IT Supervising Applications Developer

Overview

The Riverside County Information Technology (RCIT), Enterprise Application Bureau, is seeking a highly qualified IT Supervising Applications Developer to lead the Web and Application Development Team. The team manages the County’s public-facing, internal, and departmental websites and applications, ensuring stability, performance, accessibility, and security of web infrastructure.

• Supervise the Web and Application Development Team, guiding staff development and daily operations.
• Oversee the design, development, maintenance, and support of public-facing and internal websites and applications to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Manage platforms including Amazon Web Services (AWS) Development, Drupal, .NET framework, SharePoint, Power Applications, and other web technologies, ensuring proper configuration, integration, and ongoing support.
• Ensure web platforms comply with County security standards, policies, and best practices, and support the implementation of accessibility standards such as ADA compliance.
• Lead and coordinate web-related and application projects, upgrades, enhancements, and departmental support efforts to deliver solutions aligned with business needs.
• Oversee troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues, ensuring timely response to incidents and minimizing service disruptions.
• Coordinate with external vendors and service providers, ensuring deliverables meet expectations and align with County standards.
• Provide regular status updates, metrics, and reports on system performance and team productivity; identify opportunities for process improvements and drive modernization initiatives.
• Develop project specifications and application design from direct customer input or specified end-user requirements.
• Write and test programming code to create new business applications and interfaces or maintain/modify existing business applications.
• Conduct systems analysis on development projects.
• Perform and assist in data modeling.
• Prepare technical documents (process specifications, diagrams, flow charts) and user manuals.
• Research, evaluate, and test proposed network products, product versions, and system solutions.
• Develop quality standards based on industry standards and evaluation of available technology and resources.
• Coordinate version and change control processes and procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Three to five years of professional web application development experience.
• Three years experience as a Drupal, AWS, and/or .NET developer.
• Two to three years of supervisory experience.
• One to two years of technology project management experience.
• Experience using web servers (IIS, AWS, Apache) and AWS tools, .NET, PHP, JavaScript, SQL, No
  
  SQL, and front‑end technologies.
• Experience with Git Hub, Dev Ops, SEO, Google Analytics, and SharePoint.

• The principles, methods, and techniques used in the course of work for the IT Applications Developer series.
• Principles, methods, and techniques of effective supervision.
• Principles, methods, and techniques applied to IT devices, applications, and systems.
• Principles of organization and administration.
• Principles of documentation and recordkeeping, storage and retrieval.

• Gather and analyze data, reason logically, draw valid conclusions, and make appropriate recommendations.
• Resolve technical problems and innovate more efficient use of IT resources.
• Perform systems analysis work and problem solving.
• Interpret and follow written and oral instructions.
• Prepare concise reports and documents.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, customers, other employees, and the public.
• Communicate effectively with people at all organizational levels.

• Supervision, coordination, and evaluation of the work of assigned personnel; identifying learning needs and overseeing the orientation and training of personnel.
• Writing code and scripts; writing process descriptions; preparing flow process diagrams and other design graphics; application of industry and corporate standards and conventions.
• Installation,…