Website Developer

The Innovation and Technology Department is at the forefront of driving digital transformation and innovation, consistently delivering cutting-edge solutions to enhance county operations. Recognized for its excellence, the department has been honored with prestigious awards, including the National Association of Counties (NACo) Award and the Digital Counties Award. These accolades underscore the team’s commitment to leveraging technology to improve efficiency, increase accessibility, and foster community engagement, making it a leader in public sector innovation.

The Innovation and Technology Department (ITD) is seeking a highly motivated Website Developer to create new websites and modernize existing websites, following a service-oriented approach to design and user experience.

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following*:

• Architects, designs, develops, and maintains innovative and engaging websites; creates structured and standardized websites, and deployment processes.
• Determines business user web requirements and translates them into functioning websites using approved County web content management tools; meets functional and technical requirements.
• Designs user interfaces and creates mockups for County web pages; collaborates with developers to develop, debug or implement website application, mobile applications, and system integrations.
• Formulates effective, responsive designs and turns them into working websites.
• Tests websites for accurate content, functionality, and errors; ensures delivered product meets requirements; troubleshoots, analyzes and resolves web page content issues to improve the performance and the accessibility of the information.
• Provides website corrective maintenance and adaptive maintenance to ensure proactive measures are in place; continuously optimizes user experience; remains abreast of technological changes.

*For a complete list of duties, please refer to the Website Developer job description.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Innovation and Technology Department (ITD) is entrusted with managing and safeguarding the County’s enterprise mission critical infrastructure and information technology systems. ITD delivers technology services and support under the following groups: Business Solutions Development, Geographic Information System (GIS), Computer Operations, and Telecommunication Services. These groups work together to provide a cohesive infrastructure, innovative application development and maintenance services, GIS data visualization tools and solutions, software licensing and compliance, subject matter expertise and support to meet the ever-changing needs of County departments, regional entities, and public safety agencies. As technology is constantly evolving, ITD staff continuously explore and invest in new technology innovations, system modernizations, and business solutions that will contribute to the success of the County.

To learn more, explore below:

• San Bernardino County website
• Innovation and Technology Department website
• San Bernardino County Vision
• ITD’s Awards, San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant employer, dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.

Candidates must mee the required education AND required experience to qualify. REQUIRED EDUCATION: Thirty (30) semester (or 45 quarter units) of completed coursework from an accredited** college or university, preferably with coursework in programming, computer science, software engineering, or in a closely related field.

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REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of full-time equivalent experience, within the last five (5) years, managing internet/intranet websites, including content development, support, site design, development and implementation and maintenance.

Must have experience in at least two (2) of the following:

• Content Management Systems (e.g. WordPress, DNN, Drupal, etc.)
• HTML/CSS
• JavaScript

** Qualifying degrees and coursework must be conferred by institutions accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Degrees earned outside the United States must be accompanied by an evaluation from a recognized credential evaluation service verifying U.S. equivalency., * Understanding of entire web development process (Software Development Life Cycle).

• Experience with responsive and adaptive design.
• Experience with .Net, JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, JSON, and XML.
• Code and deploy web applications in cross-platform, cross-browser environment.
• Proficient with Adobe CC (XD, Photoshop and Illustrator).
• Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act, creating ADA complaint websites, and mitigation processes.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Microsoft TFS and GitHub.
• Good communication skills, works as part of a team, collaborating on solutions, and ability to manage project tasks independently.
• Ability to perform critical, abstract, and analytical thinking.

San Bernardino County is located in the heart of Southern California, home to over 2 million residents, encompassing 20,160 square miles from the Nevada State line and the Colorado River to the LA County line. This gives San Bernardino County a diverse climate and geography, from mountains as high as 11,502 feet, to the desert as low as 181 feet, and beautiful valleys in between. Pristine lakes and rivers, snow-capped mountain resorts, flowering deserts, and many other family-oriented recreational attractions take advantage of the natural assets of the area, most within an hour’s drive. Families enjoy affordable housing, excellent schools, colleges and universities, and easy access to airports, hospitals, libraries, and parks. The County provides a safe, clean and healthy environment for residents. A variety of shopping and business opportunities abound, in this, the largest County in the contiguous United States.