SoCalGas Hiring for Software Team Lead Job at Monterey Park, CA Full Time

Primary Purpose

Provides daily work direction and guidance to a team of technical professionals delivering software components to maintain or enhance existing systems or deliver new software systems. Provides functional analysis and technical integration consulting and solution implementation expertise for existing and new software systems. Partner with business clients and IT infrastructure groups to develop technical solutions to automate or solve business need.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leadership: Provides daily work direction, including guidance on solutions, standards and procedures.Prioritizes work to ensure focus on high value tasks.Performs other team guidance and assists with goals, coaching and performance appraisals.May work in conjunction with outsourcing functions.Fosters and maintains relationships with clients, colleagues and team.
• Consulting: Performs consulting services and recommends solutions.Includes complex business problems requiring in depth review of variable factors.
• Project Management: Manage Software Development projects following standard IT Product Lifecycle project management methodology.Major project activities managed include concept and business case development, solution selection, design and implementation of business-driven technology solutions.
• Software Component Integration: Leverage services and other new technologies to integrate legacy and new software components.
• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, computer science, engineering or management information systems. Required

Experience

• 8 years Progressive IT-related experience, including some lead, project management, resource management, matrix management and/or multi-cross functional groups experience. Required
• PM experience should include managing multiple small to medium projects or manage a large project of > $500k; managing 1 large cross-functional projects and project budget management preferred.
• Resource management experience including matrix management and multi-cross functional groups required; experience coaching and mentoring team members preferred.
• Experience managing 1-3 vendors including procurement, contract development, negotiations and contract management preferred. Preferred
• Project management for strategic development and implementation a plus. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Solid understanding of information systems technologies to include mainframe, middleware, UNIX/WINTEL server, desktop, software, applications, information protection, storage, network, web and emerging technologies.
• Knowledge of IT Product Lifecycle and supporting IT Processes required.
• Strong leadership, teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical matters in business terms.
• Strong negotiation skills a plus.

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Hands on Knowledge in Smalltalk. Preferred

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Knowledge in CIS online and batch and business operations. Preferred

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Knowledge in CIS configuration management and CIS online build and deployment. Preferred

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Skills in .net applications development and production support. Preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) a plus. Preferred

Work Schedule

• Blended: Work a mix of onsite and remote each week, typically 2-3 days onsite per week.

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