Stanislaus County is seeking a Software Engineer III to perform complex software development, application programming, business systems analysis, and web development duties, and to supervise professional staff to support the county's information technology needs.
Requirements
- Understand the operations and functions of an assigned business unit
- Gather user requirements, define business requirements, and develop custom solutions
- Develop applications, code using various complex programming languages, and application testing, deployment, support, and maintenance
- Applicable development tools which may include SQL, Java, JavaScript, Linux, C variations, HTML, and web development frameworks
- Principles of computer systems analysis
- Be familiar with software development best practices
- Principles and practices of project management
Responsibilities
- Identify problems and supervise staff who provide resolutions for complex programming solutions; supervise the business need determination, vendor selection and implementation of complex applications
- Develop projects on client-server or web-enabled platforms; perform application prototyping, software development, customer demonstrations, pre-production and production testing, installation, configuration, data conversion, and go-live testing
- Create websites, ASP (Active Server Pages) and update existing websites/pages
- Conduct studies and prepare reports regarding reliability, cost, and effectiveness of various alternatives
- Write and maintain user documentation
- Ensure data is backed up; may perform data recovery or restoration
- May perform database design
Other
- Equivalent to the completion of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science, information technology, or a related field
- Two (2) years of journey level experience in application or web development, business analysis and programming, or related field
- Possession of an approved information systems technology certificate, or completion of an approved information systems training course or equivalent to an Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science, information technology, or a related field
- Four (4) years of journey level experience in application or web development, business analysis and programming, or related field
- Possession and maintenance of a valid California Driver’s License and meet County insurability requirements (for some positions)
