Under direction of Information Technology Supervisor II (IT SUP II), the Information Technology Specialist I acts as an application architecture and senior developer to develop complex solutions with a wide range of tools and technologies. The incumbent works both independently and cooperatively with other IT staff performing high level technical work around analysis, design, planning, and implementation using a holistic approach for the successful development and execution of strategy. The incumbent will provide knowledge of the Department's data processing environments and standards while performing the duties of application architect including developing conceptual designs, data models and resource estimates; defining project work activities, timelines and system constraints; and design and development of the most complex systems and interface configurations. The incumbent will develop sophisticated system capabilities, design and implement cloud based solutions, develop required interfaces between internal and external systems. Duties will include client and vendor interaction to obtain information used to customize and develop the most complex software to achieve the desired results as well as the expertise in the development tools and languages required to develop and maintain complex applications, resolve complex technical problems with application and/or infrastructure including but not limited to system performance issues, and the ability to write complex scripts and procedures, analyze data and situations, reason logically, identify problems, draw valid conclusions, and develop effective solutions.