PRINCIPAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS

County of Los Angeles; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

County of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA seeks an experienced emergency Principal Information Systems Analyst to lead complex IT initiatives addressing homelessness. Initial employment may be up to 90 days under an emergency order with potential for permanent appointment.

The role emphasizes systems development, requirements analysis, contract management, vendor coordination, and IT strategy within a centralized IT environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related field with four years of progressively responsible IT analysis and design experience.
• Alternatively, two years at Senior Information Systems Analyst level within the last three years.
• Or five years of progressive IT analysis and design experience in a centralized IT organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of information systems analysts and technical staff for complex applications.
• Develop system specifications through requirements gathering and analysis with business units and vendors.
• Contribute to long-range IT strategic plans and project portfolios.
• Prepare contract documents such as RFPs/RFQs/RFIs/SOWs and monitor vendor performance.
• Serve as technical consultant to project managers and department management.

Skills

Team leadership

Systems analysis

IT project management

Vendor coordination

Requirements gathering

Technical consulting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Job description

Filing Dates

March 4, 2025 at 9:00 A.M. (Pacific Time)

This opportunity will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

Exam Number

b2594T-EA

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you. The Department of Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Principal Information Systems Analyst vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

Position/Program Information

Type Of Recruitment: OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Principal Information Systems Analyst.

Essential Job Functions

• Leads, participates in the work and may supervise a team of Information Systems Analysts and other technical staff engaged in the development, implementation or maintenance of highly complex systems.
• Develops systems specifications, through requirements gathering, research, analysis and direct contact with business units, subject matter experts, system users and technical staff, and hardware/software vendors for specialized and complex applications using relevant tools and techniques for systems development.
• Conducts analysis and planning to revise and update the department's long-range information system plans, business automation plans and IT strategic plans.
• Solves the more complex application problems.
• Develops contract solicitation documents such as requests for proposals (RFPs), requests for quotes (RFQs), requests for information (RFIs), statements of work (SOWs) etc.
• Monitors vendor performance to ensure contract deliverables meet requirements, resolves problems, prepares reports, and reviews/approves vendor payments.
• Acts as technical consultant to a project manager, department management, and/or user management regarding one or more major system or maintenance analysis and design efforts.
• Represents the department at interdepartmental meetings and may serve on Countywide information technology committees and work groups.
• Performs consulting services to customers on new initiatives.
• Serves as the system manager for a complex application system, controlling system configuration such as data dictionaries, configuration options, and release cycles; regression test development planning and managing the release of new or updated application modules; analyzing, planning, documenting and championing changes to business processes; planning training, and having authority for change management at the application level, as needed.
• Performs analysis and manage reporting for project portfolio management and/or application portfolio management and may serve as a project management methodology consultant as part of a project management office (PMO), as needed.
• Coordinates and works with vendors to develop and implement solutions to specific problems or to meet specific objectives.
• Keeps abreast of emerging information technology trends including new hardware and software and reviews the application of new technology with customers and department management.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of technical documentation for enterprise or complex systems, as needed.
• Performs analysis and manage reporting of IT performance metrics, as needed.
• Serves as a project manager for applications of significant budget and duration, and/or manages multiple projects for smaller applications, guiding all activities in the systems development life cycle, from business requirements gathering to post-implementation activities, as needed.
• Prepares detailed project plans and assign activities to team members from multiple disciplines, and monitor and report status, as needed.
• Develops, implements, and supports project management, systems analysis, software development and systems implementation tools, techniques and methodologies, as needed.
• Establishes quality assurance procedures, as needed.
• Supervises lower level technical staff, as needed.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Training And Experience

• Graduation from an accredited college with a bachelor's degree* in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field, and four (4) years of progressively** more responsible, full-time, paid experience in a centralized Information Technology organization*** performing information systems analysis and design for complex systems****.
• -OR-
• Two (2) years of experience, within the last three years at the level of the Los Angeles County class of Senior Information Systems Analyst*****.
• -OR-
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible, full-time, paid experience in a centralized Information Technology organization performing information systems analysis and design for complex systems.

You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

License

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Physical Class

Physical Class II – Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Special Requirements Information

• ACCREDITATION: Accredited institutions are those listed in the publications of regional, national or international accrediting agencies which are accepted by the Department of Human Resources. Publications such as American Universities and Colleges and International Handbook of Universities are acceptable references. Also acceptable, if appropriate, are degrees that have been evaluated and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from United States accredited institutions by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE).

Transcript: *In order to receive credit for any college or university course, or any type of college or university degree, such as Bachelor's or higher, you must include a legible copy of the official diploma or official transcripts from the accredited institution which shows the area of specialization with your application at the time of filing or within 15 calendar days of filing.

Official Transcript is defined as a transcript that bears the college seal and states "official and/or copy" issued by the school's Registrar Office. A printout of the transcript from the school's website is NOT considered official and; therefore, will NOT be accepted and may result in your application being incomplete or rejected.

We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.

• Progressively more responsible experience is work experience that clearly shows an upward progression in the level of duties and responsibilities from one job to the next.
• Centralized IT organization is defined in the County of Los Angeles as that which is responsible, under the direction or guidance of the Chief Integration Technology official for the department or major organizational unit, for providing comprehensive IT services including analysis, design, acquisition, and/or development, implementation, maintenance, or support of information systems; and in which the work performed is in direct relationship to the IT requirements and initiatives of the department or major organizational unit.
• Complex Systems is Enterprise software that are categorized by business function. Each type of enterprise application can be considered a "system" due to the integration with a firm's business processes. A complex system is an enterprise application that encompasses many interfaces to source data and/or interactions with other applications.
• Senior Information Systems Analyst in the County of Los Angeles is defined as: Under direction performs specialized information systems analysis and provides expertise in one or more areas of systems analysis. May act as a team leader or coordinator.

Additional Information

Examination Content: Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment.

Department Contact

• HR Examinations Unit: [phone]
• HR Examinations Unit Email: [e-mail]
• Analyst Contact Phone: Nicholas Jordan, [phone]
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• ADA COORDINATOR PHONE: [phone]
• TELETYPE PHONE: [phone]
• CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONES: [phone]

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Testing Accommodations For Applicants

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Fair Chance

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility

Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder

Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.

Veteran’s Credit

Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.

Revised September 2025