Jobs at City of Philadelphia

Manages and grows a mobile software engineering team, oversees mobile application development and deployment, enforces coding and testing standards, mentors engineers, supports production systems, and coordinates with web, infrastructure, UX, and design teams. The role also manages project timelines, SLAs, technical issues, software development processes, and partnerships while contributing code and improving delivery practices.

Lead the architecture, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of Android applications supporting Philadelphia City services. Build Kotlin-based applications with modern Android frameworks, integrate APIs and backend services, ensure accessibility, security, and performance, and support Google Play submissions. Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and City stakeholders; conduct code reviews, mentor developers, troubleshoot mobile issues, and contribute to CI/CD, monitoring, and agile delivery practices.

Provides first-tier technical support for city employees, including help desk ticketing, troubleshooting Windows systems, printers, software, and hardware, configuring and imaging desktops and laptops, installing software, documenting solutions, and escalating complex issues. Supports remote facilities and participates in Active Directory migration and multifactor authentication projects. Requires customer service skills, onsite work, travel to facilities, a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license, and the ability to lift 50 pounds.

The IT Business Analyst gathers and documents business requirements, maps processes and data flows, supports testing and change control, and bridges stakeholders with software engineering teams. The role supports SDLC delivery, facilitates workshops, prepares user stories and acceptance criteria, analyzes systems for optimization opportunities, and develops documentation, dashboards, reports, presentations, and training materials. It also supports the PMO and ensures compliance with City, aviation, cybersecurity, accessibility, and record-keeping standards.

Films and edits high-quality video content documenting the Mayor’s engagements, events, press conferences, and initiatives. Develops creative concepts and storyboards, captures planned and candid footage, adapts videos for horizontal and vertical platforms, maintains equipment, and organizes archived assets. The role requires strong videography, editing, communication, organization, and creative skills, along with the ability to work under tight deadlines and attend events throughout Philadelphia, including outside standard business hours.

The Graphic Designer creates digital and print communications for the Mayor’s Office, including social media graphics, websites, newsletters, presentations, reports, signage, and event materials. Responsibilities include developing concepts, maintaining brand consistency, preparing digital and print-ready files, ensuring accessibility and quality, managing assets and templates, collaborating with city departments and vendors, and handling multiple time-sensitive assignments.

Leads Philadelphia Parks & Recreation’s green stormwater infrastructure program, including asset inspections, condition assessments, restoration, maintenance planning, contracts, budgets, and schedules. Coordinates asset digitization, corrective actions, community engagement, stakeholder partnerships, and workforce development. Analyzes program data, prioritizes improvements, prepares reports, and advises staff and partners on GSI practices, urban ecology, stormwater management, and environmental justice.

Manages the full accounts payable cycle, including invoice coding, purchase-order matching, approvals, voucher entry, employee expense reports, and payment processing. Maintains vendor billing and payment records, responds to payment inquiries, investigates invoice discrepancies and tax compliance issues, and coordinates corrections with Finance, program managers, department staff, and vendors. Ensures adherence to accounts payable policies and reports assignments to the Fiscal Manager.

Analyzes security alerts, determines remediation, supports firewall and security policy configuration, maintains security controls for audits, and develops network security processes. The role collaborates with city departments to remediate issues and establish policy and signature rules. It requires network security expertise, experience managing complex networking systems, onsite work, driving a city vehicle, and Philadelphia residency within six months of hire.

Leads large, cross-functional IT infrastructure projects from scope definition through delivery. Responsibilities include budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, requirements management, contract deliverables, risk and issue resolution, architecture alignment, cost-benefit analysis, status reporting, and stakeholder communication. The role also coordinates consultants and technical teams, supports enterprise technology implementations, follows SDLC and PMO standards, and mentors project coordinators.

Analyzes operational performance and financial-impact data for Philadelphia’s Water Department. Responsibilities include acquiring and cleaning large datasets, building data models and views, applying statistical and machine learning methods, identifying patterns, automating predictive and prescriptive analytics, and communicating insights to stakeholders. The role supports resource allocation, asset management, leak detection, water-loss mitigation, and revenue integrity. It requires onsite work, Philadelphia residency, off-hours availability, and participation in an on-call rotation.

Manages digital communications and marketing for assigned Commerce units, including social media, phila.gov content, email campaigns, newsletters, events, and outreach. Creates branded guides, brochures, presentations, reports, flyers, infographics, and other digital and print materials. Tracks engagement and prepares performance reports while coordinating accessible, multilingual, plain-language communications with internal teams and community partners.

Leads cybersecurity strategy and operations for Philadelphia International Airport. Advises executive leadership, directs security architecture and controls, manages security personnel and vendors, develops policies and training, oversees incident response, audits, risk management, compliance, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Requires coordination with government and law enforcement agencies, expertise in NIST and federal cybersecurity regulations, and a CISSP credential.

Manages internal operations, including risk and safety workflows, IT processes, fleet vehicles, inventory, telephony, mobile devices, and operational support. Ensures compliance with City regulations and funder requirements, oversees safety reporting and committees, troubleshoots operational issues, liaises with the Office of Information Technology, and supervises Operations and IT Coordinators.

Leads the strategy, design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of system interfaces and data integrations for the OnePhilly Oracle ERP platform. Coordinates with city departments, vendors, banks, pension boards, and technical teams; manages data mapping, interface documentation, incident resolution, security compliance, and testing. Provides technical guidance to developers and analysts while ensuring reliable processing of payroll, benefits, pension, HR, and financial transactions.

Manage and secure the City of Philadelphia’s SIEM and security infrastructure. Responsibilities include onboarding QRadar components, administering Juniper JSA and IBM QRadar appliances, creating compliance and audit rules, maintaining threat lists and log sources, monitoring data retention, managing SIEM accounts through Active Directory, applying upgrades and patches, and documenting procedures. The role requires collaboration across IT teams to maintain secure, reliable municipal network capabilities.

Provides first- and second-level technical support for Windows endpoints, mobile devices, applications, connectivity, user access, and vehicle diagnostic technologies. Administers Intune, Active Directory, Entra ID, Group Policy, and Microsoft 365; performs deployments, patching, device lifecycle management, scripting, documentation, asset tracking, and troubleshooting. Coordinates with vendors and citywide IT teams while supporting technology projects and fleet staff.

Produces PHLgovTV original programming, PSAs, interstitials, and hearing-context segments from research and scripting through field or studio production and final delivery. Books and prepares guests, supervises edits, maintains production records, coordinates bilingual content, ensures captioning timelines, and supports live government hearing coverage. Requires strong writing, story judgment, independent production skills, NLE proficiency, and organization across multiple deadlines.

Defend the City of Philadelphia and its employees in tort litigation, primarily in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Manage arbitration cases and appeals, conduct discovery, investigations, depositions, and expert work, attend court conferences, draft pleadings and motions, negotiate settlements, and independently manage cases through settlement or trial.

Leads low-code and no-code application delivery for city departments. Configures business applications, CRM tools, forms, reports, dashboards, workflows, automations, permissions, and notifications. Translates stakeholder requirements into technical solutions, establishes platform standards, supports testing and implementation, creates service catalog content, partners on training, and provides documentation and ongoing support. Evaluates platform fit, validates AI-assisted configurations, promotes reusable solution patterns, and manages application adoption and enhancement needs across departments.