| Class & Title: | 1044 IS Engineer - Principal |
| Annual Salary: | $100,854.00 - $136,604.00 Annually |
| Department: | Power Enterprise |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Appointment Type: | Permanent Recruitment |
| Closing Date: | File Immediately |
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Power Enterprise invites applications for IS Engineer-Principal who will serve as the Lead Technical Expert and support for all meter data management and energy related applications and systems including, but not limited to, DataMart data repository development and maintenance, energy forecasting software, meter reading software and all associated data interfaces with internal and external energy related systems and agencies.
Distinguishing Features
The Principal IS Engineer is the highest level in the Engineer series and may be assigned to function as a supervisor, expert or project leader. When assigned as a supervisor, develops, coordinates and executes policies, methods and procedures, and supervises' personnel.; when assigned as an expert, performs work requiring a very high level of technical knowledge of a specific area or ability to integrate at a high level the knowledge of several areas (this is -not considered to be a part of the normal career path for employees in this series; rather it is reserved for those employees with a mastery of specific technologies or a particular expertise): when as signed as a project leader, manages and provides technical leadership of projects involving large-scale, complex and highly analytical tasks. Positions at this level are distinguished from Senior IS Engineers, in that the latter performs more specific and small-scale, though complex, analytical tasks. Work is performed within a broad framework of general policy and requires creativity and resourcefulness to accomplish goals and objectives, and in applying concepts, plans and strategies which may deviate from traditional methods and practices.
Supervision Exercised
May supervise subordinate Engineers and technical staff in the assigned work unit; or as a Project leader, coordinate a team of workers within the assigned work unit or jointly with other units. May be expected to provide consultation and guidance to IS professionals and non-IS professionals.
Examples of Important and Essential Duties
According to Civil Service Commission Rule 9, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this class(es) and are not intended to be an inclusive list.
1. Analyze and evaluate systems software, hardware and communications strategies. Research and conduct feasibility studies on new hardware and software. Provide cost and time allocation estimates. Make recommendations based on these studies.
2. Establish hardware and software standards. Participate in technical committees.
3. May monitor, coordinate and assist in developing the work unit's budget.
4. Analyze and recommend procedures consistent with departmental directives, policies and regulations.
5. Develop strategic plans to meet data processing and technology needs; conduct capacity planning studies to project hardware and software needs.
6. Direct and monitor technical support activities related to complex large systems or networks. Troubleshoot and support the system or network in order to maintain the system or network's integrity and reliability. Contact software and hardware vendors when necessary.
7. Provide problem determination, corrective measures and technical support to anyone utilizing services and functions provided by the system or network. This includes but is not limited to applications programmers, business analysts, operations staff, help desk staff, technicians, administrators, end users- and managers.
8. Oversee data backup and recovery; ensure that sufficient generations of backup are available for data restoration.
9. Determine requirements for the development or enhancement of large complex systems or networks that serve as a data processing backbone for the City and
10. Design, plan, integrate, test, implement, document and enhance the physical and logical components of large complex systems or networks. This may involve the analysis and evaluation of systems software, hardware and communications strategies.
11. Perform very complex systems integration for interoperability over dissimilar platforms and technologies for large systems or networks. This may involve the integration of various protocols, systems software, hardware and communications platforms.
12. Determine the proper installation parameters for software and hardware for smooth integration and efficiency in relation to the enterprise system and network.
13. Write highly complex "user exits" to customize large systems software. This may involve specialized programming languages.
14. Analyze, detect, identify and correct complex systems software or hardware deficiencies.
15. Provide 24-hour on-call support to ensure rapid recovery from software or hardware problems for mission-critical systems and networks.
16. Act as the liaison between vendors, technical support hot-lines and departments to resolve complex systems or network problems. Coordinate and implement corrective measures; this may involve site visits, telephone assistance, remote systems or network management, and participation in technical committees.
17. Train and demonstrate technologies and systems to IS professionals and non-IS professionals.
18. Implement and maintain upgrades/updates/fixes for core operating systems and their related components, without negative impact to the overall availability and reliability of the enterprise systems/networks.
19. Prepare specifications and procedures documentation.
20. Plan, develop and implement backup and disaster recovery procedures for large systems and networks.
21. May supervise, assign, review and may participate in the work of subordinates in assigned unit., Perform as project lead in major projects. Monitor, coordinate and review project tasks and resources, providing technical assistance and guidance.
22. May review and recommend personnel actions in areas of performance, evaluation, training, selection and disciplinary measures. Ensure that appropriate policies and procedures are followed by subordinates.
23. May supervise and coordinate the analysis, planning, installation, integration, maintenance, customization and enhancement of hardware and software for complex large systems or networks that serve as a data processing backbone for the City and
24. May perform as project lead in major projects. Monitor and coordinate project task resources.
25. May act as a project lead to plan, implement and maintain upgrades/updates/fixes for core operating systems and their related components, without negative impact to the overall availability and reliability of the enterprise systems/networks.
26. Perform related duties and responsibilities, as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of: Advanced functions for the core hardware and software components that comprise complex large systems or enterprise networks. Analysis and evaluation techniques to plan, design, integrate, implement, maintain and troubleshoot large complex systems or networks across similar and dissimilar technology Platforms. Techniques and practices of supervision, project management and training.
Ability to: Determine the systems or networking requirements to plan for or enhance the core data processing needs for the
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge and Experience: Minimum of 3 years ORACLE programming experience, and a minimum of 2 year ColdFusion or other middleware experience; relational database management and SQL; project management; contemporary design and development techniques, e.g., data modeling, prototyping, etc; and development tools/languages such as PL/SQL, JavaScript, Html.
Ability to: investigate, analyze information, and draw conclusions; quickly learn in new areas (hardware, application software, business processes, modeling/forecasting, etc.); interact with a variety of staff with varying backgrounds; ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; exercise judgment in distinguishing true needs from presented user requests or solutions and evaluating requests; prioritize and focus effort on critical work activities; write requirements specifications; decompose high-level business requirements into a functional specification; and write clear concise technical documentation for developed systems; and communicate technical guidance to users.
Important Note
The successful candidate must also be in the applicant pool for the 1044 IS Engineer - Principal continuous recruitment offered by the City and
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