SENIOR APPLICATION DEVELOPER- FIRE EMERGENCY

Posting number: 32525A-FR

Department: FIRE

Job classification: SENIOR APPLICATION DEVELOPER

Posting type: Open

Categories: IT and Computers

Summary

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT 

OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY

APPLICATION FILING PERIOD: 

Applications will be accepted beginning June 11, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. (PT)

REBULLETIN INFORMATION
 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS A REBULLETIN TO EXTEND THE FILING PERIOD.

The LA County Board of Supervisors has unanimously ratified a Proclamation of Local Emergency in response to the windstorms and wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton Fires, that have devastated communities across the County. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to assist the County in mobilizing resources and support needed to help our residents recover and rebuild. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Senior Application Developer vacancies related to this unprecedented natural disaster.

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 Senior Application Developer.

DEFINITION:
Under direction, performs a wide range of application development related duties including analysis, design, evaluation, development, coding, testing and maintenance of complex application systems.

CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:
Incumbents in this senior-level class generally report to an information technology supervisor or manager and are distinguished from the Application Developer II by the more complex nature of assignments and roles assigned.  Incumbents write, test, and debug complex programs in one or more languages, working from program specifications and apply in-depth knowledge of structured program design concepts and may act as a project lead, providing technical guidance to entry and journey-level application developers and other technology staff.  Incumbents have an in-depth understanding of requirements analysis and possess advanced analytical skills in programming, testing, and debugging and are highly knowledgeable in the concepts, practices, and procedures of application programming.  They understand and are able to apply a full range of technology concepts.  Application Developers are distinguished from Information Systems Analysts in that incumbents perform programming duties and are required to have programming knowledge and experience.

Examples of duties

• Codes, tests, and debugs complex application programs to create new business applications and interfaces or maintains/modifies existing business applications according to program specifications.
• Develops work plans and technical documents covering system architecture, conversion, integration, testing, and implementation for a system or complex enhancement to a system.
• Develops specifications for complex systems.
• Performs unit and modular and integration testing for complex application development/modification.
• Writes and executes programs to extract, transform, and load data for more complex system conversions.
• Performs quality assurance functions.
• Prepares, reviews, and validates technical documents and user manuals.
• Leads in the identification, analysis and resolution of complex application problems.
• Participates in developing application development methodologies and standards.
• Reviews and monitors vendor performance to ensure projects are on time, within budget, and according to specifications.
• Oversees installation of application software as needed.
• Leads an application project team as needed.
• Develops functional requirements as needed.
• Develops solicitation documents such as request