IT Professional 3 Project Management

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This recruitment is for an IT Professional 3 within the Office of Project Management. This position functions as a State Project Manager for and assists the Project Management Office in the day-to-day activities required to plan execute and control the Project. Incumbent will act as subject matter expert for functional development on the Project bring an understanding of the States technical standards develop infrastructure integrate systems and system support personnel.

The incumbent will identify and log issues and risks as it relates to the Project. They will also plan coordinate and monitor execution of testing with assistance from Project vendors and review deliverables related to testing. They will be responsible for facilitating and running defect review and all testing meetings and completing follow ups on States activities for closure of defect and testing status reports. This position will identify and resolve issues in Test execution and planning coordinate participation of legacy technical resources in data conversions and integrations design and development.

The incumbent will assist the project team by responding to technical questions regarding legacy reporting mechanisms and providing clarifications. They will serve as Subject Matter Expert for reporting development for the Project. Finally the incumbent will co-develop reporting strategies and development standards with Project vendors. Its preferred that the incumbent will have a detailed understanding of the existing reporting landscape at the State as they will be responsible for the oversight and management of reporting solution development scope and status reporting together with Reporting Lead.

Conduct detailed alternative analyses and determine end-user requirements through consultation with end-users technicians vendors management and others.

Maintain documentation related to the assigned IT specializations architecture operations and other records of work activities as required.

Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field as well as security management practices laws policies and ethics.

Participate in recommending and justifying resource allocations and expenditure decisions tracking and recording expenditures preparing purchase requests and writing technical requirements for grant proposals.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general direction incumbents perform advanced journey level duties and may train supervise and evaluate the performance of subordinate staff and/or serve as a project leader as assigned. Incumbents may function as a unit leader to include directing the activities of a branch IT support unit overseeing projects of limited scope and coordinating activities with other work groups. This is a supervisory level for Computer Operations and the journey level for Information Security positions.

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in computer science management information systems or closely related field and three years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include computer operations systems administration network administration database administration applications analysis and development and/or information security one year of which was at the journey level; OR one year of relevant experience as an IT Professional II in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

This job specification lists the major knowledge skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge skills and abilities from a previous level.

Computer Operations:
Detailed knowledge of:basic elements of programming in order to generate all required reports and special projects as required of the data processing section; computer operating system including all functions schedules workflows and processes; data communication networks; principles of operation capabilities and limitations of a computer system and related environmental equipment in order to efficiently and effectively produce the final work product; supervisory principles and techniques.

Working knowledge of: diagnostic procedures as needed in verifying systems; principles of operation capabilities and limitations of a computer system and related equipment to produce the final work product efficiently and effectively; the principles of operation capabilities and limitations of a multi-programming computer system and related equipment.

General knowledge of:computer programming documentation techniques as needed in setting up and verifying systems programs.

Ability to: analyze and develop current and proposed computer operation procedures for efficient and effective operations; anticipate changes and new directions within the data processing environment; plan organize and direct a twenty-four hour seven-day-a-week shift operation of a computer system; understand and apply technical manuals environmental requirements and physical planning.

Systems Administration:
Detailed knowledge of: Some positions require knowledge of specific departmental information systems.

Working knowledge of: principles of designing test procedures; principles practices and procedures required to design analyze and maintain software; principles tools and techniques as applied to writing and modifying programs; systems programming languages and techniques.

General knowledge of:capacity planning techniques; performance monitoring principles and related software products; telecommunication technology and related systems software; various systems software products and their interrelationships; vendor procedures for applying maintenance and temporary fixes.

Ability to: communicate effectively orally and in writing; evaluate and tailor information system hardware and/or software to meet local requirements; implement auxiliary software and subsystems; maintain effective working relationships with others; provide mid-level technical consultation and training; recommend and implement system changes.

Skill in: implementing changes to a variety of networking systems; managing large volumes of data on various storage media.

Applications Analysis and Development:
Detailed knowledge of: basic programming techniques such as table handling and on-line file updates; general purpose programming languages (in software-oriented positions); principles tools and techniques as applied to writing modifying and documenting programs; techniques of diagramming program flow.

Working knowledge of: access methods and file structures; at least one formal systems design methodology; principles of designing test procedures; principles practices and procedures required to develop design and implement information system-based solutions in a wide range of problem domains.

General knowledge of: project control techniques including cost estimating and resource scheduling.

Ability to:utilize interactive programming techniques; logically analyze problems of considerable complexity; test and validate information systems.

Information Security:
Working knowledge of:three of the ten security domains; current principles theories practices and procedures of information security management.

General knowledge of: general-purpose security controls; current information security trends and technologies.

Ability to: develop plans to safeguard against accidental or unauthorized modification destruction or disclosure of data to meet security needs; assess costs and present alternatives for the assigned area of responsibility; participate in long-term projects and strategic planning; organize resources and materials in order to meet project timelines; assess the security and/or vulnerability of information assets to assist in developing a risk assessment; analyze data solve problems and make appropriate decisions within three of the ten domains; provide effective and responsive customer service; establish and maintain positive working relationships with others; develop and implement information security training materials and workshops.

Skill in: technical writing report preparation and oral communication.

RECRUITER CONTACT INFORMATION:Jon Terrazas at

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

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