Job Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Supplemental Information
The Division of Administration/Office of Technology Services has a vacancy. This position is located in the Applications and Data Management Section. Req. 163513
This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.
Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.
This vacancy participates in a career progression group and may be filled from this recruitment as a IT Statewide Analyst 1 (TS-314), IT Statewide Analyst 2 (TS-315), or IT Statewide Analyst 3 (TS-316) depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant. The maximum salary for the IT Statewide Analyst 3 is $110,219 . Please refer to the “Job Specifications” tab located at the top of the LA Careers “Current Job Opportunities” page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.
Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position. A criminal history check may be conducted on employees changing positions including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government’s E-verify system.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application or faxed to (225) 219-1041. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.
For further information about this posting, please contact:
Erica R. Gay
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
email: Erica.Gay@la.gov
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus three years of experience in information technology, project management, business analysis or professional administrative services.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
1. An associate’s degree in information technology will substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
2. Two years of experience or training in information technology will substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine experience or training in information technology and college credit to substitute for the required baccalaureate degree as follows:
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for six months of experience or training in information technology towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience or training in information technology towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 or more semester hours credit will substitute for one year and six months of experience or training in information technology towards the baccalaureate degree.
A maximum of 90 semester hours may be combined with experience or training in information technology to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
3. Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience in any field and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
4. A baccalaureate degree with twenty-four semester hours in computer science, management information systems (MIS), quantitative business analysis-computer science, electrical engineering, information systems and decision sciences, computer engineering, mathematics, telecommunications, or computer information systems will substitute for up to one year of required experience.
5. A master’s degree will substitute for up to one year of required experience.
NOTE:
Multiple specialized degrees and/or master’s degrees will substitute for a maximum of one year of required experience.
NOTE:
A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion, provided the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from a school accredited by one of the following regional accrediting bodies: the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; the New England Commission of Higher Education; the Higher Learning Commission; the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Job Concepts
FUNCTION OF WORK:
To perform analyses of information technology initiatives, business processes, and/or systems.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Experienced.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Direct from a higher-level IT Statewide professional with assigned supervisory responsibilities. May also receive supervision on a project basis from other IT Statewide professionals. Other reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
May provide direct or functional supervision over lower-level IT Statewide personnel. Other reporting relationships may be approved by SCS.
LOCATION OF WORK:
Division of Administration, Office of Technology Services.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from IT Statewide Associate Analyst 4 by the presence of independent analyses involving moderately complex information technology initiatives, business processes, and/or systems.
Differs from IT Statewide Analyst 2 by the absence of analyses for complex information technology initiatives, business processes, and/or systems.
Examples of Work
The Office of Technology Services (OTS) aims to be a responsible partner in delivering innovative, effective, and reliable solutions that support and enhance the IT functions within the Executive Branch Departments. The Office of Technology Services will work to increase the return on the State’s investment in technology by promoting smart decision-making, solving problems intelligently, increasing the rate of project success, and fostering a skilled and professional staff.
This is an Advanced level IT position in the Office of Technology Services (OTS), Application and Data Management (AppDM) Health and serves as Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Determination System (LaMEDS) batch team member. The incumbent is responsible for supporting and maintaining the LaMEDS system. This position will utilize tools (i.e. IBM Workload Scheduler, Pentaho, JIRA, SharePoint and File transfer tools (Putty, WinSCP)). The incumbent will provide technical advice to developers and analysts.
Support daily LaMEDS User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities and the mission-critical, nightly production batch cycle. Coordinate with contractors, Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) and other users on the appropriate technical and systems resources to complete the maintenance tasks related to the software tools and system components. Satisfy requests to setup new IWS batch jobs and to complete special weekend runs. Review and signoff on batch playbooks for accuracy; validate and execute steps in batch run books. Conduct quality assurance reviews of LaMEDS by monitoring systems and interacting with AppDM Health management and LDH management. Conduct reviews of proposed system changes to ensure that the most effective designs are utilized. Analyze needs and answers questions regarding policies, standards, procedures or guidelines. Make recommendations regarding proper application and usage of policies, standards, and procedures.
Perform advanced technical support and analysis in support of the LaMEDS system. Review and provide feedback on deliverables, technical documents, project plans, issues, risks, change requests and bugs. Participate in Knowledge Transfer sessions. Consult with contractors and other technical resources on batch processing failures and procedures. Troubleshoot and implement applicable solutions to address system function and performance issues.
Provide technical and analytical services for effective use of systems development methodology for information technology in assigned program area or support section. Modify database tables to meet requested coding changes. Coordinate highly complex LaMEDS system and environment changes.
Performs all other tasks, special projects, analysis, studies, and plans as directed.
Job Type: Full-time
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