• Business Analyst

    City of New York (New York, NY)


    Job Description

    The NYC Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) seeks to hire a Computer Specialist SW, L2 for the CityTime Business Team. Under direction of the CityTime Production Support Manager, and with some latitude for independent initiative and judgement, the selected candidate will serve as a seasoned Business Analyst/Developer and will be responsible for ad hoc reports and CityTime website maintenance. This individual should have exceptional research and analytical skills with a robust technical background.

    Typical areas of work include:

    - Backup current and future work, which include CityTime ad hoc reporting, CityTime reports and other projects;

     

    - Address CityTime users support requests;

     

    - Perform functional analysis, coding using SQL/ visual basic and testing;

     

    - Perform User Acceptance Testing on CityTime reports;

     

    - CityTime Helpdesk website server maintenance;

     

    - CityTime Helpdesk website modification;

     

    - Maintain existing CityTime ad hoc report;

     

    - Develop new CityTime ad hoc report;

     

    - Maintain Config viewer on the CityTime Helpdesk website and;

     

    - Maintain Labor Allocation (LA) tool used for agency specific LA/ citywide LA.

    Preferred Skills:

    - Basic knowledge of City systems (PMS, CityTime, CHRMS and Remedy)

     

    - Excellent work ethic and attention to detail

     

    - Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

     

    - Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

     

    - Excellent understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies

     

    - Experience working with an enterprise wide, large-scale implementation.

     

    - Excellent communications skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required.

     

    - Must currently be permanent in the civil service title of Computer Specialist (or comparable title).

    Additional Information:

    #O-158

    To Apply:

    Applicants may visit the Jobs NYC website: www.nyc.gov/jobs and apply to Job ID: 752331. While all complete applications will be given consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

    Hours/Shift:

    35 Hours/Day Shift

    Work Location:

    5 Manhattan West, New York, NY

    COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) - 13632

    Qualifications

    (1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time 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 four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of full-time 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 full-time 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 on-line 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

     

    Salary Min: $ 99,209.00

     

    Salary Max: $120,000.00