Project Director

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE COMPUTER SPECALIST (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 self-sufficiency as quickly as possible.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is DSS's technology services organization. ITS mission is to support the daily, emergent, and long-term 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.

Information Technology Services (ITS)/Special Services Systems is recruiting for a Computer Specialist (Software) IV, to function as a Project Director, who will:

• Lead Team & Coordinate Design & Analytics teams involved with gathering business & functional

requirements by providing direction/facilitating good working relationships/conveying information/

promoting cooperation, to enhance achievement of mutual/ independent work objectives.

• Strategize & plan for the assignment of resources, propose solution blueprint, estimate Level of

Effort, co-ordinates & reviews day to day activities of development units.

• Lead teams responsible for requirement gathering, analyzing procedures, rules and State and Local

regulations to ensure proposed system business rules adhere to such regulations by serving as a

Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Business solution Applications portfolio from start to end, to ensure

a smooth, speedy, and effective bug free delivery to its end users.

• Prepare technical/administrative recommendations for executive management to inform and

influence decision making and practices in the formulation of decisions having impact on other

areas of ITS regarding the upstream and downstream impacts of systems modifications and

enhancements, to ensure the integrity and efficiency of all DSS solutions and to help ensure

the efficient use of Agency assets and resources.

Hours/Shift:

Normal Business Hours

Minimum 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.

Preferred Skills

• Thorough understanding of DSS systems to assure a maximum degree of data integrity and cross-platform development.

• Excellent communication skills and demonstrate leadership in managing a large team of professionals.

• Experience in Business & Functional analytics related to large and complex Client Server & Web applications.

• Hands on experience in ASP.Net, C# .Net, .Net Core, COM Objects & Angular Technologies.

• Practical experience in SQL Server Database Development using advance scripting techniques and how to leverage them to deliver mission critical systems in an agile setting.

• Ability to manage a variety Analysis tasks specific to application design, development, testing and roll-out.

• Drive improvement initiatives by monitoring issues reported by production users to troubleshoot functional issues, analyzed patterns in order to diagnose cause and develop solutions, and/or improvements by refining local/window validations techniques and adding business rules to our robust Business Rule Engine to reduce user errors by writing SQL, AZURE Board, Visio, Microsoft Solutions & Business rules Engine tools.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

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.