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Qualifications

Technical Excellence:

• Knowledge of a given technology and various application methods; ability to develop and provide solutions to significant technical challenges.
• Level Working Knowledge:
  • Provides effective technical solutions to routine functional challenges via sound technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues.
  • Effectively performs the technical job aspects, continuously building knowledge and keeping up-to-date on technical and procedural job components.
  • Applies technical operating and project standards based on achieving excellence in delivered products, technologies and services.
  • Applies current procedures and technologies to help resolve technical issues in one’s general area of technical competence.
  • Helps others solve technical or procedural problems or issues.

Software Development:

• Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
• Level Working Knowledge:
  • Describes common tools for component-based, object-oriented development.
  • Describes the objectives, activities and results of unit testing.
  • Has developed programs in a specific language and for a specific platform.
  • Interprets functional and technical blueprints; participates in structuring technical components.
  • Participates in technical and code reviews.

Requirements Analysis:

• Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
• Level Working Knowledge:
  • Follows policies, practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.
  • Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.
  • Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.
  • Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.
  • Utilizes specific organizational methods, tools and techniques for requirements analysis.

System Testing:

• Knowledge of system and software testing; ability to design, plan and execute system testing strategies and tactics to ensure the quality of software at all stages of the system life cycle.
• Level Working Knowledge:
• Supports the project leader in developing and executing system test plans.
• Evaluates system documentation and user manuals for usability, accuracy and completeness.
• Executes test cases, analyzes test results and reports on findings regularly.
• Tests system components for compliance with functional requirements.
• Participates in the testing of a system’s ability to recover from hardware or software failures.

Technical Troubleshooting:

• Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.
• Level Working Knowledge:
• Discovers, analyzes, and resolves hardware, software or application problems.
• Works with vendor-specific diagnostic guides, tools and utilities.
• Handles calls related to product features, applications, and compatibility standards.
• Analyzes code, logs, and current systems as part of advanced troubleshooting.
• Records and reports specific technical problems, solving processes and tools that have been used.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors