IT Project Manager

ONLY LOCAL RESUMES ACCEPTED AS INTERVIEW IS ALSO ON-SITERole: IT Project ManagerDuration: 1+ YearLocation: Sunnyvale, CA ( ON-Site Role) ONLY LOCALSJob Description: Under direction of a Principal Applications Analyst / Project Manager or an Information Technology Manager, performs advanced level Business Analysis for the elicitation, analysis, and validation of system requirements; performs complex programming assignments according to the City's Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), established guidelines, and technology standards; designs, develops and implements commercial systems and system interfaces; revises, improves, updates, and maintains existing systems; participates in or manages business process reengineering, upgrades, new technology, and system implementation projects; provides training and technical support to technical staff and end-users; executes established standards and priorities; manages small to medium sized projects; closely coordinates with system owners, end-users, vendors, the public, and project teams; executes the Information Technology Strategic Plan; and performs related duties as assigned.Required Skills: Essential job functions may include, but not limited to:• Leads and coordinates IT, departmental and vendor resources for projects in accordance with the project plan.• Prepares presentation materials for meetings; documents and follows up on actions and decisions from meetings.• Analyzes, validates, and documents business processes and system requirements using standard Business Analysis tools and methodologies for the development or procurement of software systems.• Evaluates and monitors cost acquisition of applications, scripting, and reporting tools related items to obtain the best results, meet budget guidelines, and ensure system compatibility.• Conducts design sessions and develops design documents.• Plans, designs, recommends, installs, upgrades, and supports application systems, interfaces, queries, database, scripting activities, and business intelligence/reporting solutions to achieve optimum performance in accordance with the IT Service Level Agreement (SLA).Completes service requests in a timely manner and provides support to end users; guides and assists others in completing service requests. Troubleshoots, upgrades, or configures application, database or reporting systems to determine cause(s) or failure and resolves problems, to include cybersecurity issues.• Designs, documents, develops, codes, tests, and debugs applications and interfaces.• Designs, documents and develops extract, transform, load (ETL) processes to ensure accessibility of data from business systems for reports or use by other systems.• Ensures systems and applications, including the City's Internet and Intranet, are patched and kept current on all security patches and upgrades.• Assists in the development and execution of preventive maintenance programs identifying weaknesses of current systems to determine critical application, reporting or system issues, including cybersecurity.• Develops technical system documentation, training materials, and provides training to users and support staff.• Assists in the development and operations of the IT Strategic Plan (ITSP).• Provides input and recommendations on new technology and solicits technical specifications.• Communicates clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.• Assists in the creation of operational procedure manuals.• Sets timelines and expectations for tasks within project plans.• Provides guidance to team members.• Acts as a liaison between the various divisions within the department along with the client departments.• Provides subject-matter expertise on complex technical issues.