IT Professional 4 - Project Management

State of Nevada • Carson City, NV

14h • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a key member of the Project Management Office within the Governor’s Technology Office, located in Carson City. It is a senior-level role for an experienced IT Project Manager responsible for overseeing multiple high-visibility, enterprise-level initiatives, as well as smaller projects as needed. Responsibilities include planning, coordinating, and managing IT projects using established project management methodologies; leading stakeholder meetings; and facilitating the creation of project artifacts such as charters, project plans, schedules/WBS, risk registers, issue logs, status reports, and lessons learned. The role also involves managing project changes through established change control procedures and analyzing project data to identify schedule risks, budget variances, resource conflicts, and potential scope creep.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience relevant to the duties of the position which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, two years of which were at the advanced journey level or in a supervisory or project management capacity; OR Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, management information systems, or closely related field and five years of professional IT experience which may include systems administration, network administration, database administration, applications analysis and development, and/or information security, relevant to the duties of the position, two years of which were at the journey level in information security; OR two years of relevant experience as an IT Professional III in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
• Systems Administration: Detailed knowledge of: principles of designing test procedures; principles, practices, and procedures required to design, analyze, and maintain software; principles, tools, and techniques as applied to writing and modifying programs; systems programming languages and techniques. Working knowledge of : capacity planning techniques; performance monitoring principles and related software products; telecommunication technology and related systems software; various systems software products and their interrelationships; vendor procedures for applying maintenance and temporary fixes. General knowledge of: supervisory principles and techniques if applicable to the assignment. Ability to: analyze and diagnose operational hardware and software problems occurring in a computer environment; anticipate and plan for future information system technologies; assign work to and coordinate and train subordinate personnel; develop and prioritize task lists and resolve problems; develop technical specifications for bid requests and analyze vendor responses; implement statewide, multi-departmental operating systems; provide high-level technical consultation and training. Skill in: developing specialized programs for other programmers; improving the performance of complex computer systems.
• Network Administration: Detailed knowledge of: the methodology for implementing distributed applications; network authentication; data storage networks; network security design and implementation; network communications hardware such as routers, switches, and firewalls; systems integration, hardware, and data communications; virtual private networks and virtual LANs; network performance trending and network utilization; data processing systems; network design and architecture. Working knowledge of: network file and application servers, project management, directory services integration, intrusion detection/prevention systems logs, data encryption methodologies. General knowledge of: supervisory practices if applicable to the assignment. Ability to: configure and deploy firewalls, routers, and switches; present network design recommendations to management; implement network design changes; provide technical training, direction, and leadership; plan, organize, and direct projects; provide communications protocol analysis for large applications; design and configure virtual private networks; interpret authentication logs.
• Database Administration: Detailed knowledge of: database and operating system performance tuning and monitoring; database backup and recovery scenarios and methodologies; software installation, configuration, and maintenance; structured query language. Ability to: analyze and recommend the purchase/lease of client server applications, database products, and development and integration tools; provide effective and responsive customer service in a computing environment directly supporting business operations; design, code and debug stored procedures and functions; lead the architecture, design, and implementation of new database applications.
• Applications Analysis and Development: Detailed knowledge of: access methods and file structures; at least one formal systems design methodology; principles of designing test procedures; principles, practices and procedures required to develop, design, and implement information system-based solutions in a wide range of problem domains; strengths and limitations of several general-purpose programming languages (in software-oriented positions). Working knowledge of: project control techniques, including cost estimating and resource scheduling. General knowledge of: a network topology and protocol; computer platforms, capabilities, and support software; supervisory principles and techniques if applicable to the assignment; telecommunications principles and support software. Ability to: assign work to and coordinate and train subordinate personnel; extract logical commonalities among classes of problems; select appropriate data structures and algorithms to achieve efficient problem representation and resolution; translate data structures and algorithms. Skill in: problem solving, analysis and synthesis.
• Information Security: Working knowledge of: current principles, theories, practices and procedures related to information security management; five of the ten information security domains; general-purpose security controls; current information security trends and technologies; strategic planning and project management at the division/work unit level; policy development and implementation; methods and techniques used to safeguard against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure of data to meet security needs; interagency business practices and principles. Ability to: identify complex information security risks, vulnerabilities and problems; select the best course of mitigation actions for security issues; assess the security and/or vulnerability of information assets to assist in developing a risk assessment of multiple security domains; assess costs and present alternatives for the assigned area of responsibility; analyze data, solve problems and make appropriate decisions within five of the ten domains; design appropriate solutions to complex security problems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed alternative analyses and determine end-user requirements through consultation with end-users, technicians, vendors, management, and others.
• Maintain documentation related to the assigned IT specialization’s architecture, operations, and other records of work activities as required.
• Maintain current knowledge of technological trends and advancements in the IT field as well as security management practices, laws, policies, and ethics.
• Participate in recommending and justifying resource allocations and expenditure decisions, tracking, and recording expenditures, preparing purchase requests, and writing technical requirements for grant proposals.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Under administrative direction, incumbents either: 1) perform duties described at this level and supervise at least one IT Professional III or II or Master IT Professional; or 2) perform duties described at this level within the Enterprise IT Services (EITS) Division for enterprise- level IT systems utilized by multiple departments; or 3) perform IT project management a preponderance of the time to include serving as the project leader; planning, organizing, and directing project activities; resolving design conflicts; data administration; resource allocation; contract negotiation; timeline development; critical path tracking; justifying the need for additional resources; and coordinating activities with other work units within and outside the organization as assigned; or 4) perform Information Security duties described at this level with at least 70% of the daily activities devoted solely to information security; or 5) perform technology planning and consultation duties within EITS.
• Technology planning and consultation duties include providing and/or performing: initial contact with agencies to assess their needs and develop their information technology plans; technical support for the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and software and hardware evaluations; guidance and technical assistance in completing appropriate Information Technology (IT) budget request forms; recommendations for feasible and cost effective technical solutions to customer agencies and reviewing agency IT project requests; research, information, testing and training for IT related issues to ensure viable, cost effective technology implementation; and enterprise-wide planning, policy and research.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior