Senior Application Development Analyst (JO#4336) (SF or SAC)

JOB TITLE: Senior Application Development Analyst
LOCATION: San Francisco or Sacramento
JOB OPENING: JO#4336

OVERVIEW

The Information Technology office is responsible for assisting the courts in achieving the Judicial Council's technology objectives. The division is directly responsible for the development, acquisition, implementation and support of automated systems in the appellate courts, trial courts and the Judicial Council.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work independently with moderate supervision and interface with local courts, Judicial Council departments, Enterprise architects, security teams, California Courts Technology Center (CCTC) technical support staff, vendors, and the management teams for IT, Branch Accounting, and Procurement departments.
• Support the SAP Basis development and provide administration and support to all 58 California Trial Courts’ Phoenix Financial Systems. This includes: R/3 ECC, Portal, Oracle database, Portal content management, Business Intelligence, Security, and Solution Manager Administration.
• Maintain systems and administer oversight for 11 Trial Courts’ Human Resources Systems.
• Support 4 CCTC and two Judicial Council-hosted environments, including 39 virtualized systems, 9 SAP complimentary software applications, 90+ interfaces of financial institutions, trial courts and Human Resources vendors, and on-demand and standardized reports.
• Support after hours and conduct weekend maintenance on windows.
• Act as the Technical Project Manager, create technical project plans, monitor projects’ progress, and report regular status to IT Management.
• Participate in planning and status meetings with CCTC data center vendor, business teams, Enterprise Architects, and Security Teams. This requires a working knowledge of system and network architecture, SAP infrastructure, network security, and SAP complimentary products such as Netweaver Single Sign-on, data migration tools, and UX functionality.
• Perform SAP Basis administrator duties, such as SAP installs, upgrades, and migrations.
• Update the tax rules using BSI application.
• Develop technical Proof of Concepts for SAP’s newly deployed functionality.
• Act as the administrator for the Oracle database for Phoenix applications.
• Resolve and provide support to all of SAP Basis and CCTC related tickets.
• Troubleshoot and resolve all reported outages related to the Phoenix application. This requires working knowledge of virtualized, high availability environments, network architecture, as well as SAP application components, and users; desktops’ configurations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree preferably in computer science, information systems, or directly related field, and five (5) years of design and development experience including solid knowledge and proficiency in the software used in the assignment.

Additional directly related experience and/or education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

Possession of a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or directly related field may be substituted for one of the years of required experience.

OR

Two years as an Application Development Analyst (utilizing the software used in the assignment) with the Judicial Council of California or other California state government entity.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge in architecture of all SAP products;
• Knowledge in architecture of supporting applications, such as RWD, BSI, ACL, Siteminder, NWSSO, and Apache;
• Knowledge in application administration of SAP Basis, RWD, BSI, Solman, ACL, and Business Warehouse;
• Oracle database administration;
• Knowledge of Middleware tools like Siteminder, SAP NWSSO, Apache, Axway, and Portal;
• Knowledge of front-end technology like Windows, Java, SAPGUI, and Browsers;
• Operating System administrations of Unix, Linux, and Windows;
• Knowledge of new technologies for virtualization of hardware; and
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture principles.

KNOWLEDGE OF

• Information systems architecture for enterprise-wide systems;
• Design, development, and deployment principles, methods, and strategies for complex, multi-tier and integrated information systems;
• Interrelationship between different operating systems, development tools, middleware, messaging, and system management;
• Principles and methods of system security, as assigned;
• Principles and methods of database design, management, and tuning;
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC);
• Software development, data modeling, programming languages, and report generators;
• High proficiency in assigned programming/coding language(s), as assigned;
• Project management methods, tools, and techniques;
• Principles and techniques of preparing a variety of effective written materials and presentations;
• User training principles and documentation;
• Best practices and emerging technologies;
• Principles and methods of application implementation and data conversion;
• Web design, content management, and analytics, as assigned;
• Customer service principles;
• Applicable work rules and policies; and
• Applicable business equipment and desktop applications.

SKILL IN

• Conceptualizing and integrating systems within enterprise-wide information systems architecture;
• Organizing and overseeing multiple assignments meeting critical milestone dates;
• Planning and project management;
• Monitoring and researching industry trends, solutions, and best practices;
• Developing standards and protocols for work team;
• Translating business requirements to technical requirements and application design;
• Application trouble-shooting;
• Systems analysis; analyzing complex technical issues and problem-solving skills;
• Facilitating meetings; creating agendas and/or meeting minutes; tracking action items and issues;
• Listening and problem-solving;
• Summarizing information; preparing and advocating technical recommendations;
• Technical research and analysis including recommendations for application and/or database and/or hardware system tuning, patching, and upgrades;
• Applying initiative and creativity to technical problem-solving;
• Use software development tools, languages, and report generators, as assigned;
• Maintaining web applications, properties, content, and web infrastructure, as assigned;
• Administering user access and security, as assigned;
• Communicating technical software and hardware issues to non-technical users and management.

HOW TO APPLY

To ensure consideration of your application for the earliest round of interviews, please apply by 5:00 P.M. on Monday, December 5, 2016.

This position requires the submission of our official application, a resume, a Technical Specification document (created by the candidate), and a response to the supplemental questions.

To complete an online application, please visit our website at www.courts.ca.gov/careers and search for Job Opening 4336.

To obtain a printed application, please download a copy from the Careers page on our website at www.courts.ca.gov/careers, and under the Special Access section, click on the Employment Application link.

OR visit:

Judicial Council of California
Human Resources
455 Golden Gate Avenue, 5th Floor
San Francisco, California 94102-3688
415-865-4272 Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

Please refer to “Senior Application Development Analyst, Job Opening # 4336” on your application materials and all correspondence.

The Judicial Council provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities who request such accommodation. Reasonable accommodation needs should be requested through Human Resources at (415) 865-4260

OTHER:

Please note: If you are selected for hire, verification of employment eligibility or authorization to work in the United States will be required.

PAY & BENEFITS

Monthly Salary Range:
$7,145 - $10,717 per month

Some highlights of our benefits package include:

• Health/Dental/Vision benefits program
• 13 paid holidays per calendar year
• Choice of Annual Leave or Sick/Vacation Leave
• 1 personal holiday per year
• $130 transit pass subsidy per month
• Pre-Tax Parking Savings Program
• CalPERS Retirement Plan
• 401 (k) and 457 deferred compensation plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• FlexElect Program
• Long Term Care Disability (employee paid/optional)
• Group Legal Plan (employee paid/optional)

The Judicial Council of California Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Supplemental Questionnaire
Senior Application Development Analyst
(Job Opening # 4336)

To better assess the qualifications of each applicant, we will review your responses to the following questions. Please indicate for which employer you performed these functions. Your answers should not exceed a total of three pages.

1. Describe the most challenging issue you have encountered during a SAP upgrade or OSDB migration that you have performed. What did you learn from that

2. Describe the most challenging SAP basis issue you have encountered that required you to work with the network and OS admin teams? How did you manage the issue to resolution?

3. Describe your experience with a Tax calculation product that works with SAP (like BSI). Provide example(s) of when you had issues with its administration.