City of New York
PROJECT DIRECTOR
City of New York, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68511
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 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.
Job Description
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-ordinate & review 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
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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.
Job Description
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-ordinate & review 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
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