Who we are:

The Charter County of Wayne is Michigan's largest county. We are home to 34 cities and nine townships. From Rockwood to Livonia, from Sumpter Township to the Grosse Pointes, each community in Wayne County offers residents and businesses a unique blend of opportunity to live, work, play and raise families. Headquartered in Detroit, our largest city and the automotive capital of the world, Wayne County offers a diversified economy and high standards for our residents' quality of life. Our history is rich and we take pride in being one of the most diverse communities that values culture, arts, and world-class amenities. Wayne County provides leadership that ensures the County operates efficiently, effectively, and responsibly. We provide transparently while building a stronger County inclusive of collaborations, innovation, and a clear focus on serving our residents.

Wayne County Indigent Defense Services Department (IDSD)

Wayne County's Indigent Defense Services Department is developing a staff of dedicated professionals who are committed to excellence in criminal defense representation at the trial court level, and equal access to justice. The IDSD launched in August of 2020 with the hiring of its Director, and a staff of fifteen employees is anticipated in FY 2023. The IDSD is state-funded through annual grants from the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC).

The IDSD manages the transition and will assume responsibility for the entire indigent defense system in Wayne County's Third Circuit Court, Michigan's largest trial court handling more than 15,000 assignments of counsel in felony cases that originate in the county's numerous district courts. In 2022, approximately 65% of the assignments were handled by more than 200 private assigned counsel who were qualified by the IDSD Attorney Assignment Committee to handle cases in four Tiers, or categories, of cases. The remaining 35% of assignments went to the Neighborhood Defender Service Detroit (NDSD), Wayne County's public defender vendor.

The Application Developer 1 is part of the Indigent Defense Services Application Development team, which focuses on implementing innovative technology solutions. Our team focuses on application development and enterprise reporting to streamline Indigent Defense in Wayne County, thereby ensuring operational stability and business continuity. The Application Developer 1 will work on complex technical problems and provide highly innovative solutions. The ideal candidate for this role is a high energy and skilled professional that is quick to learn new tools and technical concepts. This position requires solid application development using Agile methodologies and understand the complete software development lifecycle. The right person for this role thrives in a team setting but can also work solo when needed. We're looking for a talented and experienced application developer to spearhead our application development process and support the maintenance of our existing apps. If you're passionate about creating high-quality applications and working as part of a collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you.

DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR JOB DUTIES

Responsibilities of the Application Developer 1 include:

• Assist in developing system processes, standards, and documentation for the Indigent Defense Services Application Development team.
• Find solutions to security threats, viruses, or errors that might hinder the performance of applications.
• Closely follow the application lifecycle to ensure necessary updates are completed on time.
• Manage user access to various platforms and applications across the development space.
• Maintain existing applications, develop new applications and features across a variety of application platforms.
• Provide enterprise level support for our catalog of custom applications.
• Research and connect API endpoints to pull in necessary information for current and future software applications.
• Develop solutions and assist with migrations to cloud based platforms.
• Operationally support and maintain our SaaS based and IaaS based platforms.
• Support the currently deployed SaaS and IaaS based vendor solutions.
• Identify, automate, and validate the extraction of new data from a variety of sources for reporting purposes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

ELIGIBLE PERSONS

Education: A bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university or comparable work experience is preferred.

Experience Required: One to three years of experience in backend application development, or UI/UX design and front-end web development, or ArcGIS/GIS administration, or enterprise level reporting; or programming experience in an applicable development language; or Enterprise Reporting experience, as applicable.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Visual Studio, Microsoft Azure DevOps, and Oracle Cloud Code Repositories.
• Knowledge of Oracle Apex and Oracle Visual Builder.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Xamarin/.NET MAUI cross-platform mobile development practices.
• Experience with analysis, services, and mapping applications.
• Experience working with API endpoints to pull in information from multiple applications.
• Advanced proficiency in ArcGIS applications and software support, specifically ArcGIS Enterprise Portal; SQL database administration.
• Previous experience using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Apex and Oracle Visual Builder preferred.
• Experience with administration and report creation using Crystal Reports, SQL Server Reporting, Power BI, and WebFocus.
• Proficiency with project tracking software, such as Jira.
• Experience working as part of a development team.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Can manage large scale application development projects from start to completion.
• Experience managing multiple projects at a time.
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Understand the Software Development Lifecycle.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Pay Rate and Fringe Benefits: Appointments will usually be made at the minimum rate with annual increases where applicable. Payment is on a bi-weekly basis. Employees receive liberal fringe benefits, which include vacation pay, sick leave pay, health care insurance, optical, dental, long term disability, life insurance and a retirement plan.

How to Apply: Applicants must complete application form (P/HR-210), which may be obtained at the office of the Department of Personnel/Human Resources. The application will be used for determining eligibility for admission to the examination and as a basis for rating experience and training.

Investigation and Probationary Period: An investigation of character and past employment will be conducted. Appointees must satisfactorily complete a probationary period before the appointment will be considered permanent, in accordance with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreements.

Veteran's Preference: Honorably discharged war veterans who receive passing grades on examinations will have ten (10) points added to their final earned examination scores and those who have a service connected disability will have five (5) points added to their score, for a possible total of fifteen (15) additional points. Requests for and proof of eligibility must be submitted at the time of the examination.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Wayne County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. For information regarding the Department of Justice - EEO Utilization Report, please visit http://www.waynecounty.com/departments/phr/legal-postings.aspx.

Accommodations: If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Wayne County Department of Personnel/Human Resources at 313-224-5901 or via email at hrexam@waynecounty.com. Hearing or speech impaired persons using TDD's or similar devices may contact the Michigan Relay Center, toll free at (800) 649-3777 or 711 to communicate directly with the Department of Personnel/Human Resources during regular working hours.