APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (COUNTY CLASSIFICATION: ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT)

San Luis Obispo County Employment

The County of San Luis Obispo fosters a healthy work-life balance while making valuable and personal contributions to enhance the livelihood of our wonderful community.

The Information Technology Department

The County s IT Department offers an exciting, fast-paced, and positive environment where exceptional performance is encouraged and rewarded. We believe in the diverse talents of our staff and are committed to providing for their professional growth and on-going technical education. ITD s 80+ staff support the countywide technology infrastructure for approximately 3,000 users. The Business Application division provides support to a variety of custom and mission critical vendor systems across the entire spectrum of the County s lines of business with opportunities to deliver high value services for 23 different departments.

The rise of generative AI coupled with the County s commitment to modernize business applications has triggered the need for an Application Development Manager with proven experience to manage the integrity and functionality of technical solutions and software products. This includes setting technology boundaries, policies, engineering practices and standards for system evolution and integration.

We seek a creative and dynamic leader to motivate, inspire, and align development teams toward mission-critical objectives. This leader will devise strategies to support teams in modernizing legacy applications and transitioning to cloud computing and drive collaboration to help teams leverage AI code generation tools. Additionally, they will partner with the County s Data Team to utilize modern data technologies, to empower various teams to enhance reporting and analytics within their domains.

Responsibilities:

• Manages users and systems requirements and analysis, applications development and maintenance, software systems operations and support, and system administration.
• Performs long and short-range strategy planning for developing scalable software products and services, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while meeting quality standards and business objectives.
• Participates in the development, management and implementation of the department s overall strategy, goals, and objectives by managing the business application project workload and priorities.
• Supervises and evaluates the performance of assigned personnel; interviews and selects employees and recommends transfers, reassignments, termination, and disciplinary actions; coordinates subordinate work assignments and reviews work to assure accuracy, completeness and compliance with established standards, requirements, and procedures.
• Meets and consults with customers and vendors regarding service delivery needs and expectations.
• Assists County departments with their information security awareness, business continuity and disaster recovery planning efforts.
• Prepares and administers assigned areas of the budget; prepares or supervises the preparation of special studies and reports.
• Plans and controls development sprints, oversees quality assurance, manages automated testing, and communicates progress with executive leaders.
• May act for a Deputy Director as needed.
• Performs other work as required.

Ideal Candidates should:

• Be a good communicator with keen business insights.
• Have a high degree of self-motivation, and a desire to engage, grow, and learn new technology.
• Have strong technical backgrounds and expertise in software development and effective leadership skills.
• Understand how data is accessed, shared, managed, and aligned with the overall enterprise strategy and related business architecture.
• Be detail-oriented, with strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Be an effective multi-tasker prioritizing and managing several tasks at once.
• Become an effective and trusted partner with county departments in their planning, designing, and deploying software systems.
• Have a great attitude and display a contagious get it done and done right mindset.

Technically, possess experience in one or more of the following:

• Microsoft M365 and Power Platform,
• Active Directory and Identity Access Governance
• Microsoft Visual Studio and .NET Frameworks.
• Angular Framework, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, XML, JSON, SOAP, and RESTful web services.
• SQL Server Management Studio to develop and maintain queries and stored procedures.
• Application Management, configuration, integration, deployment, troubleshooting.
• Understanding and proficient at managing the Agile Scrum software engineering development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of data security and data ETL processes.
• SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, and Power BI
• Azure DevOps, GitHub, and/or Copilot.

A combination of education, training, and experience resulting in the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. An example of qualifying education and experience includes:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor s degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, system analysis, or a related field AND;
5 years of experience in either a management role OR technical leadership role related to data and systems architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, project or portfolio management, information security, or infrastructure planning and operations.

Certain positions within this classification may require driving. When driving is an essential function of the position, a valid CALIFORNIA driver license will be required at the time of appointment and must be maintained throughout employment.

This is not a 100% remote job.

This is a continuous recruitment; however, the posting can close at anytime without notice, therefore, prompt application is encouraged.

Applications, including answers to supplemental questions, must be submitted online. To apply for this position, click apply at the top of this page. Most County recruitments require you to respond to supplemental questions as part of the application process. We recommend that you review these questions prior to beginning your application.

An initial application review will be conducted. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications and are best qualified will be invited to participate in selection activities which may include online assessments, performance exams, written exams, and interviews.

Final candidates will be required to have an in-depth background review performed before proceeding in the process. Please note that references will not be contacted until the end of the process.

If you have questions or would like to discuss the opportunity further, please contact Human Resources at . Confidential inquiries are welcomed.

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