Job Description
Job ID: 32335
Agency: Unified Judicial System, State Court Administrator's Office
Location: Pierre, SD
Salary: $37.72 to $39.61 per hour, depending on experience
Closing date: Open until filled
For more information on the Unified Judicial System, please visit http://ujs.sd.gov .
The Unified Judicial System (UJS) is dedicated to providing a fair, impartial, and accessible court system that upholds the rule of law and is worthy of the public's trust and confidence. Our vision is justice for all.
Our employees are our most valuable resource and crucial to accomplishing our mission. We seek talented and motivated individuals to be the face of the court system and help ensure that the Court and all the people that come before it receives the highest level of service. Our dedicated staff work to enhance community safety and ensure victims' rights while treating all individuals with dignity and respect.
The UJS offers a comprehensive benefits package consisting of 11-13 paid holidays every year, extensive sick and vacation leave, paid family leave, military training leave, health and flexible benefits, regular working hours, continuing education opportunities, retirement benefits, a great working environment, and more.
Position Purpose:
The position serves as an internal consultant by providing expert technical leadership and guidance to other application development and maintenance staff and contractors and provides project coordination for development and maintenance teams. Works with UJS committees to review and prioritize development and maintenance requests, and to ensure completion of requests in a timely manner. Administers, maintains, develops, and implements policies and procedures for ensuring security and integrity of application databases. Duties may include:
- Working with the project requester, assigned committees or workgroups, the UJS Business Analyst, and UJS system users to ensure requests meet business requirements and system goals, and fulfill end-user requirements.
- Reviewing existing information systems to maximize the benefits of information system resources.
- Creating and maintaining documentation on development standards.
- Overseeing and directing development and maintenance team projects and project leaders ensure multiple projects are carried out and completed effectively and on time.
- Ensuring all code management and deployment activities comply with organizational security policies, including input validation, authentication, authorization, password handling, error handling and logging, and session management.
- Communicating with various entities to ensure progress on projects.
- Reviewing, researching, and evaluating development tools that may be used to improve system development productivity.
- Serving as project leader to ensure software, hardware, and system upgrades or installations are planned and conducted in an efficient and expedient manner.
- Providing problem determination and resolution at the highest level to avoid or minimize interruption of service.
- Performing other work as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, information systems technology, or a related field. Three years of programming experience or three years of in-depth working knowledge of court case management systems and court business requirements analysis, or an equivalent combination of related education and experience. Two years of experience working with large, complex projects and certification from the Institute for Court Management Court Management Program (CMP) is preferred.
Successful completion of a background investigation is required for employment.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- UJS business and information flows;
- tools and technologies available to meet information system requirements;
- database standard operating procedures, policies, and standards;
- UJS case management practices and the case management systems used to support end users.
Skill in:
- organizational management;
- planning and project management;
- software technology;
- time management.
Ability to:
- communicate effectively with diverse groups of users;
- understand the overall impact of system design on UJS case management goals;
- provide work direction and motivate staff to obtain project goals and completion of tasks on time and accurately;
- provide effective project management and apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts in order to achieve the long-range goals as outline in the UJS Long Range Information System Plan;
- recommend proactive solutions to problems or as improvements to existing process.
The State of South Dakota, Unified Judicial System does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The Unified Judicial System as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.
You may view our benefits information at https://ujs.sd.gov/media/gbtinrye/come_work_for_us.pdf .
Apply at: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=23C
Unified Judicial System
500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
Phone: 605.773.4884
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"
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