Employee Portal AEM Senior Programmer

Position Description: A Senior Programmer is responsible for leading and/or working on the most complex IT applications design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation and support of new or existing applications software. This classification may also plan, install, configure, test, implement and manage a systems environment in support of an organization's IT architecture and business needs. Common organizational or functional industry position titles for programmers include but are not limited to programmer analyst, applications developer, software engineer, software developer, software quality assurance specialist, systems programmer, systems software programmer, database administrators, computer systems analysts, systems engineer, systems software engineer. The Senior Programmer, in development of applications software, is responsible for analyzing and refining systems requirements; translating systems requirements into applications prototypes; planning and designing systems architecture; writing, debugging and maintaining code; determining and designing applications architecture; determining output media/formats; designing user interfaces; working with customers to test applications; assuring software and systems quality and functionality; integrating hardware and software components; writing and maintaining program documentation; evaluating new applications software technologies; and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices to the delivery of application software services. The Senior Programmer, in development of operating systems, is responsible for analyzing systems requirements in response to business requirements, risks and costs; evaluating, selecting, verifying and validating the systems software environment; evaluating, selecting and installing compilers, assemblers and utilities; integrating hardware and software components within the systems environment; monitoring and fine-tuning performance of the systems environment; evaluating new systems engineering technologies and their effect on the operating environment; and/or ensuring that information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices are an integral element of the operating environment.

Skills Required: The Senior Programmer will possess knowledge and experience in applications software development principles and methods sufficient to participate in the design, development, testing and implementation of new or modified applications software; operating systems installation and configuration procedures; organization's operational environment; software design principles, methods and approaches; principles, methods and procedures for designing, developing, optimizing and integrating new and/or reusable systems components; pertinent government regulations; infrastructure requirements, such as bandwidth and server sizing; database management principles and methodologies, including data structures, data modeling, data warehousing and transaction processing; functionality and operability of the current operating environment; systems engineering concepts and factors such as structured design, supportability, survivability, reliability, scalability and maintainability; optimization concepts and methods; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work; and speak and write effectively and prepare effective reports.

Skills Preferred: Employee Portal AEM Senior Programmer preferred skills are: - Ability to design, develop, new and enhanced complex web applications and portals, using the current framework functionality of Adobe Sites 6.5 on Adobe Experience Manager hosted on the Adobe Managed Services cloud platform. - Knowledge of best practices and development standards within the AEM platform to ensure county developers have the necessary skillsets once the contract period has ended. - Ability to identify and resolve Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) issues in the AEM codebase and content. - Ability to write complicated and optimized SQL and PS/SQL for Oracle and MS SQL Server. - Ability to configure, optimize and maintain the Solr search platform, including integration with AEM Adobe Sites, boosting ranking, multi-language support, geographic location data, signal ranking, natural language, knowledge graph answers, extractive answers, and Google BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations for Transformers). - Ability to integrating various and diverse technologies into a AEM web portal environment, such as Salesforce, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Oracle database and applications. - Ability to write System Level Documentation, which will include development, maintenance, including flow charts and detailed logic specifications using Microsoft Office Products. - Ability to provide on demand project reports to ensure project timelines are met and report any issues to the Project Manager. - Ability to train County staff in all associated skills.

Experience Required: This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in electronic data processing systems study, design, and programming. At least four (4) years of that experience must have been in a lead capacity.

Experience Preferred: Five (5) years, experience within the last seven (7) years, with the current framework functionality of Adobe Sites 6.5 on Adobe Experience Manager hosted on the Adobe Managed Services cloud platform, to design, develop, new and enhanced complex web applications and portals. Four (4) years, experience within the last six (6) years, developing WCAG accessible web applications by using Adobe Sites on the Adobe Experience Manager platform, CSS, JavaScript, web services and HTML. Development experience should also demonstrate the ability to integrate diverse technology in an AEM web portal platform, such as Salesforce, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Oracle database and applications. Four (4) years, experience within the last six (6) years, writing SQL and PL/SQL for Oracle and MS SQL Server. One (1) year, experience out of the last three (3) years, Eclipse and GIT development tools. One (1) year, experience out of the last three (3) years, identifying and resolving Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) issues in the AEM codebase, components, and content. One (1) year, experience out of the last three (3) years, configuring, optimizing and maintaining Solr search platform, including integration with AEM Adobe Sites, boosting ranking, multi-language support, geographic location data, signal ranking, natural language, knowledge graph answers, extractive answers, and Google BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations for Transformers). One (1) year, experience out of the last three (3) years, creating System Level Documentation, including development, maintenance, flow charts and detailed logic specifications using Microsoft Office Products.

Education Required: This classification requires the possession of a bachelor's degree in an IT-related or Engineering field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Education Preferred: Bachelor of Science Degree from an accredited four-year college/university in one of the following majors: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Computer Sciences, or Informatics. Diplomas must be provided upon request. Resumes submitted must contain clear evidence all qualifications are met. "From" and "To" dates must be specified for each project included in the work history. Candidates will be expected to provide names, addresses, email and telephone numbers of persons who can substantiate any/all experience and job performance. Candidates are advised that references will be verified.

Additional Information: The consultant's work schedule will be set up within the first week the consultant starts on the WO. Work hours normally coincide with the work hours of ITD, but after-hours support may be required as deemed required by the Project Manager. The Department retains the right to change work schedules with 24-hour notice. DPSS will not compensate for personal cell phones or travel expenses. A Live Scan fingerprinting will be performed by DPSS HRD. Work Location: 14714 Carmenita Road, Norwalk, CA 90650

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