IT Apps Development Lead
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Job description
The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising, guiding, and instructing the day-to-day operations of the staff. Ensures stated services and efficiency goals are met. Serves as a high-level subject matter expert, providing authoritative guidance for professional staff and supporting the software life cycle for the agency's applications, emphasizing activities and task prioritization.
This position will manage a team of 8-10 software engineers responsible for developing new applications and providing modifications for existing applications.
Responsibilities:
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Lead and manage a team of IT consultants/staff by providing guidance, support, and training as needed.
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Monitor and analyze the performance of the IT team, ensuring that all coding practices and end product produced are up to standard.
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Develop and implement best practices to ensure our IT enterprise applications are supportable and maintainable.
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Work with architects to ensure software design is being properly implemented
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Evaluate and recommend software solutions to improve the quality of GDOT's IT enterprise applications.
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Work with project managers on management and implementation of development during the entire project life cycle.
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Coordinate and troubleshoot technical issues and guide the IT team in resolving complex technical problems.
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Interview candidates and hire qualified individuals to fill open roles within the department
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Generates daily, weekly, and monthly reports requested by both internal and external clients and GDOT IT Management
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Develops and mentor staff to a high level of competency
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Handles issues of a highly technical nature
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Monitors staff performance and schedule adherence to improve efficiencies, identify training opportunities, and ensure proper coverage.
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Remains current on internal procedures and external client requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Information Technology or a related field
- Technical certifications preferred
- Five (5+) years of experience in an IT management role, IT technical lead role, or Project management role, * 5+ years of experience supervising or leading a support team
- Experience in custom applications or Experience with customization in Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products
- Developed applications in .NET technologies with Kendo UI Telerik, C#.net, Web API, REST API, JSON, SQL Server, Oracle, XML, HTML5, Angular JS
- Experience with ServiceNow ITSM
- Experience Work with products management tools such as MS Visual Studio Team (TFS) server using Agile (SCRUM)
- Ability to resolve issues and exhibit strong initiative
- Excellent planning, training, and follow-up skills and analytical abilities
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Strong project management and leadership skills.