Senior Application Developer

Job Description and Duties

Effective July 1, 2025 in accordance with the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) was implemented in response to the status of the State budget. PLP 2025 requires each full-time employee in Bargaining Unit 01 , and related Excluded, Exempt and Statutory Exempt employees, will have their base salary reduced by three percent and will receive five PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 30, 2027 . Salaries do not reflect the recent changes.

This advertisement is for an Information Technology Specialist III position located at HQ in Elk Grove, Sacramento County. Please indicate the position number on your application: 042-038-1415-XXX.

This position is in the Information Technology Services Division, which deploys the information technology infrastructure and clinical information technology systems that enable the Department’s clinical staff to provide a constitutional level of access to care for our patients. Information technology support ensures California Correctional Health Care Services operates seamlessly, delivering consistent, cost-effective, reliable, accessible and secure services that support clinical and administrative programs; customers, including the patients, and business communities.

Under the general direction of the IT Manager II, the IT Specialist III works independently as the technical expert on the most complex software systems and projects. You will serve as the principal technical architect and subject matter expert for our mission critical Artificial Intelligence (AI) system. You’ll operate with high autonomy, leading the end-to-end orchestration of complex artificial intelligence services. The incumbent must maintain confidentiality of information acquired while performing job duties, demonstrate ethical behavior and work cooperatively with others. Travel and/or after-hours support of California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) software applications and systems is required.

Information Technology Specialist III
This is the expert advisor level. Under administrative direction, incumbents demonstrate strategic technical leadership, influence, and expertise that drive the organization's use of technology toward constant improvements. Incumbents represent the highest level of expertise available in state service within the Software Engineering, Information Security Engineering, Information Technology Project Management, or System Engineering domains. Incumbents develop the enterprise information technology architecture direction of the organization and advise management and executive level staff on governance and policy that support forward movement. Incumbents may have extensive decision-making authority and direct the most critical/complex projects where the consequence of error may have a serious detrimental effect on the operating efficiency of the organization.

Note: Main communication for this position will be through email. Please ensure you have a valid email address on your application.

Please note: A Training and Development (T&D) assignment will not be considered at this time.

You will find additional information about the job in the .

Working Conditions

About the location – Headquarters, Elk Grove

Located less than 30 minutes from Sacramento and Lodi, the progressive city of Elk Grove offers a great mix of newly developed housing, business projects, and recreational opportunities. You will enjoy working at our campus-style office complex with free parking, and perhaps even call Elk Grove home.

The position(s) is eligible for hybrid telework, in accordance with the Statewide Telework Policy and will be required to report to the office as needed/required. The successful candidate must reside in California upon appointment.

Special Requirements

**THIS POSITION IS PENDING APPROVAL**

Please do not include any confidential information on any documents you submit for a job vacancy, such as your State application, resume, or educational transcripts. Confidential information that should be excluded or removed from these documents includes, but is not limited to, your Social Security Number (SSN), birthdate, student identification number, driver’s license number (unless required), basis of eligibility, examination results, LEAP status, marital status, and age. Confidential information on the first page of applications submitted electronically online, such as Easy ID number, SSN, examination related information, and driver’s license number will automatically be redacted upon submission.

Possession of Minimum Qualifications (MQ) will be verified prior to interview and/or appointment. If you are meeting MQ’s with education, you must include your unofficial transcripts/diploma for verification . Official transcripts may be required upon appointment. If it is determined that an applicant does not meet the MQ’s, the candidate will be withheld from the eligibility list, rendering them inactive and ineligible to be hired for the position. Candidates who have been withheld may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board.

Applicants who completed their education outside of the US (with foreign degrees/transcripts) must obtain and submit verification of U.S. course/degree equivalency. Foreign education credential evaluation services can be found at .

Candidates new to CCHCS are required to submit to a background investigation process utilizing Live Scan Fingerprinting.

When submitting supporting documents, PDF file format is preferred.

CCHCS utilizes E-Verify to confirm candidate’s identity and employment authorization. For more information about E-Verify, you may go to .

This advertisement may be used for other vacancies that occur during the life of this recruitment.

Employment History on the STD. 678 must be complete and include dates, accurate hours per week, total time worked, duties and responsibilities, and contact names and phone numbers of supervisors. To prepare for the State Application process, please visit .

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:

Knowledge of: Agentic AI & Multi-Agent Design: Proven ability to build autonomous systems where multiple agents collaborate, reason, and use tools. MCP (Model Context Protocol) to securely connect AI models to external data sources, tools, and workflows, RAG & Knowledge Architecture: Expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), including advanced indexing in vector databases. WinUI framework for building desktop applications. CoPilot studio provides a configurable conversational and agent layer that the desktop application invokes, which in turn orchestrates interactions with Azure OpenAI and other Azure services. GPT-realtime-2.1 for multi modal and speech-to-speech application. GPT-Image-2 for image generation and editing. PowerPlatform connectors to configure the connections made to AI models such as GPT 5.1 and GPT-Image-1-Mini. Azure OpenAI Services to connect large language model (LLM) inference for chat, reasoning, and agent workflows Azure speech services for voice input speech services. Microsoft Foundry for platform unification that allows builds, deployments and management of AI Apps and Agents. Provisioning capacity in Foundry using Provisioned Throughput Units (PTUs). Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Solutions Support; Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC); web application security and encryption; the State IT Governance Policies and Security Standards per the State Administrative Manual; industry web standards, technologies and systems, with specific focus on web design and development; interface design, database design, logical data modeling, database programming, coding standards and best practices, data conversion methodology, Agile methodology, and SCRUM framework.

Ability to: Learn AI Solutions and become productive within a reasonably short duration; implement complex systems using HL7 Messaging standard, networking technologies, Microsoft ASP.NET, MS IIS, MS SSRS, MS SQL Server, MS .Net Framework, C#, Visual Basic, Web Services, MS Visual Studio, MS Windows OS, XAML, JSON, MSIX, RAG API, Terminal Services and PowerShell; communicate in a professional and effective manner with co-workers, vendors, customers, and management utilizing tact and i nterpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships in all situations on an on-going basis; set well-defined and realistic personal goals; display a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; work with minimal supervision, be motivated to achieve, and demonstrate responsible behavior.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website, , and the CalPERS website, .

Information on benefits afforded by membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System Benefit can be found on the CalHR website at .

Information on the benefits and protections provided to public employees by the State Civil Service Act can be found on the CalHR website at .

This webpage is intended to provide general information. Benefit eligibility may be based on job classification, bargaining unit, time base and length of appointment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Examination Information

To obtain list eligibility for the Information Technology Specialist III before applying for the position(s), you must first take and pass the examination.

State Application Checklist

To prepare for the State application process, please visit .

Interview Checklist

To prepare for the interview process, please refer to the

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 -

  A Statement of Qualifications is REQUIRED and must be submitted with your Employment Application (STD. 678). To be considered, applications must include an appropriate Statement of Qualifications following the instructions below. Resumes, cover letters, and other documents will not be considered as a response to the Statement of Qualifications. Please refer to the “Statement of Qualifications” section below for specific requirements.

  For helpful guidance on writing an effective Statement Of Qualifications or a Supplemental Questionnaire, please visit .