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*ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT FULL-TIME ANNUALLY PAID PARKS EMPLOYEES*
*This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent Parks employees serving in the Certified IT Developer (Applications) civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent Parks employees in or on leave from a comparable title.
Major Responsibilities
- Under managerial direction, with the broadest scope for the exercise of independent initiative and judgment, work with Agency stakeholders to understand the business strategy drivers and business problems to be solved by a given solution.
- Assess existing and future solutions requirements and support vendor selection.
- Assess technology across the enterprise application/technology portfolio.
- Confirm the conformance of applications, components and services to established standards and best practices.
- Ensure compliance with IT standards and guidelines throughout the application development lifecycle.
- Identify probable system or design flaws and escalate issues to upper management before serious performance impact.
- Assist in the development and review of technical specifications for procurement of IT systems and services, including the evaluation of vendor submissions solicited via bids and requests for information and proposals.
- Liaise with IT vendors, as necessary.
- Ensure technology solutions adhere to security policies and guidelines promulgated by the Security team.
- Supervise the Application Development, Cloud Solution Engineering, and GIS Development Groups and ensure timely delivery of projects.
- Provide leadership for end-to-end solution delivery and ownership, including data warehousing, operational data store and other data assets supporting analytics, reporting and data integration.
- Drive best practices in application development and ensuring security controls are in place.
- Lead design and development of solutions for agency business users
- Demonstrate extensive abilities interacting with end-users to understand and document business and functional requirements, data sources, application design and conceptual data models for complex projects.
- Maintain knowledge on current and emerging technologies and industry trends for assigned areas of responsibility and collaborate with management to incorporate new developments into current and future solutions.
- Communicate in a timely and appropriate manner to management and other stakeholders regarding scope, status, risks and issues.
- Oversee application modernization projects and development of critical systems at Parks.
Work Location: Arsenal West, Manhattan
How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 781178.
All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.
*Current Employees please include your ERN on your resume.
NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.
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MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
For information about applying for Civil Service Exams go to: Civil Service Exams - Department of Citywide Administrative Services (nyc.gov)
CERT IT DEVELOPER (APP) - 13643
Professional/Vendor Certification, Education and Experience Requirements: You must have current professional/vendor certifications.
In addition, you must have one of the following:
1. A masters degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional, or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) AND 12 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized experience in computer applications development planning, design, configuration, installation, troubleshooting, integration, performance monitoring, maintenance, enhancement, and security management as described in the following nine Major Task Groups in the IT Titles Task Inventory*: Applications Development; Web Development, Design, and Maintenance; Business/Systems Analysis; Project Management Support; Application Design; GIS Structures, Spatial Analysis, and Mapping Principles; Testing; Technical Writing; and Version Control; OR
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional, or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) AND 24 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized experience as described in “1” above; OR
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization AND 24 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized experience as described in “1” above plus 48 months of information technology experience as described in the IT Task Inventory *; OR
4. A satisfactory combination of education and experience which is equivalent to “3” above. Education may be substituted for the information technology experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional, or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is equivalent to 12 months of experience, up to a maximum of 48 months. However, if you qualify under options “2,” “3” or “4,” you must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and at least 24 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized information technology experience as described in “1” above.
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