IT Team Leader - Applications

Job Summary

The IT Team Leader Applications is responsible for the supervision of a group of analysts and specialists that support and enhance off the shelf as well as in-house built Information Systems and participate in the full cycle development process. These responsibilities include but are not limited to the preparation and tracking of work plans, administration of the performance management process, coaching and development of the group. The Team Leader Applications will also have support, integration and development responsibility for the Information Systems supported by the group.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with the business area to define application strategy for the systems supported by their work group.
• Anticipate organizational and business impacts on the applications and technology architecture supported, collaborate with others to address.
• Work with the Applications Architect Manager to align and integrate the creation of their team's work plan with the overall work plan of the area and that of other groups.
• Responsible for the full cycle development process including requirements definition based on user requirements, creation of technical designs, creation of work plans, coding, documentation, test plans, execution of test plans, migration through different environments.
• Coordinate communication with subject matter experts and end users at all levels on proposed or implemented system changes including clear requirements definition and application change notification to users.
• Ensure adequate business application support coverage for application(s) supported including scheduling resources for 24x7 call out support for business and operations staff, Level 3 Service Desk support, batch operations job support and other business and system operating needs.
• Manage the relationship with internal business clients including request response, code migration, outages, issue management, needs assessment, and priority and service level setting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related technical degree.
• 5+ years of development experience.
• Experience in all phases of the full cycle development process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of supported business applications including Gas SCADA, Energy Management,  PI Data Historian, .net web applications
• Experience with integrating multiple applications and systems
• Demonstrated project delivery experience involving schedule, budget, risk management, and providing work direction
• Experience with coaching and providing constructive feedback
• Demonstrated organizational and planning skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
• Previous leadership experience