at Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
30% Under general direction, serves as a Programmer/Analyst for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) supporting the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS):
- Performs difficult and specialized professional application development services work for the mainframe team and Client Systems Disbursements Unit.
- Analyzes, writes, debugs, tests and documents new programs or updates existing programs utilizing MVS, JCL, COBOL, JCL, EasyTrieve Plus, DB2, VSAM and Xpeditor.
- Evaluates test results to determine feasibility of conforming to desired system objectives of Disbursements EBT systems.
25% Prepares system flowcharts and system program and program documentation.
- Conducts program tests and evaluates results.
- Analyzes and diagnoses system issues.
- Recommends revisions as related to the Disbursement EBT application system
20% Interviews system users to determine technical needs or desires:
- Conducts comprehensive studies and analysis of related user needs to determine technical needs based on departmental policy of TANF, SNAP, KIDCARE, AABD, and GA in relation to the Disbursement EBT application systems.
- Presents information to others with clarity and precision.
15% Provides technical assistance to lower level professional staff on new or revised systems:
- Prepares plans for system development, implements systems, monitors usage and assists system users.
5% Keeps abreast of new developments in the Application Development field:
- Continues education by attending meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques, and procedures.
- Attends demonstrations and exhibitions related to assigned operations
5% Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
