IT Liaison

Date:
Feb 10, 2026

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Functional

Title:

IT Liaison
Job Title: Program Specialist VI
Agency: Dept of State Health Services
Department: M&CH Title V Health Res Dev
Posting Number: 13756
Closing Date: 02/24/2026
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Office and Administrative Support
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-23
Salary Range: $5,098.66 - $6,701.75
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Shift: Day
Additional Shift: Days (First)
Telework:
Travel: Up to 20%
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt
Facility

Location:


Job Location City: AUSTIN
Job Location Address: 1100 W 49TH ST (DHT)
MOS Codes: 16GX,60C0,611X,612X,63G0,641X,712X,86M0,8U000,OS,OSS,PERS,YN,YNS

Performs highly advanced information technology (IT)-related consultative services and technical assistance to Maternal and Child Health (MCH) section wide projects. Works under direction of the MCH Director of Operations. Plans, develops, implements, and leads major IT-related MCH program projects. Analyzes customer requirements, procedures, and problems to improve existing or create new section IT systems. Develops strategies for improving MCH IT-related program operations, writes project work plans, leads and manages project discovery sessions, and oversees and monitors all MCH IT project progress.

Applies project management principles for all MCH IT projects. Conducts detailed project monitoring, IT process and procedure analyses and reviews to define and recommend IT solutions. Prepares summaries and briefings for senior management on MCH IT projects. Coordinates and completes MCH IT assignments on IT procurement, IT project work plans, and capital authority requests working with program managers, IT, and budget for accurate summaries of MCH IT need and appropriate actions.

Coordinates and manages MCH IT project work plans. Participates on the relevant agency IT-related teams and meetings and the MCH IT lead. Provides guidance to MCH managers in the development and integration of new MCH IT procedures to improve programs, advises and interprets DIR, DSHS and HHSC IT governance processes and impacts to MCH projects and provides approvals and support, policies, procedures, rules, business practices, and IT system standards.

Reviews and validates MCH IT business cases for programs. Determines and presents business cases for MCH IT projects needing capital authority, provides guidance on MCH IT priorities, and approval of new MCH capital IT projects. Works under minimal supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment on MCH IT projects.

• (30%) Analyzes MCH IT business processes to identify opportunities and develop strategies for section system improvements. Identifies problems in MCH IT-related program operations across the section and seeks and developes solutions. Provides leadership and coordination of MCH IT project management processes. Works with MCH managers, MCH IT project sponsors, MCH staff, MCH systems contractors and agency IT development teams to identify, define and analyze MCH IT business/system requirements, define MCH IT project scopes, develop MCH IT project schedules, resolve MCH IT system issues, and reviewing, testing and implementing MCH IT modifications to new and existing section automated systems.
  
  Maintains an open MCH IT issue/resolution list and tracks each item to resolution. Records and updates MCH IT project issues and resolutions. Escalates MCH IT project issues for executive decision as necessary.
• (25%) Serves as the MCH IT senior technical consultant to MCH section staff in identifying MCH IT issues and opportunities and facilitates appropriate IT or system actions. Provides highly advanced MCH IT systems technical support to all MCH section staff to plan, implement and monitor MCH IT programs and services. Provides MCH IT system guidance in the development and integration of new MCH IT system procedures to improve MCH IT system programs, advises and interprets DIR, DSHS and HHSC IT governance process, policies, procedures, rules, business practices, and standards.
  
  This position provides MCH IT project management consultation to MCH IT project sponsors, works with MCH staff to improve MCH IT systems operational efficiency including…