New York City, NY Brooklyn , NY 11201
Posted 1 week ago
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.
The Office of Enterprise Solutions Engineering within ITS consists of five divisions
The HRA Eligibility Systems
POS Application Development unit within the Office of Business Solutions is responsible for developing, maintaining and enhancing web and mobile applications required to support the agency's mission of preventing and addressing hunger, poverty and homelessness. The unit is also dedicated to the testing of administrative systems that it either develops or purchases, as well triaging and responding to data and analytics request necessary to monitor and report on key performance indicators such as capacity, census, and critical incidents occurring in the SNAP and CA eligibility systems. Many of the applications from the HRA Eligibility Systems unit, communicate with both internal and external systems and platforms like the NY State Welfare Management System (WMS), New York City
Work Accountability and You (NYCWAY) and other diverse data sources.
Under executive direction of the Assistant Deputy Commissioner for HRA Technology, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, and decision-making, the Senior Oracle PL/SQL Developer for HRA Eligibility Systems
Information Technology Services (ITS) / Office of Enterprise Solutions Engineering is recruiting for one (1) IT Project Specialist, to function as a Senior Oracle PL/SQL Developer, who will:
upgrades and enhancements to existing case management, rehousing and business intelligence
systems, using HRA technology group's standard Oracle PL/SQL and associated Development
tools using TOAD and/or SQL Developer. Plan, manage and promote system/program/application
efficiency and security by integrating performance metrics and encryption. Manage system/
program/application responsiveness and cross-platform optimization for mobile. Utilize best
practices and employ Agile development processes/procedures and implementation plans to
drive standards, and support value delivery across the development lifecycle.
regular monitoring, testing and management of code, and functionalities.
Development techniques to ensure that those new advancements in the field of system and
enterprise architecture can be applied to various areas within HRA technology.
technology Coordinate efforts on technical design considering capacity, performance, and high
availability for systems/programs/applications. Provide support for and participate in the
maintenance of HRA systems, applications, programs.
and features of systems/programs/applications.
of mission and business critical web applications in a 24/7 environment.
Hours/Shift:
Normal Business Hours
Minimum Qualifications
1.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
2.An associate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
3.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
4.Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above.
Preferred Skills
Develop and maintain PL/SQL Packages, Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, SQL statements in Oracle 12c or higher.
Performance Tuning including tuning/optimizing SQL, PL/SQL code.
Experience working with XML Processing, large objects using Oracle PL/SQL TOAD, ServiceNow, Jira.
Ability to manage a variety technical tasks specific to application design, development, testing and roll-out technical tasks using an Agile and/or Lean operation mindset multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
Experience managing complex large-scale systems and incorporating commercial and custom-built applications in an lT setting.
Demonstrated knowledge of leading transformational IT initiatives in complex and dynamic environments, such as those integrating multiple lines of a business organization s services into one system or developing Application Programming Interface (APls) and opensource platforms.
Working knowledge of problem solving with customers using design thinking innovation.
Demonstrated experience with database platforms, mobile and web platforms, multi-tier application frameworks, microservices, and cloud native applications working with all levels of leadership, technical and non-technical staff.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as excellent analytic, organization, presentation, and facilitation skills.
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.
New York City, NY