The Department of Building Inspection oversees the effective, efficient, fair and safe enforcement of City building, housing, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and disability access codes for San Francisco’s more than 200,000 buildings.  This position is located in the Director’s Office and is part of the external affairs team.

Appointment Type:  Temporary-Exempt.  This position is exempt from Civil Service Commission rules pursuant to the City and County of San Francisco, Charter Section 10.104, and incumbents serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

Position Description:

Under general direction of Web Application Development Lead, the Senior Business Analyst is a member of the Application Development Team responsible for tasks of analysis, design, development, testing, training, enhancement and implementation of the Department’s Program and Permit Tracking System, developed in Oracle Forms, and web applications using application development tools and programming languages, such as .NET C#, JavaScript, PL/SQL, and HTML.  The candidate needs to be experienced in applications interface design and relational database concepts such as mobile web, Oracle Forms, Oracle Relational Database Management System(RDBMS) and SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS), as well as reporting tools of Oracle Forms Reports and Sql Developer.  Knowledge in Oracle Apex are desired.

Job Duties:

The essential functions of this position may include but are not limited to:  collaborating with project managers, business analysts, and users to develop and or enhance, test, and implement complex systems; assisting in determining requirements for new systems and enhancements to existing systems; developing or modifying and documenting general system design.  The incumbent is also responsible for analyzing system problems and issues and looks for ways to improve the application, develops and implements software packages. Troubleshoots, debugs and implements software code. Promotes standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field of application development.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Broad knowledge of IT systems, infrastructure, processes and controls
• Critical Thinking - Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Systems Analysis - Knows how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation - Knows measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Judgment and Decision Making – Ability to considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Complex Problem Solving – Ability to identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Programming – Ability to writing computer programs for various purposes.
• Operations Analysis – Ability to analyze needs and product requirements to create a design.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducts tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Troubleshooting - Determines causes of operating errors and takes appropriated actions.
• Technology Design – Ability to generate or adapt equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Monitoring – Ability to monitor and assess performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension - Understands written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Listening - Gives full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talks to others to convey information effectively.
• Writing - Communicates effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Active Learning - Understands the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Time Management – Manages own time and the time of others.
• Social Perceptiveness - Awareness of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Coordination – Ability to adjust actions in relation to others' actions.
• Instructing – Ability to teach, coach or instruct team members.
• Documenting – Ability to initiate and compose user manuals and application development documentation.
• Service Orientation - Actively looks for ways to help people.
• Performing other related duties as necessary

Minimum Qualifications:

1.    Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, with major college coursework in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration or a related field, AND

2.   Two (2) years of directly related experience that demonstrates a wide range of knowledge and abilities of the application programming function. This experience must include:
a. Two (2) years of application development and support experience AND
b. Two (2) years of application development experience in various scripting and programming languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Java, .Net C# and etc.

c.  Two (2) years of SQL Query experience in working with relational database data and logic.

Substitution:

Additional qualifying work experience as described above may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis. One year (2000 hours) of additional qualifying work experience will be considered equivalent to 30 semester units/45 quarter units.

The above minimum qualifications reflect special conditions associated with the position(s) to be filled. They may differ from the standard minimum qualifications associated with this class code.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Microsoft .NET C# or Core
• Experience in Oracle Database and Forms
• Experience in Web Applications User Interface Design
• Experience in API enabled web application development

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation: $111,722 to 140,582 Yearly

Information about the Hiring Process: click here

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst, Yvonne Lin, by email at [email protected]. 

Filing Deadline: Interested Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this announcement may close at any time after 5:00 PM on February 18, 2022.

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Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:

Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at www.jobaps.com/sf.

The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule. Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director. Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.  For details on how it is applicable to your employment, please click here.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.