Technical Team Lead
- Employer
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- Location
- Washington D.C
- Closing date
- Mar 19, 2023
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- Industry
- Delivery and Transportation
- Function
- Other
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Details
Effective communication with management, end users, technical and vendor resources is necessity along with the ability to collaborate with internal and external project teams.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science with Programming, and Web Application Development.
Experience
- Nine (9) years of experience with concentrations in one of the following technologies: .Net 4.5 or higher, C#, C++, VB, Web APIs, SharePoint Enterprise 2010 or higher, SQL Server 2012 or higher, 2008 R2, QlikView, ODBC, OLEBD, AJAX, JSON, SMOD, XHTML, XSL, XML, CSS, HTML5 or higher, JQuery, JavaScript, Angular, Bootstrap, SOAP, REST, Oracle 10 or higher, 11g, LINUX Servers
Preferred
Certification/Licensure
- SharePoint 2010, 2013, or 2016 Certification
- MCS and MCDA
Medical Group:
Satisfactorily complete the medical examination for this position, if required. The incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of this position either with or without reasonable accommodations.
SUMMARY
The Technical Team Leader acts as the lead technical expert for assigned WMATA systems. In addition to hands-on support, the incumbent guides, leads, mentors, facilitates, and coordinates the direction of a group of technical staff members in the ongoing technical operations support planning and maintenance as well as the delivery of projects.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Acts as an IT Technical Lead for assigned WMATA systems. Provides deep technical expertise and leadership to a team of highly skilled programmers and engineers.
- Engages with the business to understand their technical needs and leads a group of technical staff to meet these needs. Engages with other IT Department representatives to understand their processes, requirements, and helps to coordinate with these departments on behalf of IT.
- Guides and mentors the technical team members and identifies and assigns tasks. Also ensures delivery optimization, removes obstacles and coordinates efforts to allow the team members to focus on the tasks at hand.
- Develops and reviews technical proposals for impact to the architecture and infrastructure as well as coding quality and adherence to IT Department policies and procedures.
- Identifies operational and project technical risks and issues as well as mitigation strategies to address these areas.
- Coordinates with Stakeholders about assigned system updates and redesigns. Provides timeframe for work execution, issues management and release dates. Provides transparency to groups with stake in the system design, those who perform Hardware, Software and electrical tasks to system constraints.
- Exercises creative thinking and ideation to advance WMATA business performance and provides best practice solutions for assigned systems.
- Leads the delivery of largescale, highquality systems focused on the infrastructure layer of the technology stack, including networks, storage, and database. Develops reusable and scalable tools to be shared across portal domains in order to collect aggregated data.
- Provides support during development by code reviewing source, web application program interfaces (APIs), other APIs and Out-of-Box solutions.
- Maintains system performance for applications and develops new features based on business requirements from Stakeholders.
- Programs, develops, deploys and manages mission critical applications that support WMATA initiatives. Develops applications using Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Model with Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE), SharePoint Designer. Coordinates project planning and execution with internal engineering teams, business partners and technical leaders across the division. Works closely and coordinates with users designing and developing to deliver the right product that improves effectiveness and efficiency in the execution of their mission.
- Facilitates production support meetings which include Developers, Administrators and Project Managers.
- Deduces and solves applications issues. Monitors and provides expertise on server farm level administration of SharePoint Servers.
- Guides and monitors the request process for user access and group access through site collection security and Active Directory. Supplies certificates to servers as needed. Supports and backs up SharePoint frontend web server patching.
- Guides, reviews, and creates the production of documentation supporting Resilient Technical Solution Development: General Guidelines, Requirements Guidelines, Architecture and Design Guidelines, and Implementation Guidelines. Reviews, and creates documentation aligned with PLM and ISO audit compliance.
- Develops and implements strategies to provide proactive support to reduce incidents, increase availability, and accelerate deployments.
OTHER FUNCTIONS
- Performs stress tests on applications, redundancy reviews and access review for users.
- Guides the monitoring and the production support for life-cycle of changes to business systems.
The essential duties listed are not intended to limit specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Nor is it intended to limit in any way the right of managers and supervisors to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.
Evaluation Criteria
Consideration will be given to applicants whose resumes demonstrate the required education and experience. Applicants should include all relevant education and work experience.
Evaluation criteria may include one or more of the following:
- Skills and/or behavioral assessment
- Personal interview
- Verification of education and experience (including certifications and licenses)
- Criminal Background Check (a criminal conviction is not an automatic bar to employment)
- Medical examination including a drug and alcohol screening (for safety sensitive positions)
- Review of a current motor vehicle report
Closing
WMATA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal law.
This posting is an announcement of a vacant position under recruitment. It is not intended to replace the official job description. Job descriptions are available upon confirmation of an interview.
Company
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority operates the second largest rail transit system and the fifth largest bus network in the United States. Safe, clean and reliable, "America's Transit System" transports more than a third of the federal government to work and millions of tourists to the landmarks in the Nation's Capital.
Metro has earned a worldwide reputation for security and architectural beauty. WMATA is clearly the employer of choice for over 10,000 area residents. The Authority was created in 1967 by an interstate compact to plan, develop, build, finance and operate a balanced regional transportation system in the National Capital area. Construction of the Metrorail system began in 1969. Four area bus systems were acquired in 1973. The first phase of Metrorail began operation in 1976. The final leg of the original 103-mile rail network was completed in early 2001. Metrorail now operates 83 stations. One line extension and three new stations are now under construction.
Metrorail and Metrobus serve a population of 3.4 million within a 1,500-square-mile area. The transit zone consists of the District of Columbia, the suburban Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George's and the Northern Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church. Overall, about 40 percent of the region's residents commute to work on Metro.
Metro and the federal government are partners in transportation. Half of the 83 Metrorail stations serve federal facilities and 36 percent of the local federal workforce uses Metro. We are committed to being an integral part of the Washington metropolitan area by ensuring the best in safe, reliable, cost-effective and responsive transit services, by promoting regional mobility and by contributing toward the social, economic and environmental well-being of our community. Employees are Metro.; We are committed to providing a working environment that fosters a high standard of performance, recognition for contributions and innovations, mutual respect and a healthy quality of life.
We are committed to developing ourselves through technology, training and education. We recognize our diversity as a source of strength that enables us to attain individual and Authority goals. In addition to competitive salaries, Metro employees enjoy a number of attractive benefits. These benefits include paid time off in the form of vacations, holidays and sick leave; medical, dental, life insurances as well as long term disability. Retirement is planned for through a defined contribution plan and a deferred compensation plan. Alternative work schedules, teleworking and free transportation on Metrorail and Metrobus make for an great benefits package for WMATA employees.Jump to our website to apply online for current openings and save the link for future vacancies as they occur.http://content.wmata.com/jobs/employment_opportunities.cfm
- Website
- http://www.wmata.com/
- Location
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600 Fifth St. NW
Washington
DC
20001
US
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