PRINCIPAL APPLICATION DEVELOPER / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS

Posting number: b2526A-EA

Department: MENTAL HEALTH

Job classification: PRINCIPAL APPLICATION DEVELOPER

Posting type: Open

Categories: IT and Computers

Summary

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:
OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY

FILING DATES:

 

EXAM NUMBER:

   b2526A-EA

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

During your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will 
be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Principal Application Developer.

Examples of duties

Provides technical expertise to project managers, department management, and/or user management regarding one or more major system development or maintenance efforts.

Advises management on technical alternatives, such as languages, tools, platforms, utilities, and servers.

Leads and participates in the work of a team of Application Developers engaged in the development or maintenance of the most highly technical programs.

Provides technical consulting on long-range information systems planning.

Programs the most specialized and complex applications.

Solves the more complex application software and system performance problems.

Analyzes performance data and conducts capacity planning.

Establishes quality assurance procedures.

Monitors vendors to ensure performance according to project goals and contract terms, and reports performance problems to management.

Assists in creating Statements of Work (SOWs) in support of applications development efforts, as needed.

Serves as a project manager, as needed.

Represents the department in collaborative efforts with other County departments, outside agencies, and/or vendors, as needed.

Supervises lower level application development personnel, as needed.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Option I: Graduation from an accredited* college with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field, and four (4) years of progressively responsible**, full-time, paid experience in a centralized information technology organization, coding, testing and debugging application programs.

-OR-

Option II: Two (2) years of experience, within the last three years, at the level of the Los Angeles County class of Senior Application Developer.

-OR-

Option III: Five (5) years of progressively responsible**, full-time, paid experience in an information technology organization, coding, testing, and debugging application programs.

**Progressively responsible is defined as a significant increase in the complexity and scope of responsibility of the aforementioned experience.

You MUST meet the above requirement(s)