STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST II
Class Code: 8995-21
Date Established: 03-21-97
Occupational
Code: 9-3-2
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To apply
technical computer applications work methods by performing programming duties
for a specified data processing unit.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Codes, modifies,
maintains and integrates programs within an application to meet project
requirements.
·
Maintains, creates
and implements software applications programs and command language; integrates
programs as required.
·
Prepares program unit
test data and organizes testing, auditing, and editing of data processing
applications.
·
Conducts testing and
debugging of software, including preparing related documentation.
·
Writes programs,
updates and runs specialized data processing reports as requested by agency
administration.
·
Recommends
alternative programming strategies to assist end-users with computer usage
problems.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in developing formats and procedures for special applications OR in
investigating and reviewing the use of equipment and data for a specialized
function.
Knowledge: Requires
knowledge of business practices and procedures or technical training in a craft
or trade, including working from detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a
variety of practical situations.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for achieving direct service objectives by assessing agency
service needs and making preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative
short-term program policies or procedures. Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or
misleading recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires
partial supervision of programs OR other employees doing work which is related
or similar to the supervisor, including assigning job duties, providing
training, giving instructions and checking work.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires
reviewing summaries and reports and making decisions to solve problems or to
achieve work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions
and goals. This level also
requires formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the
general public to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands
of its client system.
Complexity: Requires
coordinating a combination of diverse job functions in order to integrate
professional and technical agency goals.
This level also requires considerable judgment to implement a sequence
of operations or actions.
Independent
Action: Requires objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Associate’s
degree from a recognized college or technical school, or two years of college
with at least fifteen (15) credit hours in the field of computer sciences. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Three years of
experience in information processing and computer programming associated with
computer systems similar to the recruiting agency. Each additional year of approved work experience may be
substituted for one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of mathematics. Knowledge of computer techniques used
in the information processing field.
Knowledge of the principles of systematic problem solving and the
fundamentals of information processing.
Knowledge of agency-specific computer program as a problem solving
communications media. Knowledge of
the development of documentation techniques, flow charting and problem solving
using computer language. Knowledge
of the theory of data organization and access with the ability to solve
problems by utilizing computer programming. Ability to communicate effectively with various department
and division representatives.
Ability to reduce problems to basic detail. Ability to work with mathematical and algebraic
formulae. Ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships with associates and with personnel in
other agencies. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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