Senior Programmer Analyst - Information Technology

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• Conducts research, analysis and evaluation to determine project feasibility. 
• Works with Programming Supervisor to develop project cost and benefits estimates to establish project worth and resource requirements. 
• Evaluates customer requirements, determines solutions, and makes recommendations to customers. 
• Designs and develops new computer applications and maintains and modifies existing applications to meet customer needs. 
• Determines specifications, then plans, designs and develops highly complex and critical software solutions, utilizing the appropriate, established software engineering processes. 
• Utilizes a variety of platforms and utilities in order to deliver applications. 
• Tests applications and recommends and/or implements modifications as applicable. 
• Develops enterprise level custom integration solutions between multiple applications by developing programming solutions and/or by utilizing complex middleware products. 
• Develops custom interface solutions to provide extracted data and electronic data interchange between local and/or external entities. 
• Develops a working knowledge of assigned vendor application development environments to adequately apply and support any patches, upgrades, customizations, etc. 
• Applies vendor application patches and upgrades, establishes regression testing, coordinates with relevant parties and communicates with vendor to ensure highest level of integrity. 
• Develops component and data architecture design, and performance monitoring standards. 
• Develops custom reports, as required, to provide necessary reports not provided by baseline vendor applications. 
• Utilize vendor development/reporting environment or department standardized reporting tool. 
• Analyzes and resolves complex application support problems. 
• Recreates problems to identify areas of concern and plans the full range of actions necessary to formulate a solution. 
• Resolves the problem either programmatically or by talking the customer through a viable process change, whichever is appropriate, to accomplish the desired results. 
• Creates and maintains program documentation, operations and run documentation, customer documentation, and online help for supported applications. 
• Plans, prepares, and implements data conversions as needed, based on new application implementation or changing county, state, or federal regulations. 
• Provides analysis and programming effort for data cleansing and extraction of data. 
• Supports multiple computer applications and acts as primary contact for customer questions, problems, and requests for change. 
• Provides backup support for multiple applications and is responsible for all problem resolution and/or modifications when primary support person is unavailable. 
• Develops and implements priorities for self and team members during application development, modifications, or problem resolution. 
• Prepares reports and project charts as required for own and team activities, meetings, projects in progress and/or completed. 
• Coordinates activities and reviews/tests work of team members during application development, implementation, modification, or problem resolutions, recommending modifications as necessary and ensuring that the customer’s requirements are satisfied. 
• Ensures that department standards and data integrity are maintained during application development, implementation, modification, or problem resolution. 
• Participates in training customers and IT personnel for new and revised applications, or other software as needed. 
• Provides demos of supported systems and/or other software for customers and IT personnel. 
• Participates in evaluating the effectiveness of proposed vendor software products. 
• Participates in developing programming and development standards and procedures based on long-term IT organization strategy.  Researches and maintains knowledge in emerging technologies, applicable to the organization environment. 
• On-call 24/7 for all supported applications. 
• Participates in activities and duties related to emergency management during a local state of disaster as directed by appropriate county managers.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related field preferred.  (High School Diploma/GED and four years of relevant professional experience in addition to five years required experience may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree.) 
• Five years of relevant programming experience, including one year of management, supervisory or team lead experience.  Experience in computer programming and systems design.  
• Thorough knowledge of programming and development standards and procedures as well as programming architectures. 
• Thorough knowledge of state-of-the-art programming languages and object-oriented approaches to designing, coding, testing and debugging programs. 
• Thorough knowledge of integration methodologies. 
• Proficient skill in translating highly complex concepts for peers and customers. 
• Ability to design, debug and maintain complex code, modules or applications. 
• Ability to complete work within specified project time schedules.  
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal effectively with the public, other employees, employees in other departments, and elected officials. 
• Excellent verbal communication, written communication and organization skills required.  
• Requires successful CJIS background check prior to hire date.

SALARY RANGE: $85,009.60 - $106,267.20 annually based on qualifications

CLOSING DATE:  Upon filling position

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All full-time and part-time employees are members of the Texas County District Retirement System (TCDRS). Full-time employees also enjoy a wide-range of great benefits.