Under the general direction of an Information Technology Manager I (ITM I) over the Custom Applications/Client Server Support Section Chief, the Senior Developer provides advanced technical expertise in the design, development/configuration, implementation, and maintenance of applications and services in the Caltrans application portfolio including Division of Engineering Services. The incumbent performs duties at an expert level to implement information technology solutions and advises management in alignment with the technical standards, best practices, and enterprise architecture. The incumbent will have full responsibilities to lead a team of developers in all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology related to analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and day-to-day application maintenance and operations support. The incumbent shall apply information engineering, data and process models, web-based technologies, agile software development methodologies, industry standard frameworks, and cloud environments.
The incumbent will work closely with business analysts, application architects, and project management office, infrastructure team, network engineers to understand requirements and deliver scalable solutions that align with IT Strategic vision and mission, Caltrans Application Development standards and best practices. The incumbent will research, consult, and advise management to implement standards and best practices on new tools and technology. The incumbent will develop and make effective presentations to a wide range of audiences as needed. The incumbent will lead the application team in resolving critical technical issues and provide training and mentoring to junior level staff.
The incumbent will architect, design, develop and support applications using a wide array of leading-edge technologies for both Web and Mobile platforms using technologies like the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack, .NET, Single Page Application technologies like Angular, Python, HTML, JavaScript.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS (SOQ) IS REQUIRED. PLEASE SEE THE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS SECTION FOR SOQ INSTRUCTIONS.

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Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate’s relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Experience in solution design and architecture.
• Experience producing technical documentation, such as diagrams, technical requirements documents, systems architecture and interfaces, data model diagrams, configuration management documents, etc
• Strong analytical and time management skills.
• Experience with project management methodologies, standards, tools, change and release management processes.
• Knowledge of and experience with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
• Knowledge of and experience working with various database technologies like SQL, NoSQL, relational databases (e.g., MS SQL Server, Oracle PostgreSQL), etc.
• Understanding of application security principles and best practices
• Ability to operate in a Technical Lead capacity, including conducting market research, solution design, implementation, and deployment
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Benefits
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Contact Information
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.

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