JOB
The Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor strives to be the premier property assessment agency in the nation. We believe in exceptional ethics in the work environment and are dedicated professionals committed to serve our Assessor employees and the public. We A.S.P.I.R.E. for Accountability, Service Excellence, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Equity. REPOSTINGTHIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS A REBULLETIN TO REOPEN THE FILING PERIOD AND CHANGE ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION FROM STANDARD LIST TO ELIGIBLE REGISTER.EXAM TITLE: SENIOR SOFTWARE
ENGINEER(
Payroll Title: Senior Application
Developer)EXAM NUMBERG2525T-RTYPE OF RECRUITMENTOpen Competitive Job OpportunityAPPLICATION FILING PERIODWe will begin receiving applications on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. (PT). This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to
closure without prior notice. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: The Office of the Assessor is looking for an ambitious and experienced Senior Software
Engineer to join our Information
Technology Branch. This position in the
Business Solutions Group (BSG) requires an experienced
developer to fill a lead role in our Assessor Modernization Project (AMP), a $100 million multi-years/phases program. This project replaces the Assessor's Office legacy mainframe property assessment systems with State-of-the-Art technologies using Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW) enterprise architecture, database, security, system monitoring, web application and cloud service products and infrastructure, to support the Assessor's Office and County's
business goals and strategic plans. The successful candidate will be working in an
Agile scrum open collaborative and DevOps friendly environment to support
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) activities to
design/develop/test/debug/integrate/deploy/maintain various AMP enterprise system
business applications and interfaces (
front-end/middle-tier/
back-end development and DevOps
management) according to user stories requirements and program specifications, in the cloud-based (OCI IaaS/PaaS)
Test-Driven Development (TDD) environments. WHAT YOU WILL DO: Under the direction of the technical supervisor, this position will be considered the team's lead
engineer while working in
Agile Scrum teams and/or DevOps teams, they will be guiding team members from development, DevOps
management,
quality assurance, infrastructure administration, project
management,
business product owners/SME's, contractors and other IT technical staff. The successful candidate will be expected to hold an authoritative level of technical knowledge as well as be able to work both independently and provide mentorship on one or more projects in AMP: AMP
Front-end application and reporting development projects in: Oracle WebCenter Portal (WCP),
JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET), Application Development Framework (ADF), Oracle
Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP), Oracle Application
Express (APEX), and Microsoft .NET, etc. AMP Middle-tier application and content
management development projects in: Oracle ServiceOriented Architecture Suite (SOA), Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Oracle
Business Process
Management Suite (BPM), Oracle
Business Rules and Policy Automation (OBR, OPA), Oracle WebCenter Content (WCC), and OpenText/EMC Captiva, etc. AMP
Back-end application and database integration development projects in: Oracle ExaData Database Cloud Service (ExaCS), Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Oracle GoldenGate (OGG, Veridata), Microsoft
SQL Server, and Trillium, etc. AMP DevOps release/configuration
management and CI/CD process improvement/automation projects in: Jenkins, Git, Apache Maven/Ant/Archiva/Groovy, Ansible,
Terraform,
Python, and JIRA, etc. AMP open-source development/testing projects in:
Java,
JavaScript,
Node.js,
PHP, SonarQube, JMeter, JUnit, SoapUI, Linux Shell scripting, and other web-services based application development with REST/SOAP. Obtain
business requirements from the stakeholders and
product owners to provide solutions through innovation, automation, and streamlining of their
business workflow and operation.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Analyzes, designs, develops, tests, debugs, installs, and deploys application software programs by applying software/application development concepts in order to create/maintain/modify new or existing
business applications and interfaces according to user stories requirements and program specifications in the cloud-based
Test-Driven Development (TDD) environments.Gathers software requirements and develops requirement specifications, user stories, functional and technical
design specifications, user manuals, runbooks, release notes, and/or wiki pages by collaborating with stakeholders in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.Leads in development and support of
front-end software applications in the areas of user interfaces, mobility,
business intelligence and reporting, and enterprise content
management by utilizing various development tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.Leads in development and support of middle-tier software application in the areas of web services application integration,
business process
management,
business rules, API governance, and application security by utilizing various development tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures. Leads in development and support of
back-end software applications in the areas of data integration and data replication, data modeling, data security,
artificial intelligence/
machine learning, and database
management by utilizing various developmental tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.Leads in development and support of DevOps tools and automation processes in the areas of release
management, configuration
management, source control, continuous-integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and operational support by utilizing various developmental tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures. Performs unit, sanity, functional, integration, automated system and/or performance testing for new, modified or existing complex software applications by utilizing various test tools in order to investigate, analyze, troubleshoot and resolve software application problems. Provides professional support pertaining to application issues in Production and
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Production-Support (PS) environments by investigating, troubleshooting, and resolving application function problems in order to ensure excellent quality
product and user experience.Researches application development tools and methodologies by utilizing various reference tools in order to provide recommendations to departmental
management team for improving software in order to accomplish
business goals; recommend and/or implement system adjustments to maximize application performance. Assists in the development and/or reviewing of solicitation documents including requests for information, requests for proposals, requests for quotes, and statements of work by collaborating with project
management team in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures as needed. Leads in an
Agile open collaborative environment by working closely with team members from development, DevOps,
Quality Assurance (
QA), administration, Project
Management (PM),
business stakeholders, contractors and other IT technical staff in order to
design, develop, code review, build, test, demo, document, deploy, and maintain
business applications as needed. Reviews and monitors vendor performance by reviewing work and project plans to ensure project deliverables are on time, within budget, and according to acceptance criteria as needed.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS: This examination will consist of TWO (2) parts: Part I: Multiple choice and/or simulation assessment(s), weighted 40%, assessing: Deductive ReasoningProfessional PotentialAchievementMaintaining Good Working RelationshipsAnalyzing InformationLearning QuicklyGenerating New IdeasUsing Time EfficientlyWorking to High Quality StandardsAdapting to ChangeCoping with UncertaintyWillingness to LearnResponsibility Candidates may be invited to participate in both Part I and II. However, only those that achieve a passing score of 70% or higher in Part I, will have Part II scored. Part II: Multiple choice and/or simulation assessment(s), weighted 60%, assessing:
JAVA 8Cloud ComputingJavaScriptSQL MULTIPLE CHOICE AND/OR SIMULATION ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT REVIEWABLE BY CANDIDATES PER CIVIL SERVICE RULE 7.19.APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND ACHIEVE A PASSING SCORE OF 70% OR HIGHER ON EACH PART OF THE EXAMINATION IN ORDER TO BE PLACED ON THE ELIGIBLE REGISTER. All notifications including invitation letters will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add
[email protected],
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[email protected] to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notification to be a valid reason for late test administration or rescheduling of a test component. TRANSFER OF TEST COMPONENTS: Applicants who have taken identical components recently for other exams may have their responses automatically transferred to this examination.This examination contains test components that may be used in the future for new examinations and your test responses may be transferred. TEST PREPARATION: Study guides and other test preparation resources are available to help candidates prepare for employment tests. While the guides will help you prepare for the test, we advise you to review all related materials that you deem necessary.An interactive, Online Test Preparation System for taking practice tests may be accessed on the Department of Human Resources website at http://hr.lacounty.gov/. Please click on "Find A Job" and then "Job Search Toolkit." Test preparation information is located under the "Employment Test Assistance" section.Additional online practice tests are available at https://www.shldirect.com/en-us/practice-tests/.ELIGIBILITY INFORMATIONApplicants will be processed on an as-received basis and promulgated to the eligible register accordingly. The names of candidates receiving a passing score in the examination will be placed on the eligible register in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation. No person may compete for this examination more than once every twelve (12) months. VACANCY INFORMATION The eligible register resulting from this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor, as they occur.APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATIONApplications must be filed online only. We must receive your application before 5:00 p.m., PT, on the last day of filing. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website.Plan to submit your online application well in advance of 5:00 p.m. PT, on the last day of filing as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address. Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Minimum Requirements as listed in this job posting. Provide any relevant job experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected.Important: Please note that all information included in the application materials is subject to verification at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made per Civil Service Rule 6.04. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of the appointment. Utilizing verbiage from the Class Specification and Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties will not be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and you may be disqualified.SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERPlease include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number. COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIESFor applicants who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, you may borrow laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots from some public libraries throughout Los Angeles County to complete job applications.NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORDAll applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member's or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.TESTING ACCOMMODATIONIf you require an accommodation to fairly compete in any part of the assessment process, let us know by contacting the Testing Accommodations Coordinator at
[email protected]. You will be required to complete the Request for Reasonable Accommodation form as well as provide supporting documentation from a qualified professional justifying the requested accommodation(s). The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can respond to your request and keep you moving through the process.SPECIAL INFORMATIONAnti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI)The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst races. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO)The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. ______________________________________________________________________________Testing Accommodations Coordinator:
[email protected] Teletype Phone: (800) 899-4099Alternate Teletype Phone: (800) 897-0077California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922Department Contact Name: Chau LuuDepartment Contact Phone: (213) 974-3161Department Contact Email:
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