Short Description:
The Product Specialist is the expert for a technical development or execution environment product or set of products.
Complete Description:
The Product Specialist is the expert for a technical development or execution environment product or set of products. The primary responsibility of a Product Specialist is to ensure the availability and facilitate the productive use of a product for Application Teams or end users. The Product Specialist may own part of a product, all of one, or several products depending on the nature of the product(s) and their use. The Product Specialist requires significant to expert experience and skills in the product supported. The Product Specialist will usually also have significant experience in the operating environment(s) (e.g., HP/UX, NT, MVS, etc.) on which the product is implemented. If the product is one that was internally developed, the supporting PS should also have most of the skills of a Programmer. The Product Specialist is responsible for collaborating with Technical Architecture Specialist, System Specialists, Programmers and vendors to ensure and enhance the use of the product and effect migration to new versions of a product.
Years of Relevant Experience: 7 to 8 years
Preferred Education: 4 year college degree or equivalent technical study.
Role Description: All roles specified plus the following:
Deliver support and design for industry specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications.
Interact with executive level business users or technical experts.
May function as a niche SME.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
MCSD Desired
Highly desired
Application Development knowledge and experience with MS .NET 4.0 and higher
Required
5
Years
Application Development knowledge and experience with JAVA script and PHP scripting
Desired
Relational Database knowledge and experience with SQL Server 2012
Required
5
Years
Knowledge and experience with GUI development
Required
5
Years
Knowledge and experience with writing SQL stored procedures.
Required
5
Years
Experience with Microsoft TFS
Required
5
Years
Experience with Crystal reports
Desired
Experience with Microsoft SSRS
Required
5
Years
Knowledge and experience with webconf configuration.
Required
5
Years
Knowledge and experience with developing enterprise business systems
Required
5
Years
Knowledge of various database and non-database access methods
Required
5
Years
Knowledge of job control language and/or utility programs
Highly desired
Knowledge of information systems, design concepts and principles of production systems, and work efficiency techniques
Required
5
Years
Knowledge of computer programming design considerations and differences between various programming languages best suited for various business needs
Required
5
Years
Ability to utilize industry standard IT processes and methods related to software and system design and development methodology including Software Dev
Required
Mobile application development experience
Required
2
Years
4 Yr. Degree from Accredited College or University
Required
Knowledge of NJ State and DHS policy
Desired
Prior DHS experience
Desired
Experience with task management documentation systems (i.e. JIRA, Basecamp, Redmine)
Highly desired
Strong Analytical Skills and Understanding
Required
Strong Skills in Microsoft Productivity Software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio)
Required