Data Systems Manager - Systems & Programming

Overview

Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the activities of technical staff engaged in the development and maintenance of COBOL and HTML mainframe-based applications.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the planning, directing, and evaluating technical staff engaged in the analysis, development, implementation and maintenance of mainframe-based COBOL applications.
• Coordinate these functions with other operational areas within IT and user departments throughout the Office of the Secretary of State; review project requests from user departments to determine priority; meet with IT managers on policy and procedure changes required to implement the use of system resources, electronic commerce, imaging, or digital signatures and make recommendations regarding those changes to the Data System Administrator.
• Research and implement studies, models, and plans to resolve operational and systems problems in these areas of responsibility; develop and direct methods for implementing the use of new best practices.
• Implement and monitor procedures and controls to ensure compliance with policy and standards and legislation; establish project schedules and cost estimates and monitor progress of staff; submit regular progress reports to the Data System Administrator.
• Keep abreast of and implement technological advances by researching, evaluating, and testing new software, hardware, and various systems; report findings to Director and other IT upper management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of four years college, preferably with courses in mathematics, statistics, or computer science, and four years of progressively responsible professional experience in systems analysis, operations, software or a related data processing function.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Application Process

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or veteran status, or the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability.

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