Method Development Scientist

Assign or schedule tasks to meet work priorities and goals.

Evaluate project plans and proposals to assess feasibility issues.

Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to determine computing needs and system requirements.

Maintain network hardware and software, direct network security measures, and monitor networks to ensure availability to system users.

Approve, prepare, monitor, and adjust operational budgets.

Design computers and the software that runs them.

Develop performance standards, and evaluate work in light of established standards.

Participate in staffing decisions and direct training of subordinates.

Direct daily operations of departments, coordinating project activities with other departments.

Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.

Apply theoretical expertise and innovation to create or apply new technology, such as adapting principles for applying computers to new uses.

Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers.

Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software.