BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST 1 (DOTD CAA - IT Budget & Procurement Specialist) Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4790841) Apply  BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST 1 (DOTD CAA - IT Budget & Procurement Specialist) Salary $4,770.00 - $8,589.00 Monthly Location Baton Rouge, LA Job Type Classified Job Number 26/50642654/CAA-IT/01.21.24-TM Department DOTD-Administration Division Section 26 Opening Date 01/14/2025 Closing Date 1/21/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information 26/50642654/CAA-IT/01.21.24-TM Section 26 – Enterprise Support Services DOTD CAA – IT Budget & Procurement Specialist About this Position: The incumbent of this position functions as an expert in the area of IT systems management and serves with members of a high-level team of management consultants who have responsibility for partnering with key management stakeholders within their respective DOTD business areas and providing advanced level consultation. The incumbent of this position assists senior level management consultants in developing business partner relationships with key upper management and serves as a contact for addressing IT opportunities and needs planning and fulfillment for specific IT projects. The incumbent provides a strategic level of support to DOTD management in the following areas: • IT Needs Planning and Project Management • LaGov and General IT Application Program Analysis, Development, and Support • IT Customer Advocacy While in official capacity, DOTD employees must comply with applicable Louisiana and Civil Service laws, rules, and regulations, as well as DOTD policies, procedures, manuals and directives. This position may be filled as either a probational appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency-wide permanent status employees); or by detail to special duty. Please visit our DOTD Career Center for more information about our agency:http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Inside\_LaDOTD/Divisions/Mgmt\_Finance/HR/Pages/Career\_Center.aspx No Civil Service test scoreis 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. Applicants can check the status of their application at any time by selecting the ‘Application Status’ link after logging into their account. *Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.* For further information about this vacancy contact: Todd Stevens Statewide Program Manager 2 (225) 379 -1633 Todd.Stevens@la.gov The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type. Information on the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available: https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs\_rehabilitation.asp Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Six years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis; OR Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus four years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis; OR An associate’s degree in information technology plus four years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis; OR A bachelor’s degree plus four years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis; OR A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics field plus three years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis; OR A master’s degree plus three years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis. EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field. 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. Job Concepts FUNCTION OF WORK: To serve as a technical lead for business technology activities that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services. LEVEL OF WORK: Experienced. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: General from a Business Technology Supervisor or IT Manager. Other reporting relationships may be approved by SCS. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: May provide functional supervision over lower-level personnel. LOCATION OF WORK: State agencies with business technology activities that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from Business Technology Analyst 3 by the presence of serving as a technical lead for business technology activities that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services. Differs from Business Technology Specialist 2 by the absence of serving as a technical lead for complex business technology activities that are outside of the scope of the Office of Technology Services. Examples of Work This position will initiate and shepherd IT procurement requests based on determined needs for DOTD customers in coordination with the senior level management consultants. Additionally this position will assist in gathering customer requirements for needed IT projects, justifying and prioritizing IT needs, providing the needed programming/services as appropriate or aligning the proper resources to assure the needs are met, and ensuring further enhancements to the systems, applications, and work processes are made. The incumbent serves a Customer Advocate and Service Champion for DOTD customers in the various DOTD business areas and will also develop plans to ensure that the mission critical services under his/her responsibility are provided without interruption by coordinating with the Division of Administration, Office of Technology Services staff and contracted service providers. As a representative of DOTD, the incumbent may be appointed to serve on local, state, or national boards, commissions, committees, etc. If appointed to such boards, commissions, committees, etc., the incumbent shall advise the appropriate DOTD Office Head and the following executive staff, as instructed by the Office Head: Legislative Liaison, Confidential Assistant, and Assistant to the Secretary for Policy, or appropriate legal staff. In addition, if determined to be necessary by the aforementioned executive staff, the incumbent may provide expert testimony before deliberative bodies such as legislative committees. Any job duty related to dissemination of public information shall be coordinated with the DOTD Communications Director. 60% IT Needs Planning and Project Management Based on IT needs identified by DOTD business units and in consultation with other IT Customer Advisors and Advocates, participates in writing bid specifications, requests for proposals, and invitations to bid. Assists in software selection and evaluation, contractor selection, and professional services contracts. Incumbent manages IT procurement requests received from DOTD business units in collaboration with OTS Vendor and Provider Management, Office of State Procurement, DOTD Consultant Contracts Office, and the DOTD Procurement Office. Submits IT procurement requests in the appropriate request system(s), provides status updates associated with requests, and organizes any necessary follow-up. Assists with large project requirements definition and proactive planning. Helps DOTD customers define required resources, and assists in obtaining appropriate prioritization and resourcing for IT projects. Assesses estimated or perceived project value with DOTD customers. Assists in reviewing and verifying invoices for IT services provided by the Office of Technology Services (OTS). Assists in monitoring and managing the DOTD IT budget. Serves in a "Gatekeeper" role for low value or low priority projects along with the DOTD IT Governance Team. 20% LaGov and General IT Application Program Analysis, Development, and Support Works closely with the LaGov Support Team to assure any needed IT Services are delivered to DOTD business units. Develops an understanding of DOTD business areas, work processes, and LaGov. Helps plan and define client needs. Helps define new requests and guides to proper solutions and resources. Decides how a larger project that needs to be prioritized might impact other projects and helps explain that to the client. Gets intimately involved in development and implementation of projects as skill sets are needed. Generates key improvement opportunity ideas, supporting data, and helps develop and implement plans. The incumbent assists with oversight in application development and participates as needed at all levels. He/she may provide direct application development and support as appropriate. Assists in meetings with DOTD Stakeholders, Managers, and Administrators to determine DOTD business units' IT needs and works to fulfill those needs as appropriate within the resource limitations of the agency's IT Budget. This includes analyzing problems, recommending solutions and establishing priorities as necessary to meet these needs. All of this requires specialized skills and experience for the enterprise systems (mainframe), distributed Windows server systems, and the Internet/Intranet platforms, including analysis, development, programming, and maintenance and support, database administration, security administration, document management, and user support services. 15% IT Customer Advocacy Coordinates with IT teams as a Service Champion for the DOTD clients. Assures client expectations are met. Assures proper communications takes place between all groups. Conducts follow-up discussions with management customers to assure needs were met. Helps assure needs are met through the project design and implementation process. Helps assure maximum value is achieved from IT. 5% Miscellaneous Duties May be required to perform additional duties as necessary including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Are you a permanent LADOTD employee? + Yes + No 02 Are you a probational LADOTD employee? + Yes + No 03 Are you a current or former employee of the State of Louisiana? + Yes + No 04 If so, for which state agency(ies) do you/did you work and during what time period(s)? If not, indicate "N/A". 05 To ensure compliance with PPM #9, DOTD Nepotism Policy, please list the name and relationship with any immediate family members that are currently employed by the LaDOTD. Please type "N/A" if there are no immediate family members? 06 What are your career interests? 07 Do you have IT procurement experience? If so, is this experience within Louisiana State government? 08 Do you have IT Budget management experience? If so, is this experience within Louisiana State government? 09 Please select the option below that qualifies you for this position. + Six years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis + Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus four years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis + An associate’s degree in information technology plus four years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis + A bachelor’s degree plus four years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis + A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics field plus three years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis + A master’s degree plus three years of experience in information technology, project management or business analysis + None of the above. 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