Software Development & GIS Manager

City of Concord • Concord, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to lead a team to design, troubleshoot, and optimize the City’s software programs and products, by monitoring applications, resolving issues, and analyzing and implementing applicable trends. This role oversees the administration, support, enhancement, integration, and continued development of the City’s Workday Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment and related business systems. The manager applies knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging, and designing software applications and operating systems and databases according to provided design specifications. They build enhancements within an existing software architecture and suggest improvements to the architecture, ensuring appropriate operational planning is effectively executed to meet specifications. Additionally, this role manages a team that designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks, etc. The manager supervises personnel by prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring adequate staff training, compliance with operation standards and adherence to policies and procedures, maintaining a safe work environment, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations. Supplemental functions include performing other similar duties and projects as required.

Requirements

• Advanced programming
• Software design, debugging, documentation & testing
• Software development fundamentals
• Department and City policies & procedures
• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to explain technical issues to technical and nontechnical staff and customers.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Superior understanding of computer and networking hardware and software systems.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and related applicable software.
• Analytical Capability
• Project Management
• Learning Agility
• Software execution Capability
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Nice To Haves

• Oracle MySQL Certified preferred
• GIS Certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversees the administration, support, enhancement, integration, and continued development of the City’s Workday Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment and related business system.
• Applies knowledge of software architecture to manage software development tasks associated with developing, debugging and designing software applications and operating systems and databases according to provided design specifications.
• Builds enhancements within an existing software architecture and suggests improvements to the architecture.
• Ensures appropriate operational planning is effectively executed to meet specifications.
• Manages a team that designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.
• Supervises personnel by prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring adequate staff training, compliance with operation standards and adherence to policies and procedures, maintaining a safe work environment, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Performs other similar duties and projects as required.

What This Job Offers

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