1. Conducts research and evaluation of technology options for the development and deployment of applications by working closely with ITS staff to provide production support and enhancements for several applications. 2. Plans, designs, and implements strategic development initiatives so that data assets of the organization are supported by a data architecture in line with the organization strategic goals and initiatives. 3. Interfaces with other teams within ITS and with major users in order to ensure a high level of integration and effectiveness among all application software within the organization and to design systems that meet the stated objectives. Prioritizes and solves application software problems. 4. Ensures the preparation of formal system specification documents, including busin