Decision Making: Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature. Projects are assigned in somewhat detailed terms and the employee; A) Assesses the feasibility of assigned projects as necessary. B) Prioritizes assigned projects in coordination with management. C) Ensures that developed business solutions meet the full scope, requirements and purpose of the assignment. |
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Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License Experience: Licenses, registrations, or certifications: 1. N/A 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. 5. 6. |
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Essential Functions: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.
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