• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate complex information systems. • Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results. • Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs, subroutines, and scripts. • May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts or manage phases of medium to large efforts. • Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments. • Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems. • Regularly provides guidance and training to less-experienced analysts/programmers.