L.A. County ISD has an annual budget of $873 million and 2,183 budgeted positions along with more than 5,120 contracted workers in IT, facilities management, environmental, administrative, purchasing and contracting.
For the manager job (classified as administrative manager XIII, IT, ISD), the county is seeking “a proven leader that is able to balance multiple projects while transforming information technology strategies into goals and objectives,” managing a division … (and) leading, planning, organizing, communicating, analyzing and managing resources to achieve results,” according to the job posting. The duties of the position include:
- Manage and direct the work of the division’s information systems organization.
- Develop an information systems road map and plan by evaluating trends and using strategic planning skills and techniques in order to steer the delivery of IT services and products, allocate resources, make service/product improvements, and meet the goals of the department and its customers.
- Provide administrative oversight by directing and monitoring expenditures, personnel, procurement, contracts, staff development and performance, training, etc., in order to ensure compliance and delivery of effective services.
- Drive process improvements by working with subordinate managers to analyze the work processes, identify gaps and needs, and design and implement solutions in order to optimize service delivery and/or reduce cost.
Requirements include three years of full-time experience in the last five years, at the classification of Section Manager, Information Technology, ISD; Section Manager, Information Technology, Systems Programming, ISD; Section Manager, Information Technology, Communications Systems, ISD; Information Technology Specialist, ISD; or Information Technology Manager I, managing/leading a section or team that performs highly complex information technology work.
The position has an annual salary range of $135,642 to $210,951, and the application deadline is 5:30 p.m. Feb. 18. More information about the position, the required qualifications and other details about the role are available in the job posting.
The county is also seeking a senior application developer — “an ambitious, self-motivated candidate” — in the Customer Applications Branch, Strategic Software Solutions Division. The senior application developer performs a wide range of application development-related duties including analysis, design, evaluation, development, coding, testing and maintenance of complex application systems.
Responsibilities of the role include:
- Design and develop 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.
- Develop project plans covering system architecture, conversion, integration, testing and implementation for a system or complex enhancement to a system; analyzing user requirements.
- Schedule staff, timelines and resources to ensure that products and services are delivered in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
- Develop specifications for complex systems by having client discussions.
- Analyze user requirements, designing architecture and documenting processes.
More details about the requirements and responsibilities of this role are available in the job posting. The role has an annual salary range of $88,605 to $119,403, and the recruitment will continue until the role is filled.
The third IT position in recruitment by ISD is for an application developer II to perform “a wide range of application development-related duties including analysis, design, evaluation, development, coding, testing and maintenance of complex application systems.” Job duties of this role include:
- Code, test and debug application programs to create new business applications and interfaces or maintain/modify existing business applications according to program specifications.
- Develop program specifications.
- Perform unit or modular testing and integration testing for new or modified applications.
- Write and execute programs to extract, transform and load data for system conversions.
- Prepare technical documents, user manuals and help files.
- Identify, analyze, record, track and resolve application problems.
The annual salary range for this position is $81,880 to $104,516, and the recruitment is ongoing until the job is filled. More information is available in the job posting.
The city of Berkeley is recruiting for a Help Desk supervisor (senior systems analyst) in the IT Department who is “a highly motivated individual with strong technical skills as well as excellent communications and leadership skills,” according to the job posting. The supervisor “is responsible for maintaining, developing and implementing strategies and procedures aimed at providing maximum efficiency in service level agreements (SLAs) and customer service.”
The requirements for this position are extensive, and applicants are encouraged to read the online brochure detailing the position and the application process. The monthly salary range for this position is $9,756 to $11,883, and the recruitment will be ongoing until the job is filled.
