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Senior IT Specialist (Full Stack Developer)

Job Description

The Senior Information Technology Specialist’s (Digital Team) primary responsibilities will include development support of the EIA’s information management system (enterprise/proprietary), website and other communication platforms. 

The EIA collaborates with a 3rd party vendor in development and delivery of web applications. This position will partner with the vendor. This position will be an integral part of the EIA’s Digital Team which includes two Senior IT Specialists that perform business analysis and project management work, two IT Specialist’s responsible for content and communications, and an IT Clerical Assistant primarily responsible for data entry and information management. The position will report directly to the Information Technology Manager. The entire team adheres to the Agile with Scrum framework. 

• This position will assume responsibility for routine and/or assigned development work. 
• Contribute to the development of technical specification requirements documentation. 
• Provide analysis, design, development, testing and support of web applications.
• Impart technical expertise to establish new application architecture as well as establish a roadmap for transitioning legacy information to a new architecture, where applicable. 
• Experience in communicating with non-technical users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software features, explain technical designs, and develop strategy is vital. 
• This position will also perform system administrator functions; provide input and perform testing of new features/functionality; provide advanced technical support; collaborate with the team and actively participate in department projects.

Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will have an Associates’ Degree or higher or at least five years of increasingly responsible work experience in Information Technology development work or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 

Desired Skills Include:
• Ability to work through a project from conception to completion
• Design, development, test, document and support web applications
• Demonstrated programming of new and existing web applications in ColdFusion, JQuery, JavaScript, AJAX, or similar
• Experience creating and supporting APIs
• Object Oriented Programming and Architecture
• Data migration, transformation and scripting
• SQL Database design and development
• Solid understanding of database structures and transactional information
• Ability to build reusable code and libraries
• Application optimization (speed and scalability)
• Responsive Design
• UI/UX feasibility interpretation - translation between design and technical implementation
• Ability to analyze data for validity
• Knowledge of Accessibility standards for customer-facing website and/or applications
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for full software development life cycle
• Knowledge of and experience with content management systems, customer relationship management systems, databases, policy administration or underwriting systems
• Ability to keep current with emerging web technologies
• Familiarity with progressive web applications
• Write clearly and succinctly

Previous experience with web-based software development

Mid to expert level of understanding of:
- ES6
- Vue.js or React.js
- HTML5 / CSS3
- GIT
- REST APIs
- Object-oriented programming
- ColdFusion

Familiarity with relational databases such as MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle

Helpful skills:
- AWS
- Mura CMS
- SCSS
- Docker
- NoSQL
- Mongo
- Redis
- Handlebars.js
- Ember.js
- FW/1
- DI/1
- Jira

Soft Skills:
- Exceptional customer service skills and enjoy working with people
- Works well in a team environment
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing demands

Benefits

A generous benefit package is provided including Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); a Section 125 Cafeteria Plan with a generous allowance from which coverage may be provided for the employee and their dependents for health, dental, and vision insurances; long-term disability and short-term disability insurance; life insurance; deferred compensation program; 13 paid holidays per year, and sick, vacation and management leaves. As a PERS participant, EIA employees are exempt from paying into Social Security, except for the Medicare portion of the cost.

Physical Requirements

Physical requirements of this position typically include: sitting for long periods of time, reaching, grasping, kneeling, talking, hearing, seeing, repetitive motions, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move. Some travel may be required.

Special Requirements

Possession of a valid State of California Driver’s License issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles, or the ability to obtain one within the first month of employment. Proof of auto insurance with no exclusion for business use is required.

Job Application

EOE