City of Jacksonville

Job Description

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The Technology Solutions Department is actively seeking two (2) Info Tech Analyst - Senior Software Developer.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

The Senior Software Developer reports to the Applications Development Project Manager and is responsible for developing and maintaining mission critical applications in a fast-paced environment. This individual is required to work in a collaborative environment with various teams in ITD (I.e., BA/QA, UI, Server Infrastructure) and other developers and project managers. The primary function of this role will be to analyze, design, build and support in-house developed as well as COTS applications.

Examples of Work

Primary responsibilities include the following:

• Analyzes, designs, develops, configures, and maintains applications and services by following standards and best practices.
• Installs, configures, updates, and diagnoses hosted, SaaS and On-Premise vendor applications (i.e., Oracle ERP, Oracle CX/CRM, etc.).
• Performs development using Agile and/or waterfall methodology.
• Prepares detailed technical specifications and system design documents.
• Identify and resolve gaps between requirements and technical design.
• Works closely with customers, business analysts, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.
• Ensures that solutions are aligned with business and IT strategies and comply with the organization's architectural standards.
• Provides technical direction to software and junior developers. Develops/configures applications for web and mobile environments.

(These essential functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job-related duties as required.)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of ASP.net, VB.net, C#, different .Net Frameworks, AJAX, JQuery, JSON, XML, CSS.
• Knowledge of building consumer-facing mobile applications (iOS, Android) by using responsive design or native platforms.
• Familiarity with SharePoint, Kentico and Document Management systems is a plus
• Knowledge and experience with Oracle ERP and/or CRM are a plus.
• Ability to develop code in .Net, MVC, Angular, bootstrap, MSSQL, Java, PHP, J2EE
• Ability to use TFS and GIT as Source Control
• Ability to define and follow coding standards
• Ability to work independently on large complex projects.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience in problem solving, time management, and analytical skills.
• Ability to provide assistance to junior developers with deployment of applications into hosted environment and/or client sites.
• Ability to assist with implementation and training teams as needed.
• Ability to take direction from management and perform tasks efficiently.

Open Requirements/Supplemental Information

• Seven (7) years of education and/or professional experience in Information Technologies with at least three (3) years of .NET application development or software configuration work experience.
• Strong Web, Windows, Console applications development skills including integration using Web APIs
• Strong Analytical, debugging and n-tier architect skills.
• Proficiency in database design, writing stored procedures, triggers, SSIS and reports
• Excellent organizational, written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Display a high degree of inquisitiveness and an eagerness to learn at a detailed and abstract level.
• Highly self-motivated and organized, with a strong business sense to capture and fulfill the business requirements for all products and articulate in an architecture model.
• Strong passion and thirst to keep up with new industry trends and standards.
• Strong time management skills.
• Microsoft or Oracle certifications are preferred.

A FULLY COMPLETED ONLINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. Apply at www.jacksonville.gov. Work history is required for all employment/volunteer work in which qualifications are being based.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: The below documents are required with your application.

• Resume
• College Transcript - When meeting/basing qualifications on education, a copy of your college transcript, with your social blacked out, is required with your application. U.S. transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school’s name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred. Transcripts outside the U.S. must be converted to U.S. standards.

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Certain servicemembers and veterans, and the spouses and the family members of such service members and veterans, receive preference and priority, and certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements, in employment and are encouraged to apply for positions being filled.

If claiming veteran's preference, you must attach a DD-214 (Member Form-4 copy) or military discharge papers, or equivalent certification from the Department of Veterans Affairs listing military status, dates of service and character of discharge. You must also attach the Veterans Preference Certification Form and if applicable, the additional forms as noted here:http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services/veterans-preference.

If a candidate believes he or she was not afforded veteran’s preference, he or she may file a written complaint, within sixty (60) calendar days upon receipt of notification of the hiring decision, requesting an investigation to:

Florida Department of Veterans Affairs

Attention: Veterans’ Preference Coordinator

11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K

Largo, FL 33778-1630

Email:VeteransPreference@fdva.state.fl.us

The City of Jacksonville provides a wide array of benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Our comprehensive benefit programs include medical, dental and vision plans; life insurance coverage for you and your dependents; flexible spending plans for medical reimbursement, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses; an employee assistance program for you and your dependents; a 457(b) tax-deferred compensation plan to supplement your retirement, and a ROTH IRA plan. We also provide an extensive wellness program that includes a health intervention program if qualified, lunch and learns, health fairs, and discounted gym memberships. Please visit the Employee Benefits website for details on all the plans we offer.

www.coj.net/benefits