Senior Applications Architect & IT Lead

City of Chicago

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 107,000 - 131,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

The City of Chicago seeks a Chief Programmer/Analyst for the Department of Water Management to lead the development and maintenance of computer applications for distributed and centralized systems. The role requires coordinating with users, electricians, IT vendors, and department staff to ensure reliable IT services.

The position offers a starting annual salary of $119,244.00 and is open to the public and City employees under AFSCME Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4 & 5.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field with 5 years' design experience.
Master's degree with 4 years' related experience.
Associate's degree with 7 years' related experience.
Nine years of experience in design and development of computerized systems.

Responsibilities

This position functions as DWM's primary ITSC.
Coordinates with DWM userbase on operational needs including application access, network shares, accounts, printing, hardware, distribution lists, ticket escalations and user relocation.
Coordinates with DWM electricians on local networking requirements at DWM locations.
Coordinates with DTI and SDI on WAN circuits, routers and switches, hardware replacement cycles, knowledge base articles and department wide applications including digital edit system.
Coordinates with DWM consultants on IT resources including City network accounts, storage permissions, security groups and hardware.
Plans and budgets DWM IT spending and coordinates funds to meet IT needs for department.