Applications Developer

The Pasadena Department of Information Technology is excited to announce its vacancy for Applications Developer to perform a wide variety of professional duties in the design, development, installation and maintenance of applications to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of City operations and public service delivery.
  
This career opportunity includes:

• Member of the applications development team to provide innovative web and mobile solutions to 16 City departments and as an extension to City Constituents
• Expanding the capabilities and increasing the effectiveness of applications and databases
• Supporting and troubleshooting software applications and technologies to ensure optimal performance and uptime
• Consulting with customers to implement new technology solutions

The City offers outstanding benefits, including 9/80 schedules with alternative Friday's off and a Hybrid Work Program.  Learn more about working for the Department of Information Technology here.
 
IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will ensure the effectiveness of overall systems performance, work with users to understand and assist them in addressing business and operational needs, works with other team members to provide design input and development on project assignments; and performs related duties as assigned.
 
This recruitment is open until filled, with a first review of applications scheduled for August 4, 2022.  Apply now!  The following list represents some of the essential functions of this position. To see a full description please refer to: Applications Developer job description

• Interviews users and analyzes business rules and process requirements; identifies and analyzes complex, ambiguous and/or conflicting development issues; consults with users on systems and technology alternatives capable of addressing and resolving their business needs; meets with supervisors to gain agreement on project deliverables, metrics and service levels to identify and resolve problems; serves on application development teams.
• Analyzes system data, process system interactions to identify and evaluate: impacts of maintenance and enhancement changes to ongoing production; methods for accessing, using and/or migrating data; alternatives for establishing interfaces or inter operations with applications utilizing newer hardware, software and communication technologies; and conversion of legacy systems to new technologies; plans and performs system enhancements and maintenance.
• Collaborates with a project team in designing, implementing, modifying and/ or developing new or enhanced systems or subsystems that are moderate in size, complexity and impact; designs and establishes configuration requirements for applications entailing complex cross-platform inter-operability; evaluates design and technology alternatives; recommends or specifies hardware, network and/or software characteristics and requirements; develops applications prototypes; writes system requirement and/or specification documents.
• Performs analysis and develops designs for integration of separate applications across platforms and operating environments, as well as for interfaces with external systems; performs applications configuration management and administration responsibilities; writes program code using appropriate software development tools and programming languages; designs menus, screens and reports; designs and codes mobile and web-enabled applications; designs and codes interfaces to vendor software programs.
• Defines application data requirements; identifies data sources; diagrams data flow and data entity relationships; develops data models and logical database designs; in consultation with database administration staff, designs and develops applications databases; develops database specifications; designs file/table structures; designs and creates database components; defines requirements for triggers and referential integrity; ensures tables are normalized; analyzes systems interface requirements for accessing and using enterprise data; coordinates the exchange of data with other entities and the integration and migration of data between databases; maintains and updates applications data dictionary; tests data validity, redundancy and integrity; uses query tools to develop and generate reports; establishes applications security protocols and privileges; performs maintenance, performance tuning and recovery on applications databases.
• Creates test environments and designs scenarios for unit, systems, interface and integration testing; plans and executes system conversion and installation processes for moderate sized applications, may involve online/real-time systems and applications that entail critical business processing dead-lines, up-time and data integrity risks in the event of problems; performs or ensures performance of all quality assurance reviews are completed successfully; participates in production implementation and turnover; ensures newly installed applications are functioning correctly; designs and develops disaster recovery plans.
• Stays abreast of industry trends; maintains up-to-date technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in professional associations.

COMPETENCIES
The following lists the desired competencies for this position:

• Attention to Detail- Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products
• Oral Communication- Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Customer Focus- Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Leveraging Technology- Applying technology for improvements in organizational efficiency and effectiveness
• Teamwork- Collaborating with others to achieve shared goals
• Analyzing & Interpreting Data- Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative or qualitative data

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS from an accredited four year college or university with a major in Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
• Three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in application development and systems analysis.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with Power Platform (e.g. Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI)
• ERP application experience

SELECTION PROCESS
The selection process will consist of a training and experience evaluation and any combination of written, performance, or oral examination to further evaluate job-related experience, education, knowledge, skills and abilities.
 
VACANCY INFORMATION
There is currently one vacancy in the Operations Division in the Department of Information and Technology.
 
The resulting eligibility list from this recruitment may be used to fill this vacancy and similar vacancies in the future.
 
Candidates selected for this position are subject to a one-year probationary work period.
 
FLSA-EXEMPT
 Successful completion of a comprehensive background investigation is required and must be completed before the end of the one year probationary period. The comprehensive background investigation includes a review of employment history, criminal conviction record, use of intoxicants and/or other controlled substances. In these cases, incumbents may be asked to work at secure locations and access highly confidential materials and information, in addition to working on systems that have city-wide impacts.
 
As of September 3, 2021, anyone hired with the City of Pasadena must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before starting work. The City encourages applicants to get a free vaccination at a place of their choice or at walk-in clinics in Pasadena. A candidate’s vaccination status will be reviewed as part of the post-offer pre-employment physical examination. Exemptions to the mandatory vaccination policy may be available for a medical, disability, or sincerely held religious belief.

Salary : $98,070 - $122,587