Project Leader

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   Lead at least one large project with high level expectations or have responsibility for multiple projects.

   
   

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   Lead and provide direction to both direct reports and other teams as required as part of assigned projects.

   
   

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   Review teams' work for technical viability and for adherence to institutional standards and guidelines.

   
   

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   Establish project timeline with appropriate stakeholders. Manage project to achieve agreed timeline.

   
   

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   With guidance and direction, may assist or contribute to defining and monitoring the project budget.

   
   

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   Develop improvement processes for operational use by the team to ensure successful completion of a project or IT process.

   
   

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   Provide input for assigned team members' performance evaluations.

   
   

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   Maintain knowledge of current trends and developments in the field.

   
   

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   Incorporate and lead others in the use of the software development lifecycle to include analysis, design, development, testing, training, deployment, and maintenance of applications.

   
   

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   Develop and maintain project documentation to include project proposals, charter, scope document, test scenarios, project schedule, and test plans, etc.

   
   

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   Supervise the use of approved data gathering and presentation tools.

   
   

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   Supervise the project management process groups, which include initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing.

   
   

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   May prepare status and project reports.

   
   

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   Provide monitoring and guidance in application design and development to more junior staff. Give direction and leadership in techniques and tools to junior level staff.

   
   

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   Supervise the communication, engagement, and encumbering of other resources needed to complete the project (i.e., Storage analysts, Enterprise Services, Help Desk, Disaster Recovery resources, etc.)

   
   

ANALYST Responsibilities

ANALYSIS AND REQUIREMENTS GATHERING

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   Define highly complex business/clinical/education problems by meeting with clients to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.

   
   

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   Gather highly complex system requirements by meeting with clients and researching existing technology to understand the business requirements and possible solutions for new applications.

   
   

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

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   Develop detailed tasks and project plans by analyzing project scope and milestones for highly complex projects in order to ensure product is delivered in a timely fashion according to software lifecycle standards.

   
   

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   Write functional/technical specifications from the highly complex system requirements, putting them into functional and technical descriptions for use by programmers and business analysts to develop technical solutions.

   
   

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   Develop/change data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide technical solutions for highly complex application development tasks.

   
   

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   Document code and associated processes by adhering to development methodologies, adding code comments and appropriate documentation to various knowledge-base system(s) to simplify code maintenance and to improve support.

   
   

TESTING AND DOCUMENTATION

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   Create and document highly complex test scenarios using the appropriate testing tools to validate and verify application functionality.

   
   

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   Test all changes by using the appropriate highly complex test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handling in a meaningful way.

   
   

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   Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user references.

   
   

IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE

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   Implement changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution.

   
   

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   Monitor changes, test to ensure change success, resolve issues, and communicate status.

   
   

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   Provide ongoing, high quality support to stakeholders by providing timely and courteous service.

   
   

Required Education: Bachelor's degree required. Additional experience may be substituted for education.

Required Experience: Six years of related work experience with computer systems and applications.

Preferred Job Qualifications: Knowledge in the assigned application as well as the platform on which it runs.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (KSA's):

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   Must possess all requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities as posted in the supplemental section.

   
   

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   Must demonstrate strong critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills.

   
   

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   Ability to work on multiple priorities effectively.

   
   

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   Ability to prioritize conflicting demands.

   
   

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   Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

   
   

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   Ability to communicate effectively in the service of users and colleagues.

   
   

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   Ability to delegate tasks.

   
   

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   Ability influences others and garner buy in.

   
   

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   Ability to build effective teams to execute projects.

   
   

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   Strong decision making skills.

   
   

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   Writes and communicates clearly and concisely.

   
   

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   Possesses sound documentation skills.

   
   

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   Ability to maintain confidentiality.

   
   

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   Must demonstrate exemplary customer service skills

   
   

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   Demonstrated ability to establish and meet work schedules within limited time frames and under tight deadlines.

   
   

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   Willingness to work off hours as needed in support of changes to the computing environment

   
   

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   Proven success on meeting project deadlines and timelines.

   
   

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   Participates in the specification, design, implementation, and management of multiple projects

   
   

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   Strong technical skills.

   
   

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   Strong ability to understand complex business processes.