Applications Specialist

Clarksville, Tennessee

City of Clarksville
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Description
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB This is the first of three levels in the Information Technology - Applications series. Incumbents modify and maintain the programming code for existing assigned systems. Responsibilities may include resolving application errors by correcting or altering an application's programming; developing new reporting functions; and installing and testing upgrades and patches.

Example of Duties
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions:
  • Tests and modifies application projects and maintenance requests, which includes testing programs; communicating with end-users and gathering information to ensure understanding of requirements; identifying program and application problems and recommending solutions; performing maintenance to systems; correcting or altering application programming; and/or performing related activities.
  • Upgrades, installs, and tests new applications, upgrades, and system patches.
  • Develops new reporting functions as directed.
  • Prepares, maintains, updates, and reviews a variety of operational records and reports.
  • Performs other related work as required.
Typical Qualifications
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING Education and Experience
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Two (2) years of programming experience.
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties.
License and Certifications
  • CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Systems) certification required within 6 months of employment.
  • A valid driver's license.

Supplemental Information
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:
  • Applicable applications and software systems.
  • System and application modification principles.
  • Applicable programming language.
  • Customer service principles.
  • Recordkeeping principles.
  • Computers and related software applications.
Skill in:
  • Reviews systems and user requirements.
  • Modifying computer applications.
  • Troubleshooting and repairing applications and software systems.
  • Providing end-user support.
  • Communicating technical information to a non-technical audience.
  • Maintaining operational records.
  • Using a computer and related software applications.
  • Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Physical Requirements:

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
  • Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
  • Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
  • Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
  • Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
  • Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
  • Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
  • Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
  • Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
  • Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
  • Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something steady to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
  • Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
  • Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
  • Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
  • Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
  • Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
  • Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
  • Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
  • Visual ability 4: sufficient to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, both day and night.
  • Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.
Date Posted: 22 April 2025
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