LEAD TECHNO-FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIST (Finance) - Information Technology

LEAD TECHNO-FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIST (Finance) - Information Technology

Salary

$96,847.40 - $116,216.88 Annually

Location

Tarrant County, TX

Job Type

Regular Full-time

Job Number

11030

Department

Information Technology

Opening Date

06/23/2026

Closing Date

Continuous

• Description
• Benefits

Summary

The Lead Techno-Functional Specialist will be responsible for assisting with the daily functions of the Information Technology including being responsible for the planning, architecture, development, maintenance, and support of complex SAP enterprise solutions delivered via on-premise or cloud-based. The incumbent is responsible for applying programming standards and best practices; providing architectural guidance, technical guidance, and programming; aiding in planning for the lifecycle of software packages; participating in full cycle testing; and deploying applications. Responsible for adhering to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices, change control policies, and service level agreement (SLA) compliance. Keeps current on legal and technical issues that impact the County. This position normally supervises the work of others.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Optimizes, monitors, and configures SAP environments in line with business requirements.
• Manages landscape synchronization activities such as system clone and refresh activities.
• Leads employees, co-workers, and contractors in work-related duties including scheduling activities within different functional areas in support of keeping the SAP systems available 24/7.
• Communicates with end-users and third-party vendors to obtain requirements for projects and application updates for major/complex applications.
• Leads the design, programming (development), maintenance and execution of testing of new and changed functionality for complex/major applications.
• Writes advanced programs for complex specific applications and designs special reports and forms as requested by various County departments in compliance with County and IT department policy and procedures.
• Leads the effort of actively partnering with business units to identify improvements that will increase efficiency of the systems.
• Provides second-level end-user support including direct interaction with users when necessary to troubleshoot and document issues and resolutions.
• Conducts statistical reporting to management relating to application performance, usability and upgrade requirements to properly support County departments.
• Manages interfaces and associated error logs and governs over job scheduling to ensure integrity of their execution.
• Maintains business process procedures in conjunction with the process owners.
• Resolves Request/Incident tickets from users and provides telephone and onsite technical support to troubleshoot and fix the most complex customer department end-user problems.
• Creates Request/Incident tickets from users and generates Requests for Change to the production environment to troubleshoot and fix the most complex customer department end-user problems.
• Works closely with vendors to resolve issues and manage deployments.
• Analyzes and resolves the most complex application and data problems.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge on developing solutions in both an on-premise environment as well as a cloud based environment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Excellent customer service and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to stay organized and know how to prioritize the workload.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Competency with computers and Microsoft Office 365 Suite.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Strong ability to meet service level agreements and project deadlines.
• Developed expertise in procedures and programming standards for SAP technologies; ABAP, HTLM5 (UI5), as well as Java and Java scripting.
• Excellence in documentation including architectural diagrams for components, complex technical solutions, and systems integrations.
• Must possess extensive knowledge of systems analysis, program design and specification, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Must be able to multi-task and work independently on the most complex assignments using independent discretion and judgment as well as transition quickly between projects/issues with minimal supervision.
• Must have the ability to gather requirements, analyze systems, develop solutions, test and document changes working in collaboration with other developers in a team environment.
• Must have the ability to gather, understand and translate business requirements into system solutions.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to easily and effectively interact with technical, non-technical, support, and business staff at all levels.
• Position requires the ability to consistently meet deadlines.
• Position requires the ability to understand the concepts, best practices, and execution of business analysis and project management principles.
• Must have the ability to verify that the product meets the requirements.
• Position requires the ability to follow standards and system development methodology.
• Must be able to display a courteous and professional demeanor.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Four (4) years of experience in information technology including experience or training in systems analysis, design and computer programming.

Preferred Requirements:

• Core experience working with SAP ECC environments, PI, SAP BW, SAP HANA, Solution Manager, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Cloud solutions, and the interconnectivity of SAP technologies. SAP S4 HANA experience a plus.
• SAP Optical Archiving and Archiving experience a plus.
• Licensure or certification not required but considered a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment & Other Requirements

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent may be required to bend, hear, keyboard, sit, stand, talk, work alone and with others, and work overtime. Must be able to lift up to 25lbs.

Tarrant County offers a full range of employee benefit programs for eligible employees, retirees, and their families. These programs include group health plans for medical, dental, and vision coverage; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); life and long- term disability insurance; and flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care reimbursements. The County also provides retirement benefits. Full time employees participate in the Texas County & District Retirement System (TCDRS), and employees may also participate in a retirement savings program (Deferred Compensation). In addition to these "basic employee benefits" and retirement services, employees benefit from a variety of other programs including 13 paid holidays, a Wellness Program, and more.

• Note: These benefits are for Tarrant County employees only. For benefit information regarding Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) employees, please contact Patrice Smith at (817) 884-1227.

Employer Tarrant County

Address 100 E. Weatherford Suite 301

Fort Worth, Texas, 76196-0105

Phone (817) 884-1188

Website http://www.tarrantcountytx.gov