PRINCIPAL APPLICATION DEVELOPER

Los Angeles County (CA) • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

We are looking for someone who performs highly specialized and complex information systems analysis and programming tasks and acts as technical expert for development or maintenance of one or more major systems. This position may also function as a lead for application development projects and may supervise lower-level application development personnel.

Requirements

• OPTION I: A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university 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.
• 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.
• OPTION III: Five (5) years of progressively responsible, full-time, paid experience in an information technology organization, coding, testing, and debugging application programs.
• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps) and Microsoft Dynamics.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• Diverse healthcare choices
• Strong retirement plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree