IT Software Eng Sr

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Job Description:

IT Software Engineer Senior

Purpose:

IT Software Engineer Seniors are members of an agile-oriented cross-functional team who leverage software to solve real-world problems. This position actively develops and leads new software code and maintains existing code with a high degree of quality, leveraging strong software design principles, ingenuity and creativity, attention to detail, and analytical skills to devise unique and innovative software solutions.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Researches, designs, develops, tests, implements, and manages service/product solutions
  
• Develops service/product/solutions to support value creation, growth, and delivery of exceptional City/department customer and business results
  
• Leads creation of a quality product or component of value
  
• Leads and supports implementation, development, enhancement, and software source code and script modifications
  
• Analyzes and designs technical solutions related to an application, platform, or service
  
• Analyzes, creates, automates tests, and verifies and validates whether system and software solutions meet specified requirements
  
• Monitors performance and identifies errors and remediation
  
• Uses DevOps and Agile processes to deliver desired functionality quickly and effectively while iterating to continue development
  
• Supports legacy systems, technology, processes
  
• Determines technical feasibility criteria and next steps and actions for software and features.
  
• Ensures high-quality software deliverables by leveraging automation and tooling best practices.
  
• Participates in the design and development of the test automation framework and any in-house tools required.
  
• Debugs, troubleshoots, and isolates software problems.
  

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of software design concepts, application servers, middleware applications and other software-related tools and concepts.
  
• Knowledge of programming languages like Javascript, C++, Python, Java etc.
  
• Knowledge of development platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Salesforce, Pega, Docker, Kubernetes).
  
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles and agile development methodologies.
  
• Knowledge of Operating Systems (Linux, UNIX, MacOS etc.)
  
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD principles and tools.
  
• Knowledge of configuration management, test-driven development, and release management
  
• Knowledge of mobile applications, ecosystems and development.
  
• Skill in leading automation & orchestration, scripting & coding skills, ci/cd, containerization testing, infrastructure as code (IaC), release and deployment, and solution development.
  
• Skill in software security, cloud orchestration & computing.
  
• Ability to design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.
  
• Ability to work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.
  
• Ability to collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary teams to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.
  
• Ability to investigate and analyze information, and to draw conclusions.
  
• Ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
  
• Ability to adapt quickly to short timelines, changes in prioritization, and ambiguity in an agile work environment.
  
• Ability to work with multiple layers of complexity.
  
• Ability to adhere to required compliance to all change management policies and procedures.
  
• Ability to adhere to required compliance to all information security policies and procedures.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job, plus three (3) years of related experience
  
• Experience may substitute for education up to four (4) years
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with APIs
  
• Experience with M365 (Power Automate, Power Apps)
  
• Experience supporting legacy systems, technology and processes.
  
• Experience with Github, and coding languages (SQL, C#, Python etc...)
  

Notes to Candidate:

The IT Software Engineer Senior are members of an agile-oriented cross-functional team within the Information Systems team of Business Technology Unit who leverages software to solve real-world problems. This position actively develops and leads new software code and maintains existing code with a high degree of quality, leveraging strong software design principles, ingenuity and creativity, attention to detail, and analytical skills to devise unique and innovative software solutions.


Work Location:

715 E 8th Street, Austin, TX 78701

Schedule:

7:00 am - 4:00 pm or 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm or 9:00 am - 6:00 pm. (opportunity to telework in adherence to the City Policy)

Payrate:

$35.50-$45.27 hr

City of Austin Application:

A complete and detailed City of Austin employment application is required to help us better evaluate your qualifications. For each position, please describe your specific experience as it relates to the minimum and preferred qualifications. Please be thorough in completing the employment application and list all experience and education that is relevant to this position. Starting salary will be based on overall relevant experience and education. Application must include job titles, job duties performed, full or part time status. Your work history should include the duties you performed, any supervisory or lead responsibilities, and any equipment or computer software used.

CBI:

Must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A & B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and Family Violence Convictions. Please Click here to find more information.

Secondary Employment:

All Austin Police employees are prohibited from accepting or engaging in any secondary employment that might conflict or interfere with an employee’s duty and responsibility to the Department.

• APD must review all secondary employment.
  
• Employees are required to submit a Secondary Employment Application for review and approval upon being hired with APD, as well as current APD employees considering Secondary employment.
  

Benefits:

Working with the Austin Police Department provides a number of health and welfare benefits, such as medical, paid leave time, retirement plan, training opportunities and more. Please click here to find more information.

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Travel:
If you are selected for this position and meet the Driver Safety Standards in the City of Austin Driver Safety Program, you may drive when necessary to multiple locations as part of your regular job duties. Otherwise, you are responsible for getting to and from these locations.

EEO/AA statement:

The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual’s AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

Important Note to Applicants:
Please be aware that the Job Posting Close Date reflects the final day to apply, but the posting will close at 11:59 PM the day before the date listed. All application steps, including attachments and submission, must be fully completed before that time.

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EEO Statement for City of Austin:

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

Closing Date/Time: 2025-09-19

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