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Job Summary

Salt Lake County...A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees' lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place....its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.  We work in a hybrid environment giving you flexibility to manage working from home and being in office.

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution

Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees

• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

JOB SUMMARY

Salt Lake County IT is looking for an experienced software developer with extensive GIS experience to join our Data & Analytics team.  This role is focused on developing and supporting applications, REST services, integrations, and ETL processes for GIS functions across Salt Lake County.  It also involves consulting with system administrators on ESRI system architecture and implementation.

Knowledge of ArcGIS technologies including ArcGIS REST services, ArcGIS for Python, ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, ArcGIS Pro SDK for .Net, and ArcGIS Experience Builder Developer Edition is required.  Candidates should have experience supporting ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online, including Portal, Server, Data Store, and Enterprise Geodatabases.

Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical customers is very important.  This role works with GIS professionals as well as business users with no specific GIS knowledge.  Candidates should be able to define business requirements and translate them into practical GIS solutions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or other closely related field, plus four (4) years of related data and software experience in a similar environment; OR an equivalent combination of eight (8) years of related data and software education and experience.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops and supports software applications, systems, and integrations.
• Provides analysis, profiling, and documentation of business information systems and applications.
• Assists in design and architecture.
• Analyzes and troubleshoots technical issues and identifies modifications needed in applications to meet changing user requirements.
• Works with other engineers, programmers, and analysts in planning, prioritizing and executing assigned tasks within deadlines.
• Assesses training needs; prepares training documents and trains application users as needed.
• Functions as a liaison with Salt Lake County agency technology staff and Information Technology (IT).
• Assists with research into new and emerging technologies to evaluate their potential and compatibility with County needs and technology environment; analyzes and evaluates technology solutions to ensure their consistency and integration with County technology standards; participates in developing enterprise policies, standards, and procedures.
• Assists in developing enterprise policies, standards, and procedures.
• Assists in determining operational feasibility by evaluating analyses, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions. Page 2 of 2
• Demonstrates solutions feasibility by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, and code comments as requested.
• Works with the Quality Assurance (QA) team in preparing test cases, plans, and procedures.
• Attends team meetings to communicate project status, new ideas, and any issues.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of:

• Application design and engineering.
• Common programming languages and standards, e.g. C#, Java, Python, .Net, REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, SQL, HTML, etc.
• Software development environments and tools, e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse, Git, etc.
• Databases, data design, data warehousing, datga modeling (e.g. MS SQL Servver, Oracle, Informix, etc.)
• Information security, networking, access control, application configuration, application monitoring, and application performance.

Skills and Abilities to:

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing Listen and understand, disseminate information and ideas.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
• Remain calm under stress and quickly adjust, evolve and multi-task between several competing priorities at once.
• Logically and systematically analyze and solve problems.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements. 

Employment Type: FULL_TIME