Application Technical Lead

City of Indianapolis

Indianapolis (IN)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

City of Indianapolis Marion County seeks an experienced Application Technical Lead to steward the enterprise and departmental application portfolio. You will guide services teams, manage vendor partners, and ensure ISA standards while driving architectural and design decisions for current and future systems.

The role requires strong communication, project management, and collaboration across agencies, with a focus on delivering value through effective IT services and strategic initiatives within

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/CT/Business or related field and eight years of IT experience.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Customer-focused attitude with collaboration and teamwork skills.
Experience managing application portfolios and life-cycles.
Public sector or equivalent experience preferred; product owner experience ideal.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains in-depth technical knowledge of assigned City/County agencies and department applications and key business processes.
Assist the Applications Services Manager with leading functional teams in the implementation, support, maintenance, administration, retirement, and ongoing enhancements of enterprise and departmental applications.
Makes decisions on the actions to be taken by vendor partners to ensure compliance to ISA standards and policies.
Directing contractual employees to deliver application services to satisfy City/County agency and department requirements.
Manages a portfolio of applications of assigned City/County agencies and departments.
Coordinates assigned City/County agency application projects and change management activities.
Interacts closely with other ISA business units and vendor partners to ensure alignment with strategy across the organization.
Provides input to ISA managers and leadership on policy and standards.
Ensures adherence to Enterprise Architecture and Security Standards Compliance.
Ensures application architecture and design is appropriate for both new systems and existing systems.
Documents Application Architecture and Design.
Supports Application Services and Business Services Teams in complex technology planning for assigned groups of City/County agencies.
Partners with Business Services on customer partner projects, ensuring customer satisfaction with ISA services.
Provides input to ISA managers and leadership to help ISA more efficiently provide IT services across the enterprise.
Researches, analyzes and evaluates customer IT initiatives with Business Services Team.
Manages key applications, projects and initiatives, and facilitates the successful execution of such projects.
Implements programs and initiatives as directed by management.
Contributes to the establishment and execution of the overall ISA strategy and annual priorities, and directs the effective achievement of Application Services goals and objectives.

Skills

Customer-facing

Project management

Vendor management

Application portfolio management

Product owner

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CT/Business or related field

Job description

Overview

Job Summary Position is responsible for serving as a technical steward of the Application Portfolio of all assigned agencies and departments. This position will direct external application service providers and vendor partners to ensure delivery of ISA services. It is the responsibility of this position to gain and utilize knowledge of the applications and business processes of all City/County agencies and departments. The Application Technical Lead will guide the Applications Services and Business Services teams in the implementation, support, maintenance, administration, retirement, and ongoing enhancements of enterprise and departmental applications. The ideal candidate will have solid customer-facing experience, strong project management acumen and strong vendor management skills, as well as the ability to successfully manage across different functions and organizations. An ideal candidate will have a strong interest and motivation to gain a real understanding of how relevant City/County departments and agencies work, what their business drivers and issues are, and how they fit into ISA's (and the City/County's) Enterprise Architecture.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The City of Indianapolis Marion County is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. We value diversity in perspectives and experiences among colleagues and the residents of this city of whom we serve.

Position Responsibilities

Develops and maintains in-depth technical knowledge of assigned City/County agencies and department applications and key business processes.
Assist the Applications Services Manager with leading functional teams in the implementation, support, maintenance, administration, retirement, and ongoing enhancements of enterprise and departmental applications.
Makes decisions on the actions to be taken by vendor partners to ensure compliance to ISA standards and policies.
Directing contractual employees to deliver application services to satisfy City/County agency and department requirements.
Manages a portfolio of applications of assigned City/County agencies and departments.
Coordinates assigned City/County agency application projects and change management activities.
Interacts closely with other ISA business units and vendor partners to ensure alignment with strategy across the organization.
Provides input to ISA managers and leadership on policy and standards.
Ensures adherence to Enterprise Architecture and Security Standards Compliance.
Ensures application architecture and design is appropriate for both new systems and existing systems.
Documents Application Architecture and Design.
Supports Application Services and Business Services Teams in complex technology planning for assigned groups of City/County agencies.
Partners with Business Services on customer partner projects, ensuring customer satisfaction with ISA services.
Provides input to ISA managers and leadership to help ISA more efficiently provide IT services across the enterprise.
Researches, analyzes and evaluates customer IT initiatives with Business Services Team.
Manages key applications, projects and initiatives, and facilitates the successful execution of such projects.
Implements programs and initiatives as directed by management.
Contributes to the establishment and execution of the overall ISA strategy and annual priorities, and directs the effective achievement of Application Services goals and objectives.
Identifies and recommends opportunities to realize business value through enhancements to existing applications or implementation of new technologies, including evaluation, selection, and implementation of new applications to meet business needs.
Shapes ongoing operational support of and interfaces between applications.
Maintains an understanding of current and emerging trends and technologies.
Provides written updates via weekly status reports to Application Services Manager.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer technology, business or related field and eight (8) years relevant work experience working with information technology systems, or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities is required.

Must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Must have excellent interpersonal communication and facilitation as well as independent judgment. Must have an outgoing, customer service attitude. Must have strong collaboration and teamwork skills. Must have experience successfully managing application portfolios and application life-cycles. Experience successfully acting as an application product owner is strongly preferred.

Public sector or comparable experience strongly preferred. Must be familiar with fundamental business concepts. Ability to develop and conduct effective presentations is required. Knowledge of and experience with standard office practices required.

Ideal candidates will be those that have performed jobs in line with Business Analysts, System Administrators, Technical Consultants, and Product Owners.

Working Conditions

Work is conducted in a standard office environment. Occasional travel within Marion County may be required. Environment is fast-paced and requires effective multi-tasking.

All rates are bi-weekly.

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Life Insurance Employee Only (rates per $1,000 per month)

Basic: Employer Paid

Optional Life Insurance Employee Only (rates per $1,000 per month)

25-29 $0.058
30-34 $0.083
35-39 $0.099
40-44 $0.132
45-49 $0.223
50-54 $0.363
55-59 $0.600
60-64 $0.795
65-69 $1.329
70 + $2.054

Additional

25-29 $0.058
30-34 $0.083
35-39 $0.099
40-44 $0.132
45-49 $0.223
50-54 $0.363
55-59 $0.600
60-64 $0.795
65-69 $1.329
70 + $2.054

Important Perf Update

For more information on eligibility options, refer to Proposal 21-288 https://bit.ly/3exq8yR
All employees hired/rehired after 1/1/2022 have a choice to select the PERF Hybrid plan (3% + Pension) or the INPRS My Choice: Retirement Savings plan (3% + 1% Contribution). The Hybrid plan consists of two components:

Annuity Savings Account (ASA) -This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Pension - The pension portion of the retirement benefit is funded by contributions made by the employer over the course of the employee's career and separate from the annuity savings account. Employees enrolled in the PERF Hybrid plan are eligible for retirement benefits at age sixty-five (65) if they have ten (10) or more years of creditable service. After June 30, 1995, employees may retire at age sixty (60) with at least fifteen (15) years of credible service or if the member's age in years plus the years of credible service equals at least 85 and the member is at least fifty-five (55) years of age. With fifteen (15) or more years of creditable service, the employee may retire as early as age fifty (50) with a reduced pension.

Employees hired/rehired by the City and County between 1/1/2017 and 12/31/2021 will be automatically enrolled in the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plan. This plan is an annuity savings account (ASA) only plan and does not have a pension component. Any service that an employee has in the My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan will not count toward the service time requirements for pension eligibility in the Hybrid Plan.

With the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings Plan, the ASA is split up into two parts:

Part one - This consists of the mandatory employee contribution of three (3%) percent of compensation (made for the employee by the City), plus interest credits or earnings. You're always vested in your ASA portion - it's always yours.

Part Two - This Consists Of An Additional Variable Rate Contribution Paid By The City Toward Your ASA. This Variable Rate Contribution Is Currently 1% Of Your Gross Wages. Vesting In The Value Of The Variable Rate Employer Contribution Will Vary By Length Of Participation. You Are

20 percent vested after 1 full year of participation
40 percent vested after 2 full years of participation
60 percent vested after 3 full years of participation
80 percent vested after 4 full years of participation
100 percent vested after 5 full years of participation
All employees hired/rehired prior to 1/1/2017 are grandfathered into PERF Hybrid plan. The Hybrid plan consists of two components:

Pension - The pension portion of the retirement benefit is funded by contributions made by the employer over the course of the employee’s career and separate from the annuity savings account. Employees enrolled in the PERF Hybrid plan are eligible for retirement benefits at age sixty-five (65) if they have ten (10) or more years of creditable service. After June 30, 1995, employees may retire at age sixty (60) with at least fifteen (15) years of credible service or if the member’s age in years plus the years of credible service equals at least 85 and the member is at least fifty‑five (55) years of age. With fifteen (15) or more years of creditable service, the employee may retire as early as age fifty (50) with a reduced pension.

City Employees hired/rehired between 1/1/2017 and 12/31/21 that are members of the City AFSCME labor union can choose to enroll in either the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plane or the PERF Hybrid plan. Both plans are described above. Employees have 60 days to choose which option they want, and by state law this cannot be changed. If no choice is made, the employee will then be automatically added to the PERF My Choice: Retirement Savings plan.

The Indiana General Assembly has enacted a provision that allows public employees to make voluntary contributions in addition to the mandatory three percent (3%) contributions. Employees may contribute up to an additional ten‑percent (10%) of their compensation per pay period to the annuity savings account. This means that the maximum level of contributions to the annuity savings account under this new provision is thirteen percent (13%) of an employee’s compensation per pay period.

Employees who separate from the city within their first ten (10) years of employment need to contact INPRS ‑ PERF regarding their ASA account.

Questions relating to PERF may be directed to INPRS ‑ PERF at:

Indiana Public Retirement System

Public Employees’ Retirement Fund

One North Capitol, Suite 001

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

(888) 236‑3544

Do you currently possess a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer technology, business or related field?

Do you possess at least eight (8) years relevant work experience working with information technology systems?