IT Business Integration Specialist

Job Description:

IT Business Integration Specialist

Description

Description

WHAT WE OFFER
The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package. In addition to the base salary of approximately $101,856.90 to $142,613.65 annually an employee within this position will also be eligible for the following:

• Educational Incentive - 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on the completion of an Associate, Bachelor's, or graduate degree (if educational attainments are not specifically required by the position).
• Annual Leave - A candidate selected for this position will earn up to 208 hours of Annual Leave per year, increasing to 288 hours after 5 years of service.
• Annual Leave Redemption - Upon using 80 hours of annual leave within the preceding 12-month period, an employee may request to receive pay in lieu of up to 100 hours of annual leave accrual at the current base rate of pay.
• Deferred Compensation - Eligible to participate in the County's 401(k) Shared Savings Plan and/or the Section 457 Plan. This position is eligible for up to a 3% match on your 401(k) contributions.
• Health Plans - Full-time employees are afforded a flexible credit allowance for purchasing medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from a group of authorized plans.
• Flexible Spending Accounts - Pre-tax benefit towards eligible medical, dental, and vision care expenses.
• Pension Plan - Both the County and employees contribute to the County's Retirement Plan and to Social Security. If eligible, reciprocity may be established with other public retirement systems, such as PERS.
• Bilingual Incentive - Proficiency levels by exam are $.69 per hour (Level I), $1.00 per hour (Level (II), or $1.32 per hour (Level III).
• Holidays - 12 paid days per year which includes a scheduled floating holiday.
• Textbook and Tuition - Up to a maximum of $2,000 per fiscal year in accordance with the memorandum of agreement.

The County
Ventura County is a “general law” county, governed by a five-member, elected-by-district Board of Supervisors. The Supervisors appoint a County Executive Officer (CEO) to oversee the County budget, day-to-day operations, and to advise, assist, and act as an agent for the Board of Supervisors in all matters under the Board’s jurisdiction. It focuses on serving its residents by promoting engagement, strategy, execution and accountability to include diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to ensure that all employees are treated with respect and without discrimination, and to improve culturally appropriate outcomes for community members.

The District Attorney's Office
The Ventura County District Attorney's Office is the public prosecutor for the county's 850,000 residents. Our office employs approximately 310 employees including attorneys, investigators, victim advocates, and other professional staff who strive to seek justice, ensure public safety, and protect the rights of crime victims to ensure we fulfill the mission of the District Attorney's Office to promote justice and protect the citizens of Ventura County.

Our duties directly involve the investigation and prosecution of felony and misdemeanor crimes, including homicides, serious and violent felonies, sexual assaults, narcotics offenses, gang crimes, domestic violence, juvenile crimes, and misdemeanors. Our office is charged with investigating and prosecuting complex civil and criminal financial fraud, environmental crimes, and other specialized cases, including code compliance and asset forfeiture - check restitution program.

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office recognizes the importance of diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion in the office’s culture and climate, hiring, training, opportunities for advancement, and its relationship with the communities it serves.

THE POSITION
Under general direction of the director of the District Attorney's Information Technology Unit, this position leads the advancement of criminal justice information systems and IT related business procedures for the office. Key responsibilities include supervising technical staff, setting strategic goals, managing projects-particularly those involving enterprise management systems-collaborating with stakeholders, and solving complex technical challenges.

The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Information Systems or at least four years of experience working with personal computers, servers, and enterprise management systems, and a minimum of two years analyzing and designing criminal justice information systems and optimizing IT related business procedures.

PAYROLL TITLE: Staff/Services Manager Ill

AGENCY/DEPARTMENT: District Attorney's Office

Staff/Services Manager Ill is a Management/Confidential classification and is not eligible for overtime compensation. Incumbents in this classification are eligible for benefits at the MB3 level.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixed-term), Intermittent, and Extra Help vacancies for this position only, which is a Regular position.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
OPENING DATE: November 12, 2025
CLOSING DATE: November 19, 2025
APPLICATION REVIEW: Week of November 24, 2025

Examples Of Duties

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

• Gather requirements and create project documentation to design and implement a complex file structure within a technology environment, including user/group permissions. Ensure system connections remain intact, apply updates, document workflows, collaborate on improvements, and advise management on strategic technology enhancements.
• Oversee and manage IT workflows for office systems business operations from design through implementation, leveraging project management expertise to track IT projects, enhance efficiency, and ensure technology solutions align with overall business goals.
• Plan, organize, coordinate, and supervise/manage the activities of subordinate technical staff, primarily within a service unit or division, with limited involvement in administrative or operations personnel oversight.
• Research, perform technical evaluations, and recommend solutions to complex automation problems; may serve as a technical advisor to management and collaborate on strategic technology improvements.
• Perform technically complex analysis to pilot and implement projects from concept through to ongoing support.
• Train departmental personnel and collaborate with other IT teams to enhance skill development and knowledge sharing.
• Provide enterprise system support by responding to staff inquiries, analyzing issues, implementing updates, and troubleshooting problems, ensuring continuity with project implementations and workflow enhancements.
• Perform other duties as required.

Typical Qualifications

These are entrance requirements to the exam process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on the eligible list.

EDUCATION, TRAINING and EXPERIENCE: Significant experience with personal computers, servers, and the analysis and design of criminal justice information systems. This can best be demonstrated by coursework in local area network installations and analysis of computer systems, at least four years of experience working with personal computers, servers, and enterprise management systems, and a minimum of two years in analyzing and designing criminal justice information systems and optimizing IT-related business procedures.

HIGHLY DESIRED:

• Project management experience in implementing and enhancing enterprise management systems.
• Degree or certificate(s) in Information Systems or a related field.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES
Working to considerable knowledge of:

• virtualization technologies, enterprise content management systems, and IT support tools
• enterprise-level server hardware and software
• personal computer hardware and software products and their use in a networked office environment
• designing and managing enterprise content management systems, including structuring file organization, assigning user/group permissions, and ensuring system integrity
• content management systems in an enterprise environment
• the design and functions of Microsoft Active Directory services

Working ability to:

• learn new technologies and processes quickly
• follow, modify, and create written or verbal instructions
• perform abstract reasoning
• provide leadership over IT workflows for office system operations, ensuring alignment with business objectives through project management expertise
• provide supervision and training for IT staff

Recruitment Process

FINAL FILING DATE: Applications must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 19, 2025.

To apply online, please refer to our website at www.venturacounty.gov/hr . If you prefer to fill out a paper application form, please call (805) 654-5129 for application materials and submit them to County of Ventura Human Resources, 800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1970, Ventura, CA 93009.

Note to Applicants: It is essential that you complete all sections of your application and supplemental questionnaire thoroughly and accurately to demonstrate your qualifications. A resume and/or other related documents may be attached to supplement the information in your application and supplemental questionnaire; however, it/they may not be submitted in lieu of the application.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another "merit" or "civil service" public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as advertised, and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a "merit" or "civil services" style examination, then appointment by "lateral transfer" may be possible. If interested, please click here for additional information.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE - qualifying: All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this exam at the time of filing. The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the exam process to assist in determining qualifications for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in removal of the application from further consideration.

APPLICATION EVALUATION - qualifying: All applications will be reviewed to determine whether the stated requirements are met. Applicants meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the examination process.

ORAL EXAMINATION - 100%: A job-related oral examination will be conducted to evaluate and compare participating applicants' knowledge, skills, and abilities in relation to those factors which job analysis has determined to be essential for successful performance of the job. Applicants must earn a score of seventy percent (70%) or higher to qualify for placement on the eligible list.

NOTE: If there are three (3) or fewer qualified applicants, an oral exam may not be conducted. Instead, a score of seventy percent (70%) will be assigned to each application, and each applicant will be placed on the eligible list.

ELIGIBLE LIST: Candidates successfully completing the examination process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one (1) year. The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill present and future regular, temporary, fixed-term, intermittent and extra-help vacancies.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: Candidates under consideration for appointment will be required to successfully pass a thorough post-offer, pre-employment background investigation which will include inquiry into past employment, education, credit history, criminal background information, and driving record.

For further information about this recruitment, please contact Jayna Landeros via email at Jayna.Landeros@venturacounty.gov or by phone at (805) 477-1609.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

YOUR BENEFITS AS A COUNTY OF VENTURA EMPLOYEE

MANAGEMENT

To learn more about Benefits, Retirement, and the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), see links below.

• Benefits website or you may call (805) 654-2570.
• Retirement FAQ's
• Memorandum of Agreement

Union Codes:MB3, MB4, MS, MT,MCC, MU

Closing Date/Time: 11/19/2025 5:00 PM Pacific

Salary:

$101,856.90 - $142,613.65 Annually