Lead Software Developer

Job Title:

Lead Software Developer

Location:

USO-Information Tech Services
Regular/Temporary:
Regular
Full/Part Time:
Full-Time
Job

The University System of Georgia (USG) is comprised of 25 higher education institutions as well as the University System Office (USO). Within the USO, our administrative operations are primarily housed in the Trinity Washington Building located in downtown Atlanta. Our Information Technology Services (ITS) division is located in Athens. The University System of Georgia Shared Services Center (SSC) is located in Sandersville.

The Georgia Public Library System is located in Atlanta. The Georgia Archives is located in Morrow. The State of Georgia Records Center is located in Austell.

• Complete insurance coverage options, including medical, dental, vision and more
• State retirement plans, as well as 403b and 457b retirement plan options
• Paid holidays (10 fixed and 3 floating)
• Generous paid time off
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Professional development opportunities
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Employee discounts and perks
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Pet insurance
• Health savings accounts
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program

This is a professional-level position that serves as a lead functional analyst responsible for evaluating complex business problems and identifying how information systems can effectively address them. This position ensures the efficient and reliable operation of administrative applications during ongoing modifications and enhancements and collaborates closely with technical teams to support solution design, development, testing, and deployment across the University System Office and its 25 institutions.

This position will play a significant role in tasks associated with Data Management, Reporting, and Dashboarding. Under the general supervision of the Application Area Manager, this position provides leadership to functional staff in generating software specifications and related documentation and collaborates with technical teams on solution design, development, testing, and implementation. It supports the structure and functionality of highly complex software modules for end users across the University System Office and all 25 institutions, ensuring continuous, stable operations during development and deployment activities.

This role also partners with management and team members to establish and maintain common standards and procedures for program and data maintenance, quality assurance, and testing of assigned modules. Tasks are varied, often time-sensitive, and performed in a complex service environment. Adherence to IT best practices and standard operating procedures for Information Technology Services is critical, while maintaining flexibility to meet customer needs.

Data-driven decision making is expected.

• Provide leadership and guidance to the functional and technical development teams.
• Foster a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Drive and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance development processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Establish and enforce quality assurance processes with the various teams to ensure that software applications meet quality, performance, data management, reporting and security standards.
• Assist in defining strategic direction for Systems Analyst's efforts.
• Interact with a wide range of stakeholders, including IT teams, Institutional representatives, and University System Office leadership.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

• Lead the technical architecture design for the transition from People Soft Financials and HCM to Workday.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Finance, HR, and Procurement to design secure and efficient integration frameworks between Workday and other enterprise systems.
• Able to quickly gain a comprehensive, holistic understanding of applications, including underlying design, table structure, configurations, business process design, and end user experience.
• Design scalable and maintainable software architectures that meet the needs…