Software engineers and designers

Main duties
Software engineers and designers perform some or all of the following duties:

Collect and document users requirements and develop logical and
physical specifications
Research, evaluate and synthesize technical information to design,
develop and test computer-based systems
Develop data, process and network models to optimize architecture and
to evaluate the performance and reliability of designs
Plan, design and co-ordinate the development, installation, integration
and operation of computer-based systems
Assess, test, troubleshoot, document, upgrade and develop maintenance
procedures for operating systems, communications environments and
applications software
May lead and co-ordinate teams of information systems professionals in
the development of software and integrated information systems,
process control software and other embedded software control systems.