Systems architecture
Architecture for agency systems, including mission-critical rewrites and new implementations.
Services
Consulting services
Geek Magnet provides information technology consulting to government agencies and education organizations. We have routinely provided multiple services, including: architecture, design, development, data, quality, delivery tooling, requirements, and training presentations.
Service list
Software application design
Application design for public-sector programs, from functional needs through a design the development team can build.
Software application development
Web and software application development. Documented delivery includes .NET web development for agency systems.
Quality assurance
Quality assurance as part of full-lifecycle system delivery and ongoing maintenance.
Testing
Testing across the software development lifecycle. The firm lists all facets of testing among its consulting services.
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps automated deployments and repository control.
Database administration
Database administration, relational database design, and conversion of legacy data. On WINS, the firm’s president was the key architect of the SQL database design and the legacy data conversion.
Business requirements
Business requirements, including product requirement gathering and documentation with agency stakeholders.
Functional design
Functional designs that connect business requirements to the system being built.
Webinar training presentations
Webinar training presentations for the systems and programs the firm supports.
Roles on agency teams
At the Illinois State Board of Education, Geek Magnet consultants have served in these roles:
- Web developers
- Business analysts
- Subject matter experts
- Project leads
- System architects
- Database administrators
The firm has staffed project teams with .NET web developers and business analysts, both as a prime vendor and as a BEP subcontractor. Documented developer work includes Agile web design, development, maintenance, testing, DevOps, and documentation. Documented analyst work includes requirements, Agile delivery with the project team, and coordination with product owners and stakeholders.