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SalaryWe are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education,
focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students
as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you
will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting
the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal
of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to
thrive in college, career and life.
LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an
enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710
square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we
employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers
in our city.
Department or School Site The District has 600+ staff members, including programmers, network
engineers, and administrative staff - all of whom provide support to the
Schools and most District offices in a professional, forward thinking, and
challenging environment. Technologies supported range from personal
systems to enterprise-wide systems and applications.
Project In LAUSD's Information Technology Services, a Database Specialist
develops new concepts to maintain and modify information systems to
meet District requirements in a highly advanced and specialized area of
information technology and cloud deployments.
Benefits Insurance: Paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental,
vision, and life insurance plans. Retirement: Membership in the California
Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).
Vacation: Two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five
years of year-round paid service.
Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days.
Job Duties/Responsibilities - Consults with technical and managerial personnel and with users and
recommends solutions to problems affecting District operations.
- Develops and specifies operational designs of a creative and innovative
nature for the development and maintenance of information and/or
Extract Transform and Load (ETL) systems.
- Meets District objectives by formulating and developing systems
approaches involving advanced and innovative methodologies, concepts,
and techniques.
- Recommends long-range development plans in specific areas of data
processing.
- Analyzes existing hardware products and software packages to
determine the feasibility of using existing products instead of developing
new systems.
- Prepares technical specifications to be used in proposal or quotation
requests.
- Develops and recommends technical policies.
- Evaluates new applications to determine their effect on existing
applications, production, and systems software.
- May develop mathematical models and database dictionaries of
complex information processing systems.
- May supervise other data processing personnel as assigned.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements EDUCATION:
Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s
degree, preferably with a major in computer science, information
systems, telecommunications, data processing, electrical engineering, or
industrial engineering. Graduate level courses in engineering, computer
science, and operations research are preferable. Qualifying experience
in addition to that required below may be substituted on a year-for-year
basis for the required education provided that the requirement of a high
school diploma or equivalent is met.
NOTE: You MUST upload your degree (i.e. scan or take a picture of your
degree) or official transcripts to your candidate profile, under
“attachments.”
EXPERIENCE:
Three years of experience in the applicable specialty described below.
Experience in the maintenance, modification, and improvement of
relational database management systems that includes access methods
and definition languages. Experience with physical and logical database
design, data security, development of plans for the conversion of existing
systems to database systems, data inquiry and updating, and optimum
processing techniques also is required. Two years of this experience
must have included using Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, or CICS.
Special:
A valid California Driver License. Use of an automobile.
NOTE: Candidates who have completed college or university course
work at an institution in a country other than the United States, must
obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts and degrees. Please
be sure to request a “Detailed” evaluation report. The original of this
degree evaluation must be presented. For more information on Foreign
Transcript Evaluation please visit https://achieve.lausd.net/Page/7876
Desirable Qualifications The ideal candidate would have the knowledge of:
- Functions of information technology hardware, software, and services
- Operations research and statistical analysis
- Complex information technology operating and applications systems
- Communications hardware and software
- Data systems analysis and design
- Computer hardware and its capabilities including various Windows,
VMware, open systems, peripherals, and terminals
- Cloud based Infrastructure providers Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure,
Google Cloud Business and educational data processing applications
- Distributed processing techniques
- Mathematical modeling
- Various higher-level programming languages
- Basic IP addressing and subnet schemes
- Domain name, send mail, and firewall servers
- System virtualization software such as VMWare and Citrix Xen
- Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS),
Software as a Service (SaaS) and other related cloud technologies
The ideal candidate would also have the ability to:
- Write and orally express difficult concepts clearly and concisely
- Analyze the information needs, problems, and procedures of other
departments
- Analyze problems in computer operation, program logic, and
communications
- Evaluate and adapt new data processing techniques
- Prepare long-range plans
- Solve problems involving integration of advanced technology
developments
- Represent the District at technical meetings
- Analyze and diagnose malfunctions and perform required repairs of
computer operation, program logic, and communications
- Use the maintenance shell in repairing system defects and restoring
files and file systems
- Design and implement technical modifications
- Work effectively without supervision
- Maintain effective working relationships with District personnel
Employment Selection Process The selection process for this position will tentatively consist of the
following: Scored Questionnaire and Technical Interview.
This is a competitive process as we anticipate a number of well qualified
candidates for this recruitment. Please make sure that you describe in
DETAIL, your experience, education, and training that most closely
relates to this position in the on-line application.
In your application you may include a professional resume, but it will
NOT be in lieu of a detailed application. Additionally, please attach your
unofficial college transcript demonstrating you meet the EDUCATION
requirement (refer to the Minimum Requirements section).
Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net as an
approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your
spam/junk e-mail folder.
For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment
process, visit the 'My LAUSD Career' section of our website at
http://www.lausdjobs.org .
Application Process DO YOU NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE ON-LINE
APPLICATION?
Email us at helpmeapply@lausd.net
To find out whether the application deadline has been extended, visit the
website at: http://www.lausdjobs.org .
The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons
shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion.
Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing
are available to individuals with disabilities. Please call (213) 241-3455
for more information.
Additional Posting Information The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a
working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment,
intimidation, abusive conduct, or bullying. The District prohibits
discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct or bullying
based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including
gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth,
breastfeeding/lactation status and related medical conditions), sexual
orientation, religion, color, national origin (including language use
restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle
Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability
(including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis,
epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart
disease), medical condition (cancer related and genetic characteristics),
military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner
status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or
affiliation (unless union related), a person's association with a person or
group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or
any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or
regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides
significant assistance.
For inquiries or complaints contact our Equal Opportunity Section, (213)
241-7685.
Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment
assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment
process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment
score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top
three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The
hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open
positions in related job classifications.
