Labor Category Descriptions

Fifteen years of experience successfully performing any combination of: project and program management/ control, Web technology services, software and systems engineering, network services, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, independent verification and validation, system acquisition support, systems analysis and design, systems integration, studies and analysis, cost analysis and estimating, resources and facilities management.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, information systems or related discipline is required. An Associate’s degree and twelve years experience or fourteen years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Technology advisor serving as a project consultant. Provides advice in design and implementation of specialized aspects of technical architecture. Integrates state of the art technology for specialized functions with functional requirements to optimize solution for the customer. Provides advice based on academic understanding and years of experience.

Twelve years of experience successfully performing any combination of: project and program management/ control, Web technology services, software and systems engineering, network services, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, independent verification and validation, system acquisition support, systems analysis and design, systems integration, studies and analysis, cost analysis and estimating, resources and facilities management.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, information systems or related discipline is required. An Associate’s degree and twelve years experience or fourteen years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Function as program managers for large work efforts effectively supervising all aspects of systems development. Responsible for all aspects of program development from inception through deployment. They apply intensive and diverse knowledge to problems and make independent decisions. They supervise the implementation of disciplined processes that assure compliance with rigorous company and client standards, policies and procedures for quality task performance.

Ten years of experience successfully performing any combination of: project and program management/control, Web technology services, software and systems engineering, network services, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, independent verification and validation, system acquisition support, systems analysis and design, systems integration, studies and analysis, cost analysis estimating, resources and facilities management

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, information systems or related discipline is required. An Associate’s degree and twelve years experience or fourteen years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Provides guidance and direction, manages funds and resources. Responsible for assembling project team, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing the project schedule to ensure timely completion of project and meeting deadlines of project.

Ten years of experience successfully performing any combination of: project and program management/ control, Web technology services, software and systems engineering, network services, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, studies and analysis, independent verification and validation, system acquisition support, geographical information systems, systems analysis and design, test and evaluation design support, and systems integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, information systems or related discipline is required. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Expertise in information engineering, information technology planning, requirements analysis, knowledge management and Life-Cycle development at the enterprise level.. Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time and form of desired results. Provides customers with the ability to investigate and analyze business requirements, build the process models and functional organization, develop software models and data definitions and incorporate them into an overall IT plan and recommend and produce an application program design for development.

Ten years of experience successfully performing any combination of: software and systems engineering, network services, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, studies and analysis, independent verification and validation, system acquisition support, geographical information systems, systems analysis and design, test and evaluation design support, and systems integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Manage large portions of work efforts and or independently manage all aspects of systems development for smaller projects. Designs, develops, and modifies complex software programs. Interfaces with users to identify and define needs. Develops logic and writes code for all modules; tests, modifies and debugs software. They have expert knowledge of several programming languages.

Eight years of experience successfully performing any combination of: software and systems engineering, network services, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, studies and analysis, independent verification and validation, systems analysis and design, test and evaluation design support, and systems integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Develops technical solutions for large-scale system hardware, software, and complex system interfaces. Identifies technical standards. Develops system requirements and program specifications for complex technology solutions. Integrates state of the art technology for specialized functions with functional requirements to optimize solution for the customer.

Six years of experience successfully performing any combination of: software and systems engineering, network services, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, independent verification and validation, system prototyping, hardware analysis and integration, system acquisition support, geographical information systems, systems analysis and design, system prototyping, test and evaluation design support, and systems integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Designs, develops, and modifies complex software programs. Develops logic and writes code for all modules; tests, modifies and debugs software. They are proficient in several programming languages and in developing web-based applications.

Five years of experience successfully performing any combination of: software and systems engineering, network services, hardware analysis and integration, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, programming, systems analysis and design, system prototyping and integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Expertise in information engineering, information technology planning, requirements analysis, and knowledge management at the enterprise level. Works cooperatively with technical staff and performs a variety of development support functions. Must be familiar with system scope and project objectives as well as the role and function of team members.

Four years of experience successfully performing any combination of: software and systems engineering, network services, hardware analysis and integration, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, programming, systems analysis and design, system prototyping and integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Performs detail analysis for large complex projects or systems. Under general supervision, formulates/defines system scope and objectives. Provides support to software and systems engineering and programming tasks. Prepares detailed specifications from which programs will be written.

Four years of experience successfully performing any combination of: software and systems training, software documentation, systems analysis and design, and system integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Performs learning needs assessment and designs course curricula and student materials. Performs group and individual training on all aspects of complex technology solutions. Prepares technical documentation, presents documentation to clients, and assists clients in change management associated with new technological developments.

Three years of experience successfully performing any combination of: Web technology services, software and systems engineering, network services, hardware analysis and integration, application conversion and implementation support, client/server migration, database planning and design, programming, systems analysis and design, system prototyping and integration.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and four years experience or seven years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Performs integration of moderately complex medium- to small-scale hardware, software, and system architecture components to ensure reliable and sustainable operation of the technology solution. Develops system setup and installation instructions and preventative and corrective maintenance procedures for the technology solution. Develops and maintains computer system environment, including integration of the operating system and application software. Under supervision, formulates/defines system scope and objectives. Designs, codes, test, debug, documents and maintains programs.

Two years of experience successfully supporting any combination of: network services, hardware analysis and integration, database planning and design, programming, data/records management, automated information management systems, systems analysis and design, system prototyping, studies and analysis.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree with course work in a related discipline. An Associate's degree and two years experience or four years of relevant experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.

Functional Responsibility:

Individuals at this level provide technical documentation support to systems development tasks. Prepares, compiles, and maintains technical documentation of moderate complexity. Presents documentation to clients, and assists clients in change management associated with new technological developments.

This position requires a minimum of five years experience of which three years must be COTS specific experience providing analysis, design, integration, customization, implementation, and training of enterprise-wide or large scale software solutions using relational database management systems.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, information systems or related discipline is required.

Functional Responsibility:

Specializes in the Life-Cycle implementation and customization of enterprise-wide COTS package.  Applies industry and government best practices, extensive technology knowledge and subject matter expertise to lead the design, development and deployment of a COTS solution to a complex business problem. Leads development and implementation of integrated solutions for multi-faceted, complex requirements.  Apply expertise to analyze business/technology requirements and design and build the appropriate solutions at both the departmental and the enterprise level.
Utilizes features of COTS package to automate business processes. Creates modules to enhancement the functionality of the COTS products and integrate the COTS with other software packages. Trains users on basic COTS functionality and module enhancements.
These COTS packages include, but are not limited to the following software vendors:  Open Text Corporation (e.g., Livelink, BASIS, iRIMS, etc.), Documentum (e.g., eBusiness platform, Portal CM edition, etc.), Oracle (e.g., Oracle Applications, etc.), ESRI (e.g., ArcGIS, ArcIMS, etc.).