Applications Developer I

Job Title

Pay Rate Min to Mid Range

Time Type

Summary

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as subject matter expert, individually motivated and operating with a sense of urgency and personal accountability

• Works on clearly defined projects involving a limited amount of complexity, with regular review of output

• Applies basic knowledge of established systems software development principles and best practices to independently resolve problems and make minor changes to existing processes/systems

• Designs, programs, tests and implements computerized information processing systems

• Develops new systems based on studies, project requirements and user specifications

• Analyzes and evaluates information processing systems to identify better County business solutions

• Designs system enhancements and other alternatives to existing methods of manual and automated business processes

• Ensures compliance with approved programming standards, techniques and system designs

• Provides technical assistance to end-users identifying County and departmental requirements and system solution areas

• Drafts system documentation and specifications such as functions, operation and purpose of objects within each system

• Trains end-users and provides systems specifications and new and updated written instructions

• Performs other related duties as required

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a relevant degree, 1-3 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Knowledge of applications/components using C+, VB.NET, Java; knowledge of the complete life-cycle of multiple enterprise-wide, web-based applications ; knowledge of XML, Web Services and object-oriented techniques; knowledge and experience with .Net programming languages (VB or C#); knowledge with C, C++, PHP Java, XML; knowledge of automated unit testing tools; knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design; knowledge of database object design and/or logical and physical data modeling; knowledge of deploying and scaling .NET web applications in a production environment; basic knowledge of ASP, ADO, COM, C++, J2EE, Java, JDBC; basic knowledge of n-tier development

• Skill with Microsoft .NET architecture best practices

• Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, County employees, Elected/Appointed Officials, outside organizations and agencies, vendors and the general public

• Demonstrates technological intuitiveness

• Must secure and maintain a favorable background investigation and clearance

• Must clear a pre-employment physical and a pre-employment drug screen test

• Required to be on call 24 hours

• May be required to work more than 40 hours during the workweek

• May be required to work weekends

• This position may need to satisfy the requirement of completing and passing an assessment during the employment process

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with Team Foundation Server

Working With Bexar County

Bexar County offers employees a competitive salary, retirement, and benefits. Many employee benefits are available to an employee’s spouse/plus one qualifying adult and dependent child(ren). Employee benefits are strategically designed to support an employee and family, work/life balance.

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Bexar County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to Workplace Diversity.

We are committed to providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.