Emergency Management Specialist

This is a full-time limited-duration position with a possible duration of up to 2 years
** Exam # 01812-06-CIS-LT

The City’s Senior Applications Developer (CIS Applications Developer) is responsible for providing technical leadership in the planning, configuration, implementation, and ongoing support for the new People Soft Customer Information System (CIS) and other commercial software packages to meet the City’s business needs. The position will lead technical teams and assist with technical training for other Information Technology staff.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a person who wants the challenge of liaising with business administrators to recommend application architectural strategies; coordinate leveraging of system capabilities; develop change, upgrade, and enhancement plans; prepare test and data conversion plans; and monitor overall system performance to ensure that customer needs are being met.

Information Technology is responsible for the development and execution of technology strategies and plans to meet the ongoing needs of the City; effective operation and security of the City’s enterprise-wide automated systems, such as Financial, E‑mail, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS); and design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the City’s wide area network, multiple local area networks, and mainframe applications.

The department is also responsible for management of City communications, including telephone, radio, CCTV, and data transmissions. Information Technology provides training and support to both users and implementers of technology.

• Plans and manages information technology related projects involving critical applications, large systems and sophisticated processes.
• Provides team leadership, guidance, business, and technical expertise on assigned projects involving citywide computer systems.
• Designs and/or creates database structures, data migration/conversion techniques for system(s) conversions or upgrades.
• Monitors and tunes databases in order to obtain optimum performance.
• Applies analytical and advanced design techniques in developing new programs or systems or modifying existing ones.
• Codes and/or tests programs and resolves related problems in large, complex systems.
• Provides technical guidance to lower‑level IT personnel and contractors through training, mentoring, and coaching.
• Other related duties may also be performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.

In addition to project specific duties, the Senior Applications Developer’s responsibilities include:

• Consulting with City staff on GIS principles and techniques in order to design, develop and implement complex software systems and databases to meet specific City business needs.
• Applying analytical and design techniques in order to support and maintain existing GIS software, systems or data.
• Evaluating vendor products for applicability to the City’s needs, budget constraints and business objectives.
• Proposing feasibility studies, cost‑benefit analysis, user requirements studies, policies, procedures and project plans.

• Five years professional experience in information technology in a multi-platform environment doing one or more of the following: application development, database management, GIS programming, system analysis/development, website design/development, and project management.
• A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology or a related degree.
• Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the education on a year-for-year basis.
• Possession of a valid California Class C Driver License at the time of appointment (individuals who do not meet this requirement due to a physical disability will be reviewed on a case‑by‑case basis).

The ideal candidate for the Senior Applications Developer will be a problem‑solving visionary with a strong technical background, who has exceptional people skills, a positive attitude, and the desire to attain ongoing excellence.

In addition, the candidate should have…