Web Development Assistant Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
Sharp HealthCare is a leading healthcare provider seeking a Web Application Developer III. This role involves providing leadership for the Web Development team, focusing on application design and development, user interfaces, and system performance.
Responsibilities:
• Designs, develops, documents, and maintains web application software and databases using standard programming conventions.
• Implements sound system solutions that are consistent with business strategy and operational needs.
• Interprets and translates requirements and functional specifications into efficient and effective technical specifications and code.
• Minimizes the need to re-write applications via thorough analysis, creative design, and sound development of code.
• Uses sound judgment in performing change control management appropriately, including synchronization of test and production environments.
• Performs code review using sound knowledge and judgment regarding IS principles and department specifications.
• Proficient in application design and database modeling (both physical and logical).
• Creates best practices guidelines and checklist for developers to follow when designing and developing web applications.
• Documents file structures, programming constructs, installation and operating instruction and other technical features of applications developed or installed by the department.
• Exhibits structured programming methodology in code.
• Uses standardized naming conventions and ensures that other developers are following such conventions.
• Ensures that production delays do not occur due to negligence or failure to following proper procedures.
• Provide leadership for product development and support, providing supervision and guidance for all activities related to web application development.
• Must demonstrate consistent ability to lead others and work without supervision.
• Trains new and existing web developers in system and operational tasks in order to maximize effectiveness and utilization of systems.
• Proposes and implements creative solutions to operational and application issues with follow-through to resolution.
• Independent worker with ability to exercise discretion and make decisions based on distinct issues.
• Manages end-user expectations and provides exemplary support by meeting service level agreements.
• Leads product by facilitating project discussions, recommending solutions, and providing overall status.
• Presents feedback to both team members and leadership to effectively manage both individual and team performance.
• Manages client and department expectations through effective client communication resolving conflicts and department issues independently through effective decisions.
• Performs thorough analysis of applications running in Sharp environment for highest level of availability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Performs technical analysis and recommends application solutions that are flexible, highly reliable, and available.
• Ensures applications meet department expectations to be self-monitoring and capable of issuing predictive warnings of failures through existing system monitoring tools.
• Ensures that other developers in the team are performing adequate technical analysis before implementing solutions.
• Responds to requests for service within guidelines and time frames as established to meet organizational objectives.
• Customers are kept informed of the progress of their requests and notified of successful completion or need for delay.
• Performs appropriate make or buy analysis and provides recommendations to IT and Business management.
• Provides on call support as needed to troubleshoot problems as part of the on call rotation schedule.
• Assist others to address on call issues.
• Will take on resolution of issues from other programmers when senior level skills are required for problem resolution.
• Demonstrates consistent and effective technical leadership and project management techniques.
• Creates and maintains a matrix of all assigned projects using appropriate prioritization, timing and creativity, such that projects are completed on time and within resource constraints.
• Communicates in a timely fashion both to the requestor and management when project schedules may not be meet.
• Provides executable alternative solutions to work around resource constraints.
• Analyzes department and client needs to develop a workable training plan and executes training plan appropriately.
• Assist with the development of resource allocation and scheduling using knowledge of technical work involved for implementation of solutions.
• Assists the projects manager to develop a comprehensive project plan through sound analysis, work breakdown structure, realistic resource and duration estimates, and identification of project dependencies.
• Monitors and triages project issues to appropriate team members and provides technical leadership to team members to ensure implementation of sound solutions.
• Uses knowledge of IS standards and proactive thinking to determine best technical solutions that is consistent with team's technical direction.
• Performs comprehensive risk identification and mitigation.
• Identifies the need for and implements appropriate change control procedures/documentation both departmentally and at the IS level.
• Ensures appropriate communication of project related issues.
• Manages the configuration, development, test execution, and deployment to ensure optimum system performance.
• Creates and maintains system related documentation such that features and procedures are well documented and communicated.
• Documentation allows for the continuation of functions by other programmers when the assigned primary programmer is unavailable.
• Enforces the need for all developers to keep documentation up to date and is readily available (WIKI).
• Ensures the appropriate use of test environments.
• Manages development and test environments, promotes code changes to all environments, including production.
• Consistently maintains software changes across the production and test environments according to team policy.
• Performs all levels of testing in a timely and accurate manner.
• Performs environment synchronization as required in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provides oversight to junior staff members on testing procedures to ensure that testing adequately covers code changes.
• Ensures that production delays do not occur due to negligence or failure to following proper procedures.
• Follows change management procedures and ensures that analysts and other developers also follow procedures.
• Participates in providing the leadership necessary to review current and new technologies for incorporation with existing technologies within the department.
• Develops and maintains an extraordinarily high level of skill in information technologies applicable to Sharp and web application development.
• Works closely with vendors to evaluate and recommend solutions; recommends the appropriate solutions to meet Sharp's needs, regardless of vendor.
• Acts as in-house consultant to IT application teams in the evaluation of new technologies and/or innovative solutions.
• Will lead other developers in the implementation of selected technologies and/or software solution.
• Is viewed by others in IT as the in-house technical expert.
• Works with IT personnel, vendors and clients in reviewing requests for appropriateness within the Sharp computing environment.
• Represents the department on strategic initiatives to ensure that a thorough evaluation is performed on possible impact to existing applications.
• Demonstrates strategic and forward thinking by conducting thorough analysis of downstream and upstream impact of issues and proposed solutions.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 10 Years Experience in an Information Systems role with a minimum seven years of experience in application development with technology used at Sharp (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ColdFusion, others).
• Experience in application design patterns and principles, development methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Experience with both relational databases as well as NoSQL based data stores with the ability to determine the best solution based on individual project requirements and goals.
• Experience interfacing with both internal and third party APIs as well as designing and developing new APIs as part of a services oriented architecture.
• Bachelor's degree an applicable field such as Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or Health Care Administration; or relevant experience in excess of five years or appropriate certifications may substitute for degree.
Company:
Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery system based in San Diego, Calif. Founded in 1955, the company is headquartered in San Diego, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.