SYSTEMS ANALYST (APPLICATIONS AND PROGRAMMING)

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Our CIT Department is excited to announce openings within the IT Applications and Analytics Division for two multifaceted Systems Analysts with a strong foundation in application support, programming, dynamic dashboard creation, and a keen focus on leadership and automation. This pivotal role is dedicated to enhancing and managing our mission-critical systems across the enterprise, ensuring they meet our current operational demands while being scalable for future technological growth.

The Systems Analyst will deploy, maintain, and update essential applications, utilizing their advanced programming skills to devise custom solutions that enhance functionality and streamline user experiences. A fundamental aspect of this role involves developing intuitive data aggregation to serve Business Intelligence Dashboards that provide vital real-time insights, facilitating complex decision-making processes throughout the organization.

The Systems Analyst will be at the forefront of technological innovation, exploring new trends, committed to ongoing professional development, and making impactful contributions to the City's strategic goals. Joining our team offers a unique opportunity to lead, work on diverse projects, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and significantly influence the direction of our technology portfolio. This role is about being a pioneering change agent and positively impacting our community through innovative solutions and leadership excellence.

Successful candidates will possess the following:

• The ability to manage moderate to large-scale conversion, application implementation, and integration projects; Coordinate, manage, and schedule the design and implementation of new information technology systems.
• Demonstrated experience in providing leadership in evaluating complex technology strategies. 
• The ability to define issues, analyze problems, evaluate alternatives, and develop reliable, independent conclusions and recommendations. 
• Experience in preparing clear, concise, comprehensive correspondence, reports, studies, and other written materials. 
• Ability to collaborate, communicate clearly and effectively, and convey understanding of business processes and technical requirements to technical and non-technical audiences orally and in writing. 
• Experience in presenting proposals and recommendations clearly, logically, and persuasively. 
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all team members and business users.
• The ability to building business process workflows in Microsoft Visio.
• Experience in writing custom applications, ETLs, automation, and interfaces using a variety of languages such as .NET, Java, PL/SQL, JavaScript, and Python.
• Knowledge in administering Relational or NoSQL database systems, diagnosing and resolving database issues, optimizing database applications for performance, ensuring data integrity, and designing and adjusting database structure.
• Experience using low/no-code tools like Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Apps), demonstrating proficiency in creating seamless connections and automating workflows between diverse systems.
• Knowledge of database structure languages, such as SQL.
• Experience in developing dashboard representation of enterprise data in Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Power BI, Business Works, Cognos, or Tableau.
• Experience in providing training and mentoring to lower-level unit staff.

Interested candidates must submit an online application and supplemental questionnaire at www.TorranceCA.Gov/Jobs. Application submission will be accepted on a continuous basis until the positions are filled. First review of applications will be those received by Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. If a sufficient number of qualified applications are received by the first review date, there is the possibility that the recruitment may close at that time. 

Only those candidates who best meet the City and Department's needs will be invited to participate in the examination process, which will consist of the following component:
 
Panel Interview: Weighted 100% (Tentatively scheduled on Wednesday, April 3, 2024) 

The tentative test date(s) will be based on a sufficient number of qualified applications received by the first review date. If a sufficient number of applications are not received by the first review date, there is the possibility that the test date may change to a later date.

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