General Summary:
Serve as a member of the PMO & Architecture organization, which provides core leadership for the major administrative systems projects. Work as part of the technical team for various projects. Aid in the formation of technical requirements for ongoing and new projects. Help architect SDLC best practices and guide future development. Be part of the technical team on multiple projects (primarily on purchased vendor solutions), with an occasional lead role. Assist in researching, implementing, and running group toolsets to support the organization’s mission.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Serve as a technical team member/lead who is focused on new system implementation projects and the technical issues and tasks associated with those projects.
-Gather technical requirements needed for new projects
-Estimate time and technical tasks needed for new projects
-Assist in creating architectural standards for SDLC software development
-Architect infrastructure for new projects, as needed.
-Develop detailed implementation specifications, prototypes, and manuals.
-Oversee custom development of add-on modules to provide University-required capabilities that the vendor system does not deliver and provide acceptance of same.
-Establish technical plans and policies for the project (in conjunction with others)
-Oversee or develop technical deliverables and do acceptance of same.
-Escalate issues, as needed.
Document technical work for the project
-Document data (flows, interfaces, ERD and/or database design,etc.)
-Document technical plans (disaster/business continuity, scalability/capacity, etc.)
-Document technical analysis, decisions, and strategies (logical/technical infrastructure design, backup strategy, reporting strategy, technical risk analysis, security design, etc.)
Communications and relationship management for the project in technical areas
-Work with the vendor on technical specifications, support issues during the project and general technical vendor liaison.
-Work with the business to help them understand their technical needs and requirements along with explanations and presentations about the system(s) and technical process(es) chosen.