• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research to design, develop, modify, or integrate moderately 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 • Must be competent to work on most phases of applications systems analysis, and must maintain technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, etc. • Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems • Provides services to multiple project teams or management staff, provides guidance to less-experienced programmers, and may conduct presentations to provide end users with knowledge to maximize their use of developed systems • May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts