Information Technology Specialist I

Job Description and Duties

Under the direction of the Information Technology Manager I, the Information Technology Specialist I is a member of the Enterprise Systems Development team and is responsible for executing the full application development lifecycle for the Department of Finance’s business applications. This position will provide technical support to the Department’s projects involving application development utilizing Java, HTML, XML, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Angular and MS SQL. This position utilizes expert skills in designing, coding, testing and maintaining custom, interactive, secure, mission critical, data-driven applications.

The Information Technology Specialist I must have the ability to learn new concepts, understand system to system relationships and interfaces and maintain cooperative working relationships with business partners and the development team to identify goals and objectives. The incumbent must possess strong organizational, analytical, and verbal/written communication skills; works both independently and in a team environment, participate in meetings, provide status reports, and completes work assignments in an effective, accurate, and timely manner. The incumbent must keep up with current and industry trends, standards and practices related to web application development.

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Special Requirements

This position  is located in Sacramento.

Finance currently has a hybrid telework model, which requires employees to work in the office a minimum of four days during the workweek with additional in office days required as needed and sometimes on short notice, for reasons such as hearings, site visits, or required in-person meetings or trainings.

In July 2025, the State of California implemented the Personal Leave Program 2025. This program reduces employees’ monthly base pay in exchange for paid leave credits. This position is subject to PLP 2025 and will have a monthly base pay reduction of 3% in exchange for 5 hours of leave credits for the duration of the program. The salary ranges shown on this job posting do not reflect the reduced amounts.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and experience resolving complex problems or issues.
• Ability to develop and maintain excellent customer service.
• Ability to communicate diplomatically and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to design user centric interfaces, software module specifications and interface specifications that fully address business requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to produce clean, well-designed code.
• Ability to conduct unit, system integration, regression, and acceptance testing.
• In-depth experience with full stack web applications development.
• Professional experience with N-tier application architectures development.
• Knowledge of best practices for Web application development frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps and Azure Application Services.
• Experience and proficiency in application development utilizing Java, JSON, HTML, XML, JavaScript, Angular, Angular Materials, Bootstrap, CSS and SQL.
• Proficiency in Eclipse, Visual Studio Code and knowledge of macOS environment and command line tools.

Benefits

For general information related to benefits with the State of California, please click here:  State Employees - CalHR Benefits Website .

Finance employees are excluded from collective bargaining and are eligible to receive the following enhanced benefits:

• Enhanced medical, dental, and disability benefits
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Additional hour of Vacation/Annual Leave
• Excluded employees are not subject to State Disability Insurance payroll withholding

For more details about employee benefits, visit the Department of Finance’s website  here .

Statement of Qualifications

Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) - The SOQ is a narrative discussion that identifies how your education, training, experience, and skills correlate to the desirable qualifications identified for this position. Please write out each question below and provide a detailed answer for each question. Include specific examples and limit your SOQ to two pages in length with a font size no smaller than 12 pt.

1. Describe your work experience in the areas of web applications development with emphasis on experience as a developer of full stac k Java web applications.
2.  Describe your knowledge, skills, and abilities in troubleshooting technical issues related to web applications development. Provide an example of a technical issue you encountered and how you resolved it. Include the tools you used and explain how they were applied to resolve the technical issues.
3. Describe your experience in user centric interface design.
4. Describe your experience in development of ADA compliant web applications and tools you used to test to ensure ADA compliance.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
• Statement of Qualifications - Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) - The SOQ is a narrative discussion that identifies how your education, training, experience, and skills correlate to the desirable qualifications identified for this position. Please write out each question below and provide a detailed answer for each question. Include specific examples and limit your SOQ to two pages in length with a font size no smaller than 12 pt. See "Statement of Qualifications" section below for the questions.