Information Technology Analyst (Principal) (Software Engineer)

Solano County; Fairfield (CA); In loco; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Descrizione del lavoro

Solano County IT is seeking an IT Analyst Principal – Software Engineer to lead digital‑transformation projects across the Power Platform and Azure stacks. You will drive design, architecture, and delivery of scalable integrations with both cloud and on‑prem systems.

You will collaborate with business analysts, developers, and project managers, ensuring robust, secure solutions aligned with county objectives and timelines.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field.
• Six years of IT systems and/or application development experience with two years in a lead or supervisory role.
• Proven experience with Power Platform and Microsoft Azure required.

Mansioni

• Design and develop integrations to enable communication between on‑premises and cloud applications.
• Lead technical decisions across development, configuration, integration, and security.
• Provide guidance to teams across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Conduct workshops and demonstrations on low‑code platforms for stakeholders.

Conoscenze

Power Platform

Azure

JavaScript/TypeScript

C#

REST APIs

Azure DevOps

UI/UX

Security/ALM

Agile/Scrum

Data integration

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Strumenti

Visual Studio

Visual Studio Code

Dataverse

Power Apps

Power BI

Git/Azure DevOps

RESTful APIs

Descrizione del lavoro

Solano County is the ideal place to live, learn, work and play. Solano County Department Of Information Technology (DoIT) Provides Customer-oriented And Convenient Access To Information And Services Through The Use Of Technology; Anytime - Anywhere. The County Strives For Cost-effective Use Of Technology, With Interactive Exchange And Sharing Of Data Within Departments, With Constituents, With Other Governments And Business Partners. The Guiding Principles Of DoIT Are

• Support and facilitate access to County information for the public and its employees and to help the County conduct its business in a fast and easy manner
• Support the business goals of the County in an efficient, cost-effective manner
• Provide safe and secure systems and an integration mechanism to streamline business practices
• Provide ongoing technology training for staff
• Provide opportunities for constituents to utilize technology in their interaction with the County
• Share and exchange information using multiple channels

THE POSITION

The IT Analyst Principal – Software Engineering, serves as a solution architect, leading successful implementations and addressing broader business and technical needs. The position helps identify opportunities to solve business problems through functional and technical knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps, related Microsoft cloud solutions, and third‑party technologies.

Responsibilities include designing and developing custom integrations to ensure effective communication between applications, whether on-premises or cloud-based. The role performs proactive and preventative work to maximize the value of the County’s investment and promote organizational maturity with timely solutions.

Solid expertise across functional and technical disciplines of Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, and the programming stack is essential. The position facilitates design decisions across development, configuration, integration, infrastructure, security, licensing, availability, storage, and change management, balancing the project's business needs with functional and non-functional requirements.

This class is distinguished from the Information Technology Analyst IV by responsibility for a major section, program or initiative with a high level of independence and responsibility for significant resources.

SUPERVISION

• Receives direction from an Information Technology Manager, the Assistant Director, or Chief Information Officer.
• May exercise supervision over administrative and professional staff.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

As an IT Analyst Principal – Software Engineer, you will play a key role in driving the design and implementation of digital‑transformation solutions across the County. The selected candidate will have extensive knowledge and hands‑on experience with Microsoft Power Platform services, JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, HTML, RESTful Web APIs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and Microsoft Azure, and design patterns to create scalable, robust, and efficient solutions that align with our client's business objectives. You will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams, including business analysts, developers, and project managers, to ensure successful solutions development, implementation and delivery.

Technical Knowledge/skills

• 5+ years of relevant experience with Microsoft Power Platform services, JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, HTML, RESTful Web APIs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and Microsoft Azure is required.
• In‑depth knowledge of the entire Power Platform stack (PowerApps, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Pages) with in‑depth understanding of its capabilities, boundaries, and constraints.
• Experience developing Canvas and Model Driven applications.
• Experience with Dataverse and developing Power Apps applications that leverage Dataverse as the data source.
• Experience in migrating Various Data sources and workflows to PowerApps and Power Automate.
• Experience in Automating Business Processes with Power Automate.
• Ability to create custom connectors for PowerApps and Power Automate.
• In‑depth knowledge of authentication, security, and application lifecycle management (ALM) practices for the Microsoft Power Platform.
• Azure OpenAI Service: Knowledge of integrating foundational enterprise Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT into custom software architectures using Web APIs.
• Azure Cognitive Services / Azure AI Services: Skill in consuming pre‑built APIs for vision (OCR, object detection), speech, translation, and language within their custom applications.
• Dataverse Semantic Search & AI Grounding: Understanding how to securely ground generative AI prompts and models using the enterprise data stored in Microsoft Dataverse.
• Relational databases (design/SQL/tuning)
• Web APIs (SOAP/REST)
• Tooling (GIT/Azure DevOps)
• An eye for clean, easy to use, UI/UX implementations.
• Understanding of data privacy and information security best practices.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Provide technical insights and guidance to development teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct workshops, presentations, and demonstrations to showcase the capabilities and benefits of low‑code platforms to teammates and internal stakeholders.

Position Requirements

Education And Experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in Information Technology or related field.

Experience: Six (6) years of information technology systems and/or application development and support experience including two (2) years of project lead or supervisory responsibility.

Note: Additional experience may substitute on a year for year basis for the educational requirement.

Licensing, Certification And Registration Requirements

• Applicants may be required to possess a valid California Driver’s License, Class C.
• Some positions in this class will require technical certifications demonstrating expertise in specific bodies of knowledge.

Note: All licenses, certificates and registrations requisite to the position must be kept current while employed in this class. This may include the completion of continuing education units to maintain the required registration in good standing.

Desired Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Power Automate RPA Developer Associate | Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate | Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate | Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate | Microsoft Certified: Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect
• Supplemental Information

SELECTION PROCESS

• 10/16/2026 – 5:00pm Deadline to submit application and required documents for first application review.
• 11/13/2026 – 5:00pm Deadline to submit application and required documents for next application review.
• Based on the information provided in the application documents, the qualified applicants may be invited for further examination and will either be pre‑scheduled by the Department of Human Resources or be invited to self‑schedule. All applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. Depending upon the number of applications received, the selection process may consist of an initial application screening, a mandatory information meeting, a supplemental questionnaire assessment, a written and/or practical exam, an oral board exam, or any combination listed. Responses to supplemental questions may be used as screening and testing mechanisms and will be used to assess an applicant’s ability to advance in the process; as such, responses to supplemental questions should be treated as test examination responses. Information contained herein does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.
• All potential new hires and employees considered for promotion to management, confidential positions or unrepresented positions will be subject to a background and reference check after contingent job offer is accepted. These provisions are subject to change.
• RETIREES - Solano County invites all to apply for positions; however pursuant to Government Code Section 21221(h) and 21224, hiring restrictions may apply to California Public Sector Pension Plan Retirees.

Physical Requirements

• Mobility and Dexterity: Positions in this class typically require stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling (i.e. sense of touch), and repetitive motion.
• Lifting, Carrying, Pushing and Pulling -- Light Work: Employees in this class will be exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Vision: Positions in this class require the employee to have close visual acuity, with or without correction, to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal, read, etc. Positions in this class also require employees to have depth perception in order to operate a motor vehicle.
• Hearing/Talking: Positions in this class require the employee to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication. Positions in this class require the employee to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.

Working Conditions

• Office Work: Employees in this class will most often be working in an office setting.
• Traffic Hazards: Employees in this class may be required to operate a vehicle and thus will be subject to traffic hazards while driving.
• Disruptive/Confrontational Human Contacts: Employees in this class may be subject to disruptive and confrontational people.

Other Requirements

• Background Checks: The County may conduct a background check and a reference check on candidates prior to appointment to a position within this class. [and, depending on the position, may include information such as:] The background check may include the State of California Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Child Abuse Central Index (CACI), and criminal checks in any City/County where the applicant has lived, worked or gone to school.
• Independent Travel: Incumbents are OR may be required to travel independently, for example, to perform work at other work sites, to attend meetings with other County employees, to attend meetings with community organizations, etc.
• Hours of Work: Incumbents may be required to work weekends, holidays, irregular hours, on‑call, and after normal business hours.

Veteran’s Preference Points

To be eligible, applicant must have served at least 181 consecutive days of active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States and have received either an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. A COPY OF THE DD 214, SHOWING DISCHARGE TYPE (GENERALLY COPY 4), MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT BY THE FINAL FILING DATE (or APPLICATION REVIEW DEADLINE). Applicants who have a service connected disability must also submit a recent award letter from the VA stating they are receiving disability benefits for service connected reasons.

Veteran applicants for initial County employment with an honorable or general under conditions discharge shall receive five (5) points added to their combined score. Disabled veterans rated at not less than 30% disability shall have ten (10) points added to their combined score. Veteran’s preference points will only be added to passing scores in competitive open examinations.

Americans With Disabilities Act

It is the policy of Solano County that all employment decisions and personnel policies will be applied equally to all County employees and applicants and be based upon the needs of County service, job related merit, and ability to perform the job.

APPLICANTS WITH DISABILITIES: Qualified individuals with a disability, who are able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, and need an accommodation during any phase of the recruitment/testing/examination process (as detailed in the “Selection Process”), must complete the following Request for Testing Accommodation by Applicants with Disabilities Form.

We offer a benefits package to employees which includes health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, holidays, vacation, and sick leave

EEO/AA

Please note that all dates/times listed in the job announcement are Pacific Time.