• Designs and develops complex application programs by coding, testing, and debugging in order to create new business applications and interfaces or maintain/enhance existing business applications according to program specifications.
• Develops project plans covering system architecture, conversion, integration, testing, and implementation for a system or complex enhancement to a system; analyzing user requirements.
• Scheduling staff, timelines, and resources ensuring products/services are delivered in an efficient and cost effective manner.
• Develops specifications for complex systems by having client discussions.
• Analyze user requirements, designing architecture, documenting processes.
• Identifying infrastructure and technology to communicate and document the scope and design of the system.
• Performs unit and integration testing for complex application development/modification by writing automated tests or performing manual tests to ensure the system works properly and meets system specifications.
• Extracts/transforms/loads data by writing queries, scripts, and programs in order meet system data needs.
• Performs quality assurance activities by reviewing code, user interfaces, accessibility, security to verify the product/service meets programming, customer, usability, security standards.
• Prepares and validates technical documents and user manuals by compiling system requirements; creating charts/diagrams.
• Writing and reviewing technical documents with partners to ensure proper system maintenance and technical knowledge transfer of the system.
• Resolves technical problems by identifying, analyzing, and coordinating the process of correcting complex application/system problems to ensure products/services are functioning as required or intended.
• Participates in developing application development methodologies and standards by discussing ideas with team members.
• Evaluating strengths/weakness of different approaches and providing recommendations to improve team performance and work quality.
• Reviews vendor/contractor performance by communicating with vendors/contractors and evaluating actions/deliverables to ensure product and service delivery.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field* and four (4) years of recent** experience coding, testing, and debugging applications programs -OR- Two (2) year of experience at the level of Los Angeles County class of Application Developer II.