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Waste Management (WM) a Fortune 250 company is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential commercial industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations transfer stations landfills recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

To enable our business to expand our lead in a market increasingly enhanced by technology Waste Management is undertaking a substantial technology transformation. We are seeking talented Information Technology professionals to join the Waste Management team who are motivated to help us transform the way we design build and use technology. With your skills and experience we look for you to combine your technical expertise with industry best practices in an effort to align information technology solutions with Waste Management business strategy.

I. Job Summary
Under limited supervision designs develops and communicates specific strategic plans and designs for information technology needs through new and existing applications systems architecture and applications infrastructure. Assumes responsibility for combining technical expertise with best practices and standard solutions in an effort to align information technology solutions with business strategy. Presents and communicates to all levels of the organization (technical and non-technical) and oversees development from a technical perspective.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned.

• Effectively applies and designs technology solutions to solve business problems.
• Able to set a technical direction; achieving a strategic vision through tactical implementations.
• Leads technology and product assessments and proposes appropriate technologies.
• Recommends the techniques/technologies that should be applied at the application level. Performs fit analysis for matching the right tool and pattern to the purpose.
• Identifies and designs reusable approaches to apply across the enterprise and business partner relationships.
• Presents and evangelizes technical processes effectively to all levels of the organization (including technical and non-technical audiences Senior Leadership VPs and C-level executives).
• Coordinates with users and/or business analysts to determine requirements.
• Participates in application/project design and review sessions.
• Ensures that the application design complies with the enterprises standards for technical information and application architecture.
• Resolves implications and conflicts between the ideal application architecture and constraints imposed by other forces (e.g. availability security financial accessibility etc.).
• Leads capacity planning and capacity management activities.
• Provides recommendations on architectural approach and high-level design for projects.
• Researches emerging trends and technologies to stay current within the field.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
May coach and mentor less-experienced analysts and act as team leader on systems projects.

IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job

A. Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelors degree (accredited) in Computer Science MIS or similar area of study or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience: Eight years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement).

B. Certificates Licenses Registrations or Other Requirements

• None required.

C. Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities Required
Intermediate knowledge or skills in one or more of the following required:

• Present communicate and articulate effectively to all levels of the organization (including technical and non-technical audiences Senior Leadership VPs and C-level executives.
• Architecting and designing frameworks.
• Development methodology.
• Completing design artifacts using UML.
• Project management and organizational skills.
• Vendor interactions skills; provide input to contract negotiations.
• Ability to resolve interpersonal and technical conflicts.
• Knowledge and understanding of prototyping and methods of implementation.
• Ability to provide input to business processes and translate them into technical requirements.

V. Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

This posistion is based onsite at our downtown Houston TX headquarters Monday through Thursday with a flexible work from home day on Friday. Candidates must be located in Houston. No relocation assistance will be provided.

Normal setting for this job is: office setting.

Benefits
At Waste Management each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan Company match on 401K and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation Holidays and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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