Applications Manager (Special Project Worker)

Manages a team participating in the planning and architecting of applications.  Ensures assigned projects remain on schedule and adhere to established software development life cycle practices.  Meets regularly with stakeholders to define priorities for the development team.  Builds and maintains relationships with key vendors and supports the software and infrastructure needs of the development group.  Implements and manages the methodology driven quality plan, monitors and controls the quality of the deliverable, and manages the project completion process through customer acceptance.  Works closely with other groups to coordinate plans and activities including coordination to facilitate specific development projects that involve various platforms and the coordination of software upgrades.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is a job classification within the Information Technology job family.  Manages the work of technical staff engaged in activities related to the full software development life cycle of projects.  Functions as technical expert and manager, providing tactical direction, contributing to strategic planning for applications software, supervising staff and coordinating closely with higher level management to meet user and organizational requirements in accordance with strategic and organizational goals.  This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

• Oversees the development, deployment and maintenance of custom applications.  Ensures applications are consistent with, and in agreement with other enterprise applications and systems.
• Manages software development life cycle to facilitate on-time, high quality releases in accordance with user and organizational objectives.
• Provides supervisory leadership in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating web services in accordance with Federal, State, and local laws, policies, procedures, guidelines and enterprise goals and objectives.
• Manages staff, including performing or collaborating with higher management in the hiring, training, performance evaluation, disciplinary actions and dismissal of staff.  Seeks and creates opportunities for improved performance, learning and development of staff and identifies and addresses problems or conflicts.
• Develops standards for application development projects, including initiation, design, development and support.
• Serves as technical expert for difficult and complex software applications problems.
• Researches and maintains knowledge in emerging technologies, applicable to the organization environment.
• Assists senior management in developing strategic plans to accomplish goals and objectives and improve effectiveness and efficiency of services.
• Plans and provides budget request information as part of the annual budget process.  Assists in monitoring budget expenditures to ensure consistent with department goals and objectives and within available funds.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or a directly related field AND eight (8) years of relevant work experience, including five (5) years of management, supervisory or team lead experience;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Valid Texas Driver's License.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Management and supervisory principles, practices and techniques.
• Policies, practices, procedures and terminology of assigned function.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Information technology hardware, software and peripherals as related to assigned function.
• Software engineering principles and the software development life cycle.
• Modern enterprise architecture design, development, and deployment.
• Programming and development standards, procedures and architectures.
• State-of-the-art programming languages and object-oriented approaches to designing, coding, testing and debugging programs.
• Systems design, development and source control.
• Quality assurance, performance monitoring, and integration methodologies.
• Budgetary theory and practices.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, integrated criminal justice and governmental technology systems, case management systems/ databases and a variety of software packages.
• May be required to develop knowledge of and adhere to federal and state laws requiring the confidential handling of certain information.

• Managing staff, allocating resources and evaluating programs.
• Leadership, collaboration and negotiation techniques, including contracts, agreements and proposals.
• Developing and monitoring programs and related budgets.
• Managing user expectations and satisfaction.
• Developing and evaluating Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Managing IIS and other Microsoft server technologies.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Strategic planning, development, monitoring and evaluation.
• Both verbal and written communication, including presentations and communicating technical issues in non-technical language.

• Manage, motivate, train, develop and evaluate staff.
• Work independently and efficiently and as part of a team.
• Manage time well, perform multiple tasks and organize diverse activities.
• Translate policies and objectives into ideas and applications web-based information products.
• Research, compile, analyze, interpret and prepare a variety of memorandums or reports.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, representatives of outside agencies and providers, other County employees and officials, and the public.

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 35-40 pounds occasionally; visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment.  Subject to standing, sitting, walking, climbing, crawling, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching, twisting, balancing, repetitive motion, squatting to perform the essential functions.  Subject to exposure to variations in extreme heat, cold, mechanical, fume/odor, and dust/mites.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday-Friday. May work some

holidays, some nights, some weekends

Location: 416 West 11th Street, Austin, Texas

78701

Department: District Attorney

Criminal, Driving, Education, and Employment

Background Checks Required.