Computer Specialist - Government
Washington, Dc, Us
• Planned, wrote, tested, and evaluated various computer operations specific to a broad range of division activities. Designed and developed crucial programs and subroutines needed for the Decennial census and tabulation activities, as well as wrote command procedures, specifications, and documentation.• Attained knowledge of system software and systems development life cycles, including system documentation, design development, configuration management, cost analysis, data administration, systems integration, and testing.• Project leader involved with the development, maintenance, and production of Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) forms and labels software to prepare forms and labels that were created, printed, and mailed to verify/determine boundaries and annexations for all involved organizations.• Traveled to Census production sites, to monitor BAS activities, evaluated program progress, and identified and solved problems to ensure timely deadlines.Computer Programmer Analyst, Math Statistician/Programmer• Senior programmer and project leader in the design/development of the Computer-Assisted Clerical Coding (CACC) system for Place-of-Work responses for the Decennial Census survey.• Met with co-workers, supervisors, and subject matter specialists in the design phase to devise appropriate layouts and foundations for the project. Designed the database, served as coordinator of all routines relating to the system, and was technical expert to others working on the project.