Job Description

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) CIVIL SERVICE TITLE.

The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to selfsufficiency as quickly as possible.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is DSSs technology services organization. ITS mission is to support the daily emergent and longterm needs of both agencies. ITS creates and enhances the technology infrastructure and computer applications that support HRA and DHS and develops applications including a variety of client eligibility and recertification systems case management systems housing systems employment/work engagement services revenue producing computer matches claiming systems and personnel systems.

Under general supervision from the Division Director NYCWAY with great latitude for the exercise of independent initiative and judgement is responsible for the Design Testing and Implementation of networked and distributed client server and WEB based computer application systems that interface with the HRA intranet which utilizes a combination of mainframe computer minicomputer and microcomputer platforms.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is recruiting for one (1) Computer Specialist (Software) III to function as a Senior Developer who will:

Perform structured analysis design and utilize standard analysis techniques for computer systems.
Document all systems changes/enhancements by defining/revising specifications to notify users
of changes/altered functions.

Implement complex solutions from initiation to completion design development testing and
pushing project through all development cycles and obtaining signoffs on project deliverables
using Microsoft .NET technologies C#/VB.NET Angular JQuery Web API Web Services XML
Oracle database tools Microsoft Visual Studio others.

Resolve critical issues on timely basis.

Prepare and coordinate training initiatives as far as data database and front facing applications.

Ability to adapt to new technologies and being able to set and follow development standards.

Act as a liaison between ITS business partner agencies and Vendors.

Assist in preparing status reports for the ITS management and business group to communicate
status of the system development projects.

Hours/Shift:

Normal Business Hours

Qualifications :

(1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by twentyfour (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory fulltime software experience in designing programming debugging maintaining implementing and enhancing computer software applications systems programming systems analysis and design data communication software or database design and programming including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(2) A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of fulltime satisfactory software experience as described in 1 above including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(3) A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to (1) or (2) above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in (2) above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in (1) or (2) above. However all candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory fulltime software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
NOTE: In order to have your experience accepted as Project Leader or Major Contributor experience you must explain in detail how your experience qualifies you as a project leader or as a major contributor. Experience in computer operations technical support quality assurance (QA) hardware installation help desk or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting the minimum qualification
requirements.
Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration database management systems operating systems data communications systems capacity planning and/or online applications programming.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Remote job, Shift work,

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