Senior Systems Applications Programmer Public Works

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The City of San José the Capital of Silicon Valley is one of the nations best managed cities and one of the top ten cities in which to live work and do business. Moreover San José is the center of cultural government and economic activity for the region. The employees of the City of San José have embraced the following values: Integrity Innovation Excellence Collaboration Respect and Celebration. The Citys Public Works Department is seeking an individual whose values align with the values of the Citys employees.

The Department of Public Works is responsible for delivering capital improvement projects for a wide variety of City facilities and infrastructure maintaining City facilities and fleet assets facilitating and regulating development activities and providing animal care and services. The Department is committed to high-quality service partnering with the community and providing an excellent environment in which to work.

The Department of Public Works is recruiting to fill one (1) full-time Senior Systems Applications Programmer (Sr. SAP) position to develop technology solutions that will maximize the delivery of City products and services.

The total salary range for Senior Systems Application Programmer (Sr. SAP) classification is $129270.96 - $157182.48.

This salary range(s) includes an approximate five percent (5%) ongoing non-pensionable compensation. The actual salary shall be determined by the final candidates qualifications and experience.

The primary focus of this Sr. SAP position is to support the development and maintenance of several in-house hybrid systems hosted across both on-premises and cloud environments. This is a 100% individual contributor role responsible for developing solutions resolving technical challenges and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support departmental and citywide operations ensuring seamless integration across enterprise applications. This position is required to work on-site.

Key responsibilities and duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Enhance maintain and support mission-critical on-premises web applications built with and Angular including implementing complex enhancements troubleshooting cross-layer issues improving performance and reliability and ensuring long-term maintainability aligned with evolving business and technical needs.
• Develop and maintain integrations between on-premises web applications and SaaS platforms such as Smartsheet and SharePoint.
• Manage enterprise-scale relational databases and develop complex queries to support data analysis system integration and reporting needs.
• Configure and administer Smartsheet solutions including advanced workflows reports and dashboards; provide training and technical support to staff across multiple teams to promote effective adoption and use.

This position requires a candidate who is actively engaged in hands-on technical work and day-to-day problem solving. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Strong programming skills in JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Extensive experience developing responsive web applications using and Angular or comparable modern web frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases such as Oracle or SQL Server including database design and development of complex queries.
• Solid understanding of front-end and back-end application architecture with the ability to troubleshoot and debug issues efficiently across the stack.
• Experience designing developing and consuming RESTful APIs with working knowledge of HTTP protocols authentication methods and common data formats such as JSON and XML.
• Experience with Smartsheet or the ability to quickly learn and apply advanced Smartsheet features with minimal training.
• Strong technical documentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical users.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Education:A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration Public Administration Computer Technology Management Information Systems Mathematics Statistics or a closely related field.

Experience:Three (3) years of increasingly progressive experience in computer systems applications programming.

Acceptable Substitution: Additional years of directly related work experience may be substituted for up to a maximum of two (2) years of the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies as demonstrated in past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:

Job Expertise: Demonstrate knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices of application management citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations.

Customer Service: Demonstrates the ability to anticipate customers needs and deliver services effectively and efficiently in a timely accurate respectful and friendly manner.

Problem Solving: Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of the problem or issue; identifies a set of features parameters or considerations; collects and analyzes information; uses logic and intuition to arrive at conclusions and recommendations that achieve the desired outcome.

Project Management: Ensures support for projects and implements agency goals and strategic objectives.

Teamwork & Interpersonal Skills: Develops effective relationships with co-workers and supervisors by helping others accomplish tasks and using collaboration and conflict resolution skills.

Communication: Communicates and listens effectively and responds in an timely effective positive and respectful manner; written reports and correspondence are accurate complete current; well-organized legible concise neat and in proper grammatical form responds to statements and comments of others in a way that reflects understanding of the content and the accompanying emotion; asks clarifying questions to assure understanding of what the speaker intended ensures consistent communication takes place within area of responsibility

The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicants training and experience based on the application and responses to all the job specific questions. You must answer all questions to be considered or your application may be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Only those candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more in-person interviews.

If you have questions about the duties of these positions the selection or hiring processes please contactCharmaine Guerrero at.

Additional Information:

Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.

You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses.

Please note that applications are currently not acceptedthrough CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

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