Software Engineer at Orange County Department of Education
About the Employer
The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) serves some of Orange County’s most vulnerable student populations and provides support and mandated fiscal oversight to 28 school districts serving more than 600 schools and approximately 475,000 students. In addition to providing direct instruction to students through its own alternative and special education programs, OCDE administers an array of programs and services that are critical to the operations of local school districts and community colleges, facilitating professional development, legal guidance, payroll, career and technical education support, high-speed internet access, Local Control and Accountability Plan assistance and approval, resources for families, and student enrichment. OCDE’s vision is that “Orange County students will lead the nation in college and career readiness and success.” Department staff are working to achieve this goal in collaboration with educators at all levels of student development, from early childhood through higher education, and in partnership with families, businesses and community organizations.
Job Summary
Job Summary
The Information Technology Division seeks to leverage technology to simplify, enhance, and provide innovative business and educational solutions. They are committed to provide creative and collaborative ideas by implementing and incorporating technology with our customers. OCDE is seeking an ambitious and knowledgeable individual to serve as a Software Engineer to design and create engineering specifications for enterprise applications such as payroll, human resources, and time attendance. Incumbents will implement specific development methodology, document software specifications, code, test, and debug programs according to specifications, modify, expand, and update applications, and develop software prototypes. The Software Engineer will be responsible for collaborating with Business and Information Technology teams and other stakeholders to ensure architecture is aligned with business requirements. This position is full-time, Monday through Friday, and is based out of our central offices in Costa Mesa, CA. The Software Engineer position will: Analyze procedures and data to develop logical solutions to complex applications programming problems. Perform complex application analysis design and development duties including creating engineering specifications; coding, testing, and debugging programs; and modifying, expanding, and updating applications. Test, implement, and support new operating systems and hardware. Independently perform complex application development/programming analysis duties. Provide detailed design and specification documentation for all software applications.
Requirements / Qualifications
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a computer related field. • Three (3) years of recent extensive experience in the areas of design, development, testing, debugging and deployment of applications using Microsoft. NET and SQL Server. This experience should have been performed at a senior level and within the last two years. (Recent experience is defined as within the last two (2) years)
There are supplemental questions in the application. Please note that the EdJoin system will time-out after a 20-minute period of perceived inactivity. To assist you in the preparation of your application, the supplemental questions are listed here. Your responses should be thoughtful and thorough, and within the limit of 5,000 characters or less. We recommend that you prepare your responses in advance of beginning the application. 1. To gain insight on your programming background, please tell us about a significant project that you worked on. Give details on the requirements, what you enjoyed, and what you learned from it. 2. Describe your project management experience. Share some strategies you have employed in the past to ensure a successful project. 3. Tell us about your experience working with web applications, including any business applications such as: Payroll, Human Resources, Time Attendance, and/or Finance. Notice to Applicants: If you require accommodation in the application process, please inform us.
Requirements / Qualifications
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a computer related field. • Three (3) years of recent extensive experience in the areas of design, development, testing, debugging and deployment of applications using Microsoft. NET and SQL Server. This experience should have been performed at a senior level and within the last two years. (Recent experience is defined as within the last two (2) years)
There are supplemental questions in the application. Please note that the EdJoin system will time-out after a 20-minute period of perceived inactivity. To assist you in the preparation of your application, the supplemental questions are listed here. Your responses should be thoughtful and thorough, and within the limit of 5,000 characters or less. We recommend that you prepare your responses in advance of beginning the application. 1. To gain insight on your programming background, please tell us about a significant project that you worked on. Give details on the requirements, what you enjoyed, and what you learned from it. 2. Describe your project management experience. Share some strategies you have employed in the past to ensure a successful project. 3. Tell us about your experience working with web applications, including any business applications such as: Payroll, Human Resources, Time Attendance, and/or Finance. Notice to Applicants: If you require accommodation in the application process, please inform us.
Comments and Other Information
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the completed online application.
Before receiving authorization to work in this position, the individual selected will be required to provide a current negative TB authorization, within the last 60 days, and submit fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a confidential background investigation and record check. The tests are arranged and paid for by OCDE.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires employers to verify the employability of all new employees. Before the Department will finalize an offer of employment, the candidate selected will be required to show original documents which establish both the individual’s identity and employment authorization. The candidate must also sign a statement under penalty of perjury regarding his/her employability.
We reserve the right to reopen, readvertise, or delay filling this position.
AA/EOE/ADA
Comments and Other Information
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the completed online application.
Before receiving authorization to work in this position, the individual selected will be required to provide a current negative TB authorization, within the last 60 days, and submit fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a confidential background investigation and record check. The tests are arranged and paid for by OCDE.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires employers to verify the employability of all new employees. Before the Department will finalize an offer of employment, the candidate selected will be required to show original documents which establish both the individual’s identity and employment authorization. The candidate must also sign a statement under penalty of perjury regarding his/her employability.
We reserve the right to reopen, readvertise, or delay filling this position.
AA/EOE/ADA
Application Deadline
4/12/2022 10:29:35 AM Pacific
Date Posted
11/17/2021
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Add'l Salary Info
Classified Management, Range?: $7,297 - $8,873 monthly. Placement based on education and years of experience.
Length of Work Year
225 Days/12 Months
Employment Type
Full Time
Benefits
We provide a safe, caring, courteous, and professional environment that fosters collaborative work and individual development for employees. OCDE offers generous, comprehensive, tax-free insurance benefits options to full-time members of the staff. Benefits may be prorated for employees working fewer than 12 months per year or less than full-time. Benefits packages include medical, dental, and vision care insurance for employees and their eligible dependents, and life insurance for employees.