APPLICATION DEVELOPER II / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS

About the role

The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Application Developer II vacancies related to the homelessness crisis. Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Responsibilities

• Codes, tests and debugs application programs to create new business applications and interfaces or maintains/modifies existing business applications according to program specifications.
• Develops program specifications.
• Performs unit or modular testing and integration testing for new or modified applications.
• Writes and executes programs to extract, transform, and load data for system conversions.
• Prepares technical documents, user manuals, and help files.
• Identifies, analyzes, records, tracks, and resolves application problems.
• Develops functional requirements as needed.
• Installs application software as needed.
• Researches application development tools and methodologies and makes recommendations to management as needed.
• Affords assistance in the development of solicitation documents including requests for information, requests for proposals, requests for quotes, and statements of work as needed.
• Affords assistance in reviewing vendor performance as needed.
• Affords assistance in database management related activities for a specific application as needed.

Requirements

• Option I: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree* in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. AND - Two (2) years of recent** experience coding, testing and debugging application programs.
• Option II: One (1) year of experience at the level of Los Angeles County class of Application Developer I***.
• Option III: Three (3) years of recent** experience coding, testing and debugging application programs.

License

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Physical Class

Physical Class II - Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.