IT SYSTEMS TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

State Salary Grade 19

Salary Range*  $53,193 - $85,401

*Depending on education and experience, candidates generally begin at the midpoint of the salary range - $69,273

Nancy S. Grasmick Education Building  

200 West Baltimore Street                             

Baltimore, Maryland 

MLDS Center-University of Maryland

525 W. Redwood Street

Baltimore, Maryland   

This position works as part of a team to carryout various functions in support of MLDS Center operations. The primary focus of this position is to analyze various agency processes and then develop detailed business requirements that will help guide those processes to ensure work is completed in an efficient, timely, and highly accurate manner.

Oversee dashboard development process, including developing business requirements for the dashboards and identifying necessary data elements and analyzing data limitations; develop business requirements to guide database design and data loading processes; create written documentation necessary to develop and maintain a comprehensive data dictionary and other materials necessary to assist system users’ understanding of the system and its data; analyze data dashboards and other data reports to ensure the data meets the Center’s reporting standards; and develop, document, and maintain data loading quality assurance measures.

EDUCATION:  Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or other information technology related fields to include course work in database management systems.  

EXPERIENCE:  One year of experience designing, developing, implementing, maintaining and controlling database management systems for computers.

Experience developing detailed business requirements and including identifying necessary data elements to support various business functions; ability to create, implement, and maintain data quality standards for databases and reports; ability to create and maintain documentation on interagency data file transfer protocols; and ability to establish and maintain quality assurance standards.

Proof of eligibility to work in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act and possible travel throughout the State are required. Any misrepresentation of academic or experience requirements for this position may result in non-selection or termination of employment.    The employee will be required to submit to a Criminal History Background Investigation (CHBI) prior to being authorized to have access to the data system.  If the CHBI indicates that the employee has been convicted of a felony of any nature or any crime which qualifies as an infamous crime (including treason, felony, perjury, forgery, obstruction of justice and misdemeanors involving dishonesty) under Maryland law, whether felony or misdemeanor occurring within ten (10) years of the date of hire, the employee shall be terminated.

Applications should be received by October 21, 2016 -Open Until Filled

To apply for this position online go to MSDE Jobs on JobAps (or complete an MSDE Application on marylandpublicschools.org). On-line applications (and resumes) are the preferred method for receiving your application/attachments.  Using this method will allow applicants to access their documents for future recruitments for which they apply and verify that the appropriate documents (resume-credentials) have been attached to the recruitment that requires them. Applicants must include their resume and provide sufficient information on the application to document that they satisfy the minimum qualifications for this recruitment. Please do not put "See Resume" in the job duties section of your application; your application will not be considered.   If you utilize fax or regular mail as the option to submit required attachments, you will need to resubmit these documents each time you apply for a new position that requires the attachments.  Additionally, you must include the following information on each page of the attachment you submit in order to ensure that we append the attachments to the correct recruitment: First and Last Name, Recruitment Number, and the last 4 digits of your SS# and indicate application for - Database Specialists II, MLDS  Position #088838. Jobaps#16-006659-0002 Mailing Address: Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Human Resources, 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland  21201. Fax: 410-333-8950 – This fax number is for Department of Education recruitment actions only.   If you have difficulty with your user account or have general questions about this online application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division at 410-767-4850. For inquiries or an MSDE Application, contact 410-767-0019 or TTY/TDD 410-333-3045 or visit our website at http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/.  

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request.