City of New York

Job Description

The Financial Information Services Agency and the Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Mainframe Programmer Analyst.

FISA maintains a mainframe payroll application that is integrated with the City's timekeeping and personnel application for active employees. Additionally, FISA maintains a mainframe Pension Payroll system that is integrated/interfaces with five separate pension agencies for retirees. Mainframe development work is triaged through the analyst group and as a Mainframe Programmer Analyst, along with the Lead, the Programmer Analyst shall:

• Review the business/technical requirements and provide technical guidance as well as architectural suggestions.
• Support the current ongoing development work of the long term, high complexity PMS replacement project.
• Work closely with the technical Lead and FISA analytic, testing, and operations staff to create accurate and efficient processes.
• Support production payroll and pension payroll activities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work in a techno-functional capacity with a strong understanding of business processes, mainframe programming (COBOL), and relational databases to design, program, and assist in

determining impact of change to programs and systems.

• Review and analyze program specifications to determine the effort needed to make changes.
• Be on-call for overnight and weekend payroll payroll processes.

Preferred Skills

• Strong experience as a senior mainframe (COBOL/IMS/DB2) programmer
• Strong experience with JCL/PROCS/CTLCARDS
• Strong experience design/program and architecture in a mainframe environment
• Strong production coverage and troubleshooting experience
• Strong knowledge of RMDS/EXPEDITER/File-Aid for IMS/DB2
• Strong experience with management of Technical Staff
• Extensive experience in the preparation of structure charts or invocation diagrams
• Extensive experience designing the architecture of mainframe applications and dependencies
• Excellent understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies
• Experience working with enterprise wide, large-scale implementation
• Knowledge of the City's legacy payroll management system
• Knowledge of the City's personnel processing
• Knowledge of the City's timekeeping processing
• Excellent communication skills (Oral and Written), interpersonal, and organizational skills

Additional Information

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The City of New York offers a comprehensive set of benefits and programs to employees, including health insurance, pension plan, Deferred Compensation Plan (with 457, 401K and Roth IRA options), pre-tax Commuter Benefit program, pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts programs and more. Additional benefits such as prescription drug coverage, dental benefits, vision care benefits and more are also available through District Council 37 – Local 2627, the union that represents employees in this title.

To Apply

Applicants may visit the Jobs NYC website: www.nyc.gov/jobs and apply to Job ID: 703866. While all complete applications will be given consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Qualifications

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the particular position; or,

Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" above.

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.