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Applications Manager (Special Project Worker)
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Job Description
- Req#: 4953152
- 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.
- 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.
- Dental
- Vision
- Supplemental Life, AD&D
- Dependent Life
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Long Term Care
Salary: $104,312.44 Annually
Location : 416 W. 11th Street Ronald Earle Building, TX
Job Type: Full Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 25-10010
Department: District Attorney
Opening Date: 05/27/2025
Closing Date: 7/8/2025 11:59 PM Central
Job Summary
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.
Duties and Responsibilities
Minimum Requirements
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:
Work Environment & Other Information
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.
This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.
Benefits
Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time and personal holidays, not to mention an industry competitive salary structure and a friendly, stable work environment.
FY2025 Travis County Benefit Guide
In this valuable you will find benefit summaries, eligibility requirements, costs, contact numbers and addresses as well as other general information on the benefits available to Travis County Employees and Retirees.
Credit Union
Employees may join the Travis County Credit Union which offers low-interest loans, savings plans through payroll deduction, safe deposit boxes and other benefits.
Deferred Compensation
Employees may enroll in a tax- free sheltered investment plan through payroll deduction.
Direct Deposit
Employees may sign up for direct bank deposit.
Employee Assistance Program
Travis County provides a confidential counseling and referral service free of charge to county employees and their family.
Employee Organizations
Membership in the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union is available through payroll deduction.
Employee Health & Wellness Clinic
Employees may access the clinic for a variety of wellness program and health care services with no co-pay, no deductible and no co-insurance costs.
Holidays
An average of eleven paid holidays are designated by the Travis County Commissioners Court at the beginning of each fiscal year.
Insurance
Employees may select from four plans: an Exclusive Physician Organization (EPO), Choice Plus Preferred Physician Organization (PPO), Consumer Choice or a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a Health Savings Account (HSA). All four options include a Pharmacy Plan. Travis County's current policy is to pay 100% of the employee's health insurance premium for the Consumer Choice and HDHP. Employees will pay a premium for both the EPO and PPO. Other insurance benefits include $50,000 Basic Life and AD&D paid by the County.
The following benefits are employee paid:
New employees are covered on the first day of the month following 28 calendar days of employment.
Longevity
Longevity pay is paid for each year completed after three years of continuous service. Peace Officers in a law enforcement activity, whose job requires state peace officer certification, receive pay after one year of certification.
On the regular payday on or after the employee's fourth and subsequent adjusted service dates, he or she receives a single payment for the previous year.
Parking
A limited number of assigned parking spaces are available to employees in the Courthouse Complex.
Personal Holidays
Regular, full-time employees are eligible for up to three paid personal holidays each calendar year. Part-time employees shall be granted personal holidays on a prorated basis. New employees earn personal holidays for the calendar year in which he/she begins employment, based on the month in which employment begins:
January - March
3 personal holidays
April - June
2 personal holidays
July - September
1 personal holiday
October - December
None
New employees are eligible to take personal holidays after 90 days of employment.
Retirement
Travis County is a member of the Texas County & District Retirement System with mandatory participation by certain classes of employees. Seven percent (7%) of the gross salary is deducted each pay period. An employee is fully vested after eight years of service. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.
Sick Leave
Regular employees earn sick leave at a rate of eight hours per month with unlimited accrual during employment. Part-time employees earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis.
Parental Leave
Each Full-time Paid Parental Leave Eligible (PPL) Employee is entitled to a total of 320 hours of Paid Parental Leave in a 12 month period. Paid Parental Leave for Part-time PPL Eligible Employees is prorated based on the number of hours that they are regularly scheduled to work.
Tuition Refund
Certain classes of full-time employees may receive reimbursement for fees associated with pre-approved, job related course work completed satisfactorily.
Vacation
Based on years of county service, regular, full-time employees earn vacation time at the following rates:
0 to 5 years
4.0 hours per pay period
6 to 10 years
4.5 hours per pay period
11 to 15 years
5.0 hours per pay period
16 to 20 years
5.5 hours per pay period
21 plus years
6.0 hours per pay period
Part-time employees earn vacation leave on a pro-rated basis.
Workers' Compensation
The county provides all employees workers' compensation coverage with benefits in accordance with state statute, if the employee sustains an injury out of, or in the course of work.About the company
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