IS Business Automation Senior

State of Wisconsin; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health benefits

Telework options

Pension plan

Well Wisconsin Wellness Program

Employee assistance program

Job summary

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is seeking an IS Business Automation Senior to lead automation projects within the DTSD’s Project Management and Data Services Unit. This role coordinates scope, schedule, and budgets, ensures policy compliance, and delivers analytics reports that support project decisions.

The position is based in Madison, WI, with a required hybrid schedule: at least two days on-site at the Hill Farms State Office Building and telework within Wisconsin where feasible.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex IT programs or projects through full lifecycle.
• Converting business requirements to technical system requirements.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and product ownership responsibilities.
• Ability to coach and motivate teams throughout projects.
• Training or experience using data analytics and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead multifaceted automation projects from inception to completion.
• Ensure compliance with agency development policies and standards.
• Manage project budgets, resources, and scheduling.
• Develop meaningful data reports from statistical analyses.

Skills

Project management

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Team leadership

Requirements analysis

Tools

SQL

MS Excel

Tableau

SAS

R

Python

Job description

Introduction

Bring your IT experience to the Bureau of Project Development as an IS Business Automation Senior location at the Hill Farms State Office Building in Madison, WI! The position offers a hybridized work schedule. The position will be headquartered at and required to work from the Hill Farms State Office Building in Madison, WI office at least 2 days per week. All employees working a hybrid work schedule are generally expected to telework from within the State of Wisconsin. This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.

Benefits

WisDOT is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that roll over each year.
• Excellent and affordable health, vision, and dental benefits (health plan options start at just $49/month for single plans and $122/month for family plans after two months of employment)
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• Well Wisconsin Wellness Program
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations. For more information on WisDOT you can visit our website by clicking here. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is an organization dedicated to creating transportation solutions through innovation and exceptional service. We are committed to fostering an environment rooted in Integrity, Diversity, Excellence, and Accountability. Click here to learn more about how we apply these values in our work.

Every day, WisDOT’s Division of Transportation System Development plays the leading role in the upkeep and improvement of nearly 12,000 miles of state highways and bridges used by millions of people. You’ll find that behind every barrel is a dedicated team from a wide array of backgrounds including engineering, planning, environmental services, public outreach, real estate, finance and many more. It can be a challenging job, but we think you’ll find it’s an awfully rewarding one, too. We’re looking for detail-oriented critical thinkers to help deliver a quality program to build, improve and maintain transportation infrastructure throughout the state. We encourage anyone at any point in any career to take a look at WisDOT opportunities and give some thought to how your skills and resume line up. Having a good attitude, a willingness to learn and a passion for creating lasting, impactful work will go a long way here. It’s a big system with lots of opportunity and responsibilities.

Are you up for it? At WisDOT, you can Build the Future – NOW.

Position Summary

This position is the business area technical expert for the refinement and support of the Department’s Division of Transportation System Development (DTSD) project management applications (e.g., Project Management Plan (PMP), Design on Budget Live (DOBL), dashboard related applications, and other project management systems). This IS Business Automation Senior is responsible for leading, from inception to completion, multifaceted automation projects with significant impact to the Department’s project management databases. This position must ensure project compliance with agency development policies, procedures, and standards as well as enterprise-wide standards. In addition to the analysis, design, development, testing and maintenance of a project, this IS position manages the fiscal resources associated with projects and is responsible for the planning and budgeting of resources, workflow, and project delivery. This position will identify statistical needs and develop programs capable of producing meaningful data reports.

This position works in partnership with the other IS Business Automation Senior position in the Project Management and Data Services Unit in the Asset, Project Management and Methods Development Section of the Bureau of Project Development of DTSD. These positions are responsible for Scope and Schedule and Project Budget and Schedule, they work together to compete these tasks and will cross train to support each other. The projects will be assigned to the positions, based on need and availability from other project schedules.

Salary Information

This position is in schedule-range (07-34) with an annual salary of $68,640-$99,259, plus excellent benefits. A twelve month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.

Job Details

This state agency does not sponsor work visas. This state agency is not enrolled in USCIS E-Verify and is not eligible to employ international F-1 students seeking STEM-OPT extension. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.

Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting.

Qualifications

Qualified applicants will have experience with all the following:

• Experience managing complex multi-platform IT programs or projects for the full lifecycle. Experiences may include:
• Establishing goals, objectives, priorities, project timelines, and deadlines for IT projects
• Converting business requirements to technology system requirements (includes technical documentation)
• Explaining technical information to a non-technical audience or customer
• Experience working with project management principles, Agile/Scrum or similar methodology to perform activities such as:
• Acting as the Scrum Product Owner or similar role
• Prioritizing development backlog or similar duties
• Writing user stories or similar duties
• Motivating and coaching teams throughout the project
• Experience acting as an IT Business Liaison
• Training or experience using database query, data analytics and/or data visualization software to create reports. Experiences may include:
• Creating ad hoc or polished data reports using the technology/ tools below (or equivalent): SQL, Business Intelligence, MS Excel, MS Access, Tableau, SAS, R, Python