Senior Systems Analyst

MISSION STATEMENT - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

The Mission of the Alameda County Information Technology Department is to provide county departments and agencies with: Information Technology Consulting, Strategic Planning, Data Center and Cloud Services, Application and Web Services, Internet and Intranet Connectivity, Network Services, Mobile Technology, and Social Media.

 

THE POSITION

The Alameda County Information Technology Department is hiring a Senior Systems Analysts for PeopleSoft HRMS or Java Development with Java experience in Autonomy and/or Election Apps.

The departments’ current environment supports PeopleSoft HRMS 9.0, PeopleTools 8.49 running on SQL Server 2012. The development environment consists of SQR, App Engine, PeopleCode, and Crystal Reports.

The PeopleSoft HRMS Support Team is engaged in development and implementation and upgrade of new PeopleSoft modules, and on-going daily maintenance of PeopleSoft system. The position is in direct support of PeopleSoft systems and modules, specifically HR, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Time & Labor, eBenefits and ePay. As part of the PeopleSoft team, this position serves as functional and technical lead for PeopleSoft development projects, architecture & designating of creative solutions to complex business problems, works closely with business owners and users.

Under general direction, to supervise and coordinate the work of a unit of programmer staff and Systems Analysts responsible for the information systems development and support for a department or group of departments; to train, instruct, assign, direct and evaluate the work of Programmers and Systems Analysts; to supervise others in the development and maintenance of systems and computer programs; to analyze problems outlined by Systems Analysts in terms of detailed equipment and program requirements and capabilities;, to develop the project plans and schedules; manage projects; and to perform all phases of programming and systems analysis up to and including systems implementation; to coordinate work with other departmental units, managers, and users; to support database design; and to perform related duties as required.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

Senior Systems Analyst is the highest ilevel analyst in the systems and programming series with responsibility for unit and project management. Incumbents design new systems including developing and implementing the database to support a new system while providing unit and project management, including resource planning and allocation. They are responsible for the supervision and direction of a unit of programmers and Systems Analysts that provide services to a department or group of departments to maintain existing systems, the development and implementation of new systems and major enhancements to existing systems. Supervision is received from an Information Technology Manager who is available for consultation. Positions in the class of Senior Systems Analyst differ from those in the next lower class of Systems Analyst by having responsibility for the supervision and direction of a unit of programming and Systems Analyst staff, or for the design staff of a medium-sized development or major enhancement project. Senior Systems Analyst is further distinguished from the next higher class of Information Technology Manager by the latter having full supervisory, budgetary, and personnel management responsibilities for units and/or projects supervised by Senior Systems Analysts.

 

IDEAL CANDIDATE

In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications stated below, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated a track record of success in the following areas:

• Eight years of full-time, increasingly responsible experience in systems analysis and programming.
• Four years of full time experience in systems analysis and design.
• Two years of programming in at least one of the programming languages and tools used by Alameda County ITD.
• Possession PeopleSoft experience, including a minimum of six years of working in PeopleSoft systems, programming with SQR, SQL Server, PS Query, PeopleTools, PeopleCode, App Designer, Crystal, and nVision. Experience with PeopleSoft version 9.2, highly desirable OR
  • Possession of Java Development experience, including a minimum of six years working in the Java environment, with SQR and SQL server plus experience with Autonomy or Election Apps.
• Demonstrated strong understanding and application of cross-functional project management.
• Ability to analyze processing problems, develop and evaluate alternatives.

NOTE: The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all duties listed.

1. Directs, schedules, coordinates, and supervises Systems Analyst and programming staff in designing, developing, analyzing and programming automated systems; trains and supervises Systems Analysts and programmer staff; evaluates the performance of staff.

2. Plans, creates, documents and tests changes and improvements on the most difficult programs; supervises staff in the development and maintenance of procedures and documentation for new and enhanced systems.

3. Develops and analyzes new information technology systems and programs for departments; researches and plans complex, interrelated computer programs; serves as technical expert for the unit and provides training for departments using information systems.

4. Evaluates new hardware and software for the Information Technology Department; develops conversion plans for new equipment and programming techniques and methods, evaluates new manuals and procedures; evaluates new automation tools for project scheduling, management and/or design.

5. Coordinates the unit’s work with internal and external users; confers with others regarding scheduling, requirements, program formats, systems conversion and other matters as required.

Either I

The equivalent of one year of full time experience in the class of Systems Analyst in Alameda County classified service. (Non-classified includes District Attorney’s Office, Hospital Authority, and the Consolidated Courts.).

Or II

The equivalent of five years of full-time increasingly responsible experience in systems analysis and programming, including the equivalent of one year of the direct supervision and work management of other systems analysts and programmers. This experience must include the equivalent of three years in systems analysis and design and the equivalent of two years of programming in languages and tools used by Alameda County ITD.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

NOTE: The level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the “Examples of Duties” section of this specification.

Knowledge of:

• Programming languages and tools used by Alameda County ITD.
• Principles and methods of systems analysis.
• Systems and program design principles.
• Estimating methods for equipment costs, production costs, programming costs, and systems benefits.
• Principles of supervision and personnel management.
• Project management techniques.
• Network and PC/LAN environment.
• Database concepts and design.

Ability to:

• Analyze complex business systems and environments.
• Develop automated systems, and evaluate and modify existing systems.
• Develop proposals, business and functional requirements documents, design and programming specifications.
• Develop project plans, with cost and time estimates.
• Direct, assign, coordinate, and evaluate the work of programming and systems analysis staff.
• Communicate technical concepts and solutions to user department representatives in an effective manner.
• Understand and consider the impact of organizational, management, administrative and personnel aspects of information systems design.
• Resolve related problems and make appropriate recommendations.
• Gather and analyze data, draw sound conclusions and prepare clear, concise reports.
• Work effectively with subordinate staff, other managers and representatives of user departments to provide information technology support.
• Prepare operator procedures, and user procedures and training materials.
• Utilize Microsoft Office productivity tools: Excel, Word, Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook, Sharepoint
• Manage development projects.
• Manage application production environment, i.e. application systems maintenance.

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF the following steps: 1) A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process. 2) A review of candidates’ Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. 3) An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.  CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.  We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.

 Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit.  Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position.  Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position.  Other recruitments many be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the "What You Need To Know" section of our website:  www.acgov.org/hrs.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE: Below are the questions included in the supplemental questionnaire. You may prepare your answers before the application date however, your responses must be submitted on the November 14th, 2014 along with your application. Responses will ONLY be accepted online WITH application. 

1.  OPERATING SYSTEMS/PLATFORMS: Please indicate below the types and versions you have experience with  WebSphere, PeopleSoft Tools 8.49, Linux, Unix, ZOS and Windows 7 or higher. Include your ability to understand and troubleshoot browser and tools issues. In your response please indicate how many months experience you have, date of most recent experience, your specific role/responsibility and your skill level.
2. PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: Please indicate below the types and versions you have experience with (i.e. Word, Excel, Visio, Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint). Also include your ability to create and manage complex MS Project Plans. In your response please indicate how many months experience you have, date of most recent experience, your specific role/responsibility and your skill level.
3. DEVELOPMENT TOOLS/TECHNOLOGIES: Please indicate below the types and versions you have experience with (i.e. .NET, ASP.net, java, COBOL, CICS, FileNet, Powerbuilder, PeopleSoft). Also include your experience with PeopleSoft 9.0 or higher version of HRMS and Financial suite and any experience in upgrade from version to version in a government installation. In your response please indicate how many months experience you have, date of most recent experience, your specific role/responsibility and your skill level.
4. DATABASE: Please indicate below the types and versions you have experience with (SQL Server, DB2, etc). Also include any experience with SQL server 2012 or newer version specifically and your ability to troubleshoot database and application issues.In your response please indicate how many months experience you have, date of most recent experience, your specific role/responsibility and your skill level.

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Sylvia Perez, Human Resources Analyst

Human Resource Services, County of Alameda

510-208-9593

Sylvia.Perez@acgov.org