This position is open only to:

• Current Montgomery County Government employees.
• Montgomery County employees who were affected by reduction-in-force and currently have RIF priority rights.
• Active Montgomery County local fire and rescue department volunteers with at least 50 points under the length of service award program (LOSAP).
• Active Project SEARCH Interns or former Montgomery County Customized Employment Public Interns, or Project SEARCH Interns within 24 months of completion of internship.

The Department of Finance is responsible for the financial administration of the County government, including accounting and payroll, debt and cash management, tax billing and revenue collection, economic and revenue forecasting, and risk management. The Department of Finance (FIN), Information Technology Division, seeks a highly skilled and experienced information technology professional with proven experience performing duties related to developing customized software applications, maintaining, supporting, and configuring Information Technology systems related to Property Tax Billing and Collections, payment systems, and other supporting programs within the Department.

This Information Technology Expert position will provide expert-level systems integration and subject matter expertise with the multitude of enterprise-class systems that are required to annually produce the 365,000+ real and personal property tax bills with a County population of over 1 million residents and collect almost 2 billion dollars in payments that will report to Information Technology Division Chief.

Responsibilities of this position include the system administration of the many complex systems that are a combination of Commercial off the Shelf products along with custom-built applications to address the unique needs of the County. These systems include the Tax Assessment System (TAS), ePILOT (Payment in lieu of Taxes), MUNIS, online billing and payment applications, lock boxes, Auto Agent, Interactive Voice Recognition telephony, property tax credit programs, and other software applications that support other programs within the Treasury Division. This position will also work closely with other divisions in the Finance department and will play a critical role in developing customized financial software applications that are unique to the County using a variety of different programming languages and tools.

This position also requires an expert understating of the integration of third-party systems that includes applications that are on-premises, in the Cloud, and or provided by a vendor through Software as a Service (SaaS) using a variety of integration tools such as Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), and Robotic Process Automation (RPA). In addition, an expert understanding of how credit card and ACH payments are processed and handled to include reconciliation using a variety of different sources is required.

Key responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Develop custom applications using a variety of tools and programming languages to support property tax billing operations if needed when a Commercial Off the Shelf products or open-source products are not available that support the many different financial business processes in the department that includes Accounting, Treasury, and Risk Management operations.
• Develop and support custom credit card and ACH payment applications that are PCI compliant using a variety of different programming languages and tools.
• Develop tools and reports that can quickly and accurately reconcile hundreds of millions of dollars using a variety of data sources.
• Work with Treasury managers, Maryland State Department of Assessment and Taxation resources, municipalities, legal staff, banks, credit card processors, and other stakeholders to ensure State, County laws related to property taxes are implemented on various systems to ensure compliance with the law.
• Provide technical expertise and leadership on software upgrades/updates to any of the systems related to property tax billing and electronic payments.
• Implementing Robotic Process Automation using UiPath or Power Automate to automate certain business processes to further streamline business operations.
• Provide advanced IT support for end users of the Division.
• Developing complex reports from large datasets from various data sources using custom SQL queries.
• Closely work with other technical resources such as the Department of Technical Enterprise Business Solutions and software vendors for the implementation, testing, and configuration of systems that would be affected by business logic changes.
• Working closely with business owners and major stakeholders to provide technical expertise in the implementation of business logic related to real and property taxes and credits including software development and testing.
• Developing Enterprise Service Bus interfaces when required to include conducting testing to ensure that the expected results are archived.

A criminal background and credit history check will be conducted on the selected candidate prior to appointment and will be a significant factor in the hiring decision.

Effective August 30, 2021 all new hires will be required to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus prior to their first date of employment. Individuals who are unable to be vaccinated should contact OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov to discuss possible accommodations.

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Experience : Six (6) years of professional experience in the information technology field with operational and functional experience in complex enterprise-sized financial management systems including developing highly customized software applications.

Education : Master's degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college or university.

Equivalency : An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated "Qualified," placed on the Eligible List, and may be considered for interview. Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with experience in the following: