S06253P

IT Manager

EITS-Administrative Info Systm

The University of Georgia (UGA), a land-grant and sea-grant university with statewide commitments and responsibilities is the state’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education (https://www.uga.edu/). UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA was founded in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly as the first state-chartered University in the country. UGA employs approximately 1,800 full-time instructional faculty and more than 7,700 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 39,000 students including over 30,000 undergraduates and over 9,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 17 schools and colleges, as well as a medical partnership with Augusta University housed on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in Athens.

External

TRS or ORP

Employee

Benefits Eligible

Full Time

Monday – Friday; 8am – 5pm

Commensurate with Experience

06/09/2021

Yes

07/01/2021

Athens Area

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb@uga.edu).

Information Technology Manager

Exempt

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Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

Experience with SQL, Oracle Database, Oracle PeopleTools, Object Oriented Programming ,XML, junit, integration broker, and SOAP highly desired.

Familiarity with UGA business processes and functional areas related to the financial system.

Experience with taking a software development cycle from beginning to end while leading a team.

Directly manages, leads and mentors a team of 4 – 6 programmers and analysts who perform the work of developing, documenting, testing and supporting the Financial Management system and its integrations with other critical business applications for the institution.

Work independently to solve complex problems, handle multiple work assignments, changing priorities, and meet deadlines. Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, good communication, presentation and project management skills.
Interact directly with functional and other leaders across campus to develop solutions, specifications, and aid in long term planning and decision making for institute-wide requirements.

Possess experience with managing a team of developers. Will be responsible for developing working specifications, overseeing testing, guiding development and evaluating team per UGA and EITS standards. Will work with Administrative Information Systems and other EITS and university Leadership to adhere to all relevant HR policies.

Experience with SQL, Oracle Database, Oracle PeopleTools, Object Oriented Programming, and XML highly desired. 3+ years experience with PeopleSoft or other software development and management of developers.

Normal office environment.

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Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.

Provide leadership and management of PeopleSoft integrations, data management, and development team under the direction of the IT Senior Manager for Administrative Information Systems (AIS)
1.Cultivate effective working relationships between IT and client community to maintain ongoing awareness of information needs and uses. Recommend technologies and propose solutions to meet customer requirements.
2.Direct, supervise and coordinate efforts of application analysts and programmers in planning, designing, testing, documenting and installing information systems. Evaluate and adjust plans to reach goals and ensure the optimal use of resources
3.Provide leadership and oversight to ensure that EITS and AIS development and change management policies are adhered to. Ensure team maintains appropriate standard operating procedures and other related documentation.
4.Participate in upgrade, patch and fix analysis and system testing

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Provide technical leadership and oversight in AIS PeopleSoft application development projects and overall service delivery processes.
1.Interview and consult with clients and provide system design services to clients on enterprise-wide needs. Troubleshoot and resolve application issues requiring expert level business expertise.
2.Implement and utilize appropriate project management techniques.
3.Help analysts determine detail program and data requirements and ensure requirements are defined for any changes. Analyze impact of changes and resolve any conflicts.
4.Write and/or review program and project specifications for AIS PeopleSoft support staff. Review completed project for accuracy and adherence to department standards.
5.Ensure modification are documented and guide technical analysts to deliver application program modifications and improvements to end users
6.Provide technical support for programming languages and tools utilized within AIS as needed for specific job responsibilities

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Lead, mentor and supervise AIS PeopleSoft support staff.
1.Has team leadership responsibilities including preparing performance evaluations.
2.Coordinate personnel resources; delegate responsibilities to others assigned to the project or task.
3.Functions as a mentor for other IT professionals in their career development.
4.Effectively communicate written and verbal project specifications for individual programmers or project support team.
5.Maintain broad knowledge of existing and emerging programming languages, database management systems, project management software, and other tools that are, or are planned to be, utilized/supported by the teams supervised.
6.Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of business practices and effectively conveys knowledge to colleagues

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Provide leadership in the support of production application system operations.
1.Be on call for critical/core systems/application support 24/7.
2.Be expected to provide emergency response for critical systems and applications as needed from AIS leadership.
3.Develop software solutions to satisfy customer ad hoc requirements.
4.Adhere to and effectively communicate pre-established guidelines and standards.
5.Delegate troubleshooting responsibilities; review solutions before implementation.

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Maintain skill set, provide training and leadership in areas of expertise, and build productive relationships within the technical and functional community
1.Attend relevant training seminars as permitted by workload and budget constraints.
2.Participate in organization or system-provided training regarding changes in administrative services law, rules, and regulations.

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Coordinate management of information and requirements from/to EITS/AIS senior management and/or immediate supervisor.
1.Efficiently and effectively maintains the status of projects via software designated by EITS/AIS senior management based on pre-established guidelines.
2.Responds to special requests of EITS/AIS senior management within specified time
3.Reports major activities, successes, solutions and problems to immediate supervisor.

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Other duties as assigned.

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