Programmer

• Confer with department management to assist in planning, organizing, and controlling activities of assigned areas;
• Confer with the user community to conduct, through research, fact-finding, and analysis to formulate and define system requirements, scope, and objectives, establish priorities, and monitor the progress of complex information systems;
• Devise or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results to obtain maximum computer utilization;
• Prepare detailed project feasibility studies, formulates complete system scope, project cost, time estimates, and human resource and IT infrastructure requirements for new and existing application software systems;
• Assist, direct, train, and coordinates the work of less experienced application software developers and/or application systems analyst staff and assist with the development of difficult and complex programs;
• May function as Team and/or Project lead responsible for completion of project phase;
• Provide complete documentation for new or modified information systems and/or application software programs including operational procedures and manuals;
• Prepare detailed specifications from which application software will be written;
• Prepare and conduct system test planning;
• Design, code, and debug new application software programs and/or make enhancements to existing application software programs of all levels;
• Test and debug new and existing application software;
• Execute tasks conforming to shop techniques, standards, policies, and procedures;
• May use case tools and/or application development software tools;
• Monitor application software systems to ensure proper execution and performance;
• The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• Extensive knowledge of information systems design principles and new systems design techniques;
• Extensive knowledge of policies, standards, procedures, and techniques used for application development;
• Extensive knowledge of application development software tools and application development software languages;
• Extensive knowledge of information technology equipment, operation, and capabilities;
• Extensive knowledge of the most recent advancement of information technology equipment, operation, and capabilities;
• Extensive knowledge of both system and business applications and competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of applications systems analysis and programming activities;
• Ability to perform problem-solving and analytical analysis;
• Ability to read and understand complicated technical manuals;
• Ability to manage multiple application development software projects and priorities;
• Effectively communicate both orally and in writing.