Salary : $63,585.60 - $98,633.60 Annually
Location : Ames - 50010 - Story County, IA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 27-00951
Agency: 645 Iowa Department of Transportation
Opening Date: 10/02/2026
Closing Date: 10/12/2026 11:59 PM Central
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Job Description
The Design Bureau is seeking a Technology Integration Specialist (Management Analyst 3) who will play a key role in aligning and advancing digital tools and technology strategies that support the planning, development, and delivery of highway improvement projects across the state. This position is central to our mission of Making Lives Better Through Transportation and reflects our core values: Safety First, People Matter, Customer Focused, Servant Leadership, and Integrity Without Exception.
This role reports directly to the Design Bureau Director and works in close coordination with the Transportation Development Division Director to ensure that technology solutions-both current and emerging-are optimized, interoperable, and harmonized across bureaus, districts, and consultant partners. As a key integrator of technology strategy and operational need, this position strengthens collaboration across the Division and ensures digital tools reliably support project-delivery workflows and statewide infrastructure initiatives.
What you'll do:

• Assist in leading strategic planning and optimization of software applications, with a primary focus on the Bentley software suite, while also supporting additional tools used in the development of transportation improvement projects.
• Coordinate closely with automation teams to advance department goals through improved software functionality, streamlined automation processes, and enhanced productivity.
• Align technology solutions across Design Bureau staff, districts, and partner teams to prevent inconsistent plan development, reduce operational inefficiencies, and ensure high-quality digital project deliveries.
• Serve as a key liaison between the Iowa DOT and Bentley, providing strategic coordination to ensure software applications remain fully optimized, modernized, and supportive of evolving project-delivery needs.
• Engage business units throughout all stages of project development to analyze workflows, identify training needs for new and advanced users, and recommend system enhancements that improve efficiency and support timely project delivery.
• Establish and maintain shared data and file standards across development teams to promote consistency, reduce rework, and safeguard the efficient use of resources essential to delivering highway improvement projects.
• Organize and oversee software version testing across all involved staff, ensuring updates are understood, thoroughly tested within the agency environment, and managed appropriately so workflow disruptions are avoided.
• Coordinate issue resolution with software vendors, DOM/DoIT, and internal teams, ensuring concerns are addressed in a timely manner and that technology tools remain reliable and effective.

Why this role matters:

This position ensures that modern, adaptable technology systems are in place to support Iowa's transportation goals and improve how we deliver projects statewide. By bridging software needs, optimizing processes, and developing long-term modernization strategies, this role plays a vital part in efficiency, strengthening collaboration, and ensuring digital tools support the future of transportation development.
As a State of Iowa employee, you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• Competitive pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending, and life insurance
• Insurance benefits start the first month following 30 days of employment, and costs can be reviewed .
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Paid time off effective immediately - biweekly vacation, separate sick leave, accruals rollover on a yearly basis, and 9 paid holidays per year.
• Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) Retirement Package with employer match
• Optional 401A plan with employer contributions.
• Employee Discount Programs from a variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling; legal, financial).

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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field, and experience equal to three years of full-time work in project management; management analysis; data science; business systems analysis; or professional-level program administration, development, or operations.
2. All of the following (a and b):
   1. Three years of full-time work experience in project management; management analysis; data science; business systems analysis; or professional-level program administration, development, or operations; and
   2. A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
3. All of the following (a, b, and c):
   1. One year of full-time work experience in project management; management analysis; data science; business systems analysis; or professional-level program administration, development, or operations; and
   2. A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and
   3. A total of two years of graduate-level education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in business administration, industrial management, statistics, natural science, or a closely-related field equals one year of full-time experience.
4. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes six months of full-time work as a Management Analyst 2 or two and a half years as a Management Analyst 1.

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• Yes - I HAVE filed a registration statement pursuant to the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §611 et seq

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Have you graduated from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in any field? IF YES - How many years do you have of full-time work in project management; management analysis; data science; business systems analysis; or professional-level program administration, development, or operations?

• No experience in the identified areas
• Less than one year of experience in the identified areas
• One year to less than two years of experience in the identified areas
• Two years to less than three years of experience in the identified areas
• Three or more years of experience in the identified areas
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If you are a CURRENT employee for the State of Iowa (executive branch) how many years of full-time experience as a Management Analyst 2 for the State of Iowa do you have?

• No Experience as a Management Analyst 2
• Less than 6 months
• 6 months or more

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If you are a CURRENT employee for the State of Iowa (executive branch) how many years of full-time experience as a Management Analyst 1 for the State of Iowa do you have?

• No Experience as a Management Analyst 1
• Less than 12 months of experience as a Management Analyst 1
• 12 months to less than 18 months of work experience as a Management Analyst 1
• 18 months to less than 24months of work experience as a Management Analyst 1
• 24 months to less than 30 months of work experience as a Management Analyst 1
• 30 months or more of work experience as a Management Analyst 1
• Not applicable - I am not a State Employee

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Do you meet A and B:A. Three years of full-time work experience in project management; management analysis; data science; business systems analysis; or professional-level program administration, development, or operations; and B. A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.

• Yes - I meet A and B
• I do not meet A and B

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Do you meet A, B and C:A. One year of full-time work experience in project management; management analysis; data science; business systems analysis; or professional-level program administration, development, or operations: andB. A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience; andC. A total of two years of graduate-level education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in business administration, industrial management, statistics, natural science, or closely related fields equals one year of full-time experience.

• I meet A, B and C
• I do not meet A, B and C

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