Technology specialist Jobs in San Jose, CA

Job Description and Duties

Pursuant to Government Code 14200, hybrid telework may be available for eligible employees residing in California, requiring at least one in-office day per week. Employees not residing in California are not eligible for telework.

Proof of California residency will be required if teleworking.

The OIG is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Information Technology Specialist (ITS III) to serve as the Software Architect in the Development Team of the Information Technology Unit (ITU). As the Software Architect, the incumbent performs activities in support of discovering, assessing, architecting, implementing and delivering software enterprise solutions. The Software Architect acts as a technical lead and solution architect, responsible for defining, designing, developing, documenting, coordinating, and integrating the products managed within the ITU. The incumbent implements IT solutions to meet enterprise business objectives, and performs duties of software architecture; software development; software integration; software testing; software production deployment; and maintenance of infrastructure and software systems including user research; user-centric design; development or configuration; testing; and implementation.

This role requires expertise in full-stack software design, development, testing and deployment using Java and / or PHP and / or Python on Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud computing. Hands-on experience with application development, design skills in development of software solutions, frameworks, interfaces, and components and hands-on experience with at least one cloud type, e.g. Azure and / or U.S.Gov. and / or State of CA Gov Cloud and / or AWS and / or GCP, etc is also essential. Strong understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, experience with software development and implementations, and knowledge of interoperability of multie architectural platforms and systems are needed.

Responsibilities :

• Performs activities in support of discovering, assessing, architecting, implementing and delivering software enterprise solutions.
• Acts as a technical lead and software applications solution architect, responsible for defining, designing, developing (computer programing), testing, production deploying, documenting, coordinating, and integrating the software and data services managed by the ITU (Information Technology Unit).
• Implements IT solutions to meet enterprise business objectives.
• Performs duties of software architecture; software development; software integration; software testing; software production deployment; and maintenance of infrastructure and software systems including user research; user-centric design; development or configuration; testing; and implementation.

Special Requirements

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Vision Benefits

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