El Paso Water
Salary
$96,680.00 - $168,330.00 Annually
Location
Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type
Unclassified
Job Number
U3407-0825
Department
Administrative
Opening Date
08/14/2025
Closing Date
Continuous
FLSA
Exempt
Description Benefits Questions
Requirements
MOS Codes: None
Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in project management of large-scale systems or services within an IT environment; including three (3) years in a management or supervisory capacity.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent issued by another state.
Special Requirements: Applicants for positions assigned to the Department of Information Technology Services must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check within the first six months from hire and maintain CJIS eligibility. CJIS requirements are related to system access and the following list of convictions and/or deferred adjudications will result in failure of the CJIS background check and disqualification and/or termination of employment; Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A & B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions, and/or Open Arrest Warrants for any criminal offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and Family Violence Convictions.
General Purpose
Under general direction, provide strategic guidance, and manage the activities and operations of the City of El Paso’s information technology functions to achieve business goals for sustainment of current and future IT systems across the organization.
Typical Duties
Oversee the design, development, implementation and maintenance of centralized information technology systems. Involves: Analyze and confer with managers and supervisors to maximize utilization of current systems, implement and integrate new and updated systems and provide alternative solutions for increasing efficiency. Work closely with organizational leadership to establish and streamline business objectives. Coordinate departmental activities citywide and with outside agencies. Determine technology needs to implement software across departments. Administer policies and procedures pertaining to computer operations, voice/data communications, system analysis, and programming.
Review current IT systems to develop strategies and processes that support citywide goals. Involves: Work with upper-level IT personnel to develop and implement departmental goals. Collaborate with upper management and senior IT staff to develop the IT department budget. Ensure IT department strategies and processes provide appropriate support to citywide goals. Implement and review software across departments customized and designed for internal city use. Evaluate and monitor efficiencies and effectiveness throughout the department to identify opportunities for improvements.
Work closely with organizational leadership and third-party technology companies to establish business objectives and determine the technology needed to achieve them. Involves: Oversee contract negotiations with IT vendors, contractors, and service providers. Communicate with leadership regarding cost, value, and risk-potential of new IT projects. Implement and manage the use of modern IT software and technologies to streamline business operations. Direct and monitor the approval of expenditures; make budget adjustments as necessary. Attend and participate in professional group meetings and conferences to stay informed of new trends and innovations in the field of Information Technology.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: schedule, assign, instruct in, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates. Confer with department staff on system problems and corrective action and include other department personnel as needed. Provide for training, and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, and other employee status changes.
General Information
For complete job specification, click here.
Note: This is an unclassified position
Note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)
prior
to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
Determined by agreement
01
Do you have a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or related field?
Yes No
02
Do you have a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in project management of large-scale systems or services within an IT environment; including three (3) years in a management or supervisory capacity?
Yes No
03
Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have?
Texas Class A - CDL or equivalent from another state. Texas Class B - CDL or equivalent from another state. Texas Class C or equivalent from another state. No, I do not have a valid driver's license.
04
Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES?
Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer. No, I have not had my degree translated and certified. N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college.
05
Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé.
I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.
Required Question
Employer City of El Paso
Address 300 N. Campbell
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone 915-212-0045
Website http://www.elpasotexas.gov #J-18808-Ljbffr
$96,680.00 - $168,330.00 Annually
Location
Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type
Unclassified
Job Number
U3407-0825
Department
Administrative
Opening Date
08/14/2025
Closing Date
Continuous
FLSA
Exempt
Description Benefits Questions
Requirements
MOS Codes: None
Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in project management of large-scale systems or services within an IT environment; including three (3) years in a management or supervisory capacity.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent issued by another state.
Special Requirements: Applicants for positions assigned to the Department of Information Technology Services must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check within the first six months from hire and maintain CJIS eligibility. CJIS requirements are related to system access and the following list of convictions and/or deferred adjudications will result in failure of the CJIS background check and disqualification and/or termination of employment; Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A & B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions, and/or Open Arrest Warrants for any criminal offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and Family Violence Convictions.
General Purpose
Under general direction, provide strategic guidance, and manage the activities and operations of the City of El Paso’s information technology functions to achieve business goals for sustainment of current and future IT systems across the organization.
Typical Duties
Oversee the design, development, implementation and maintenance of centralized information technology systems. Involves: Analyze and confer with managers and supervisors to maximize utilization of current systems, implement and integrate new and updated systems and provide alternative solutions for increasing efficiency. Work closely with organizational leadership to establish and streamline business objectives. Coordinate departmental activities citywide and with outside agencies. Determine technology needs to implement software across departments. Administer policies and procedures pertaining to computer operations, voice/data communications, system analysis, and programming.
Review current IT systems to develop strategies and processes that support citywide goals. Involves: Work with upper-level IT personnel to develop and implement departmental goals. Collaborate with upper management and senior IT staff to develop the IT department budget. Ensure IT department strategies and processes provide appropriate support to citywide goals. Implement and review software across departments customized and designed for internal city use. Evaluate and monitor efficiencies and effectiveness throughout the department to identify opportunities for improvements.
Work closely with organizational leadership and third-party technology companies to establish business objectives and determine the technology needed to achieve them. Involves: Oversee contract negotiations with IT vendors, contractors, and service providers. Communicate with leadership regarding cost, value, and risk-potential of new IT projects. Implement and manage the use of modern IT software and technologies to streamline business operations. Direct and monitor the approval of expenditures; make budget adjustments as necessary. Attend and participate in professional group meetings and conferences to stay informed of new trends and innovations in the field of Information Technology.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: schedule, assign, instruct in, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates. Confer with department staff on system problems and corrective action and include other department personnel as needed. Provide for training, and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, and other employee status changes.
General Information
For complete job specification, click here.
Note: This is an unclassified position
Note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)
prior
to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
Determined by agreement
01
Do you have a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or related field?
Yes No
02
Do you have a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in project management of large-scale systems or services within an IT environment; including three (3) years in a management or supervisory capacity?
Yes No
03
Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have?
Texas Class A - CDL or equivalent from another state. Texas Class B - CDL or equivalent from another state. Texas Class C or equivalent from another state. No, I do not have a valid driver's license.
04
Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES?
Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer. No, I have not had my degree translated and certified. N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college.
05
Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé.
I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.
Required Question
Employer City of El Paso
Address 300 N. Campbell
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone 915-212-0045
Website http://www.elpasotexas.gov #J-18808-Ljbffr