City of New York

Job Description

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish.

Permanent Computer Specialist (Software) or on the Computer Specialist (Software) Civil Service

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The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of

community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide

opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish.

The SSIS / SSRS / Power BI developer will report to the Deputy Director of the Data Portfolio and will be responsible for working with the team to

develop and support the data needs of the agency.

The candidate will be responsible for:

• Analyzing user specifications and requirements that reflect business program needs, and

subsequently delivering high-quality software solutions that meet those needs.

• Design, develop, test, maintain and modify software programs according to specifications, verifying

logic, and provide guidance to other developers, performing necessary debugging, and writing related

documentation.

• Perform impact analysis on large and complex projects by analyzing and evaluating interrelationships

of programs to determine how changes in one program will affect another.

• The candidate may also be called upon to perform a variety of duties to the proper operation of

systems, to meet IT commitments to the business, and to leverage the strengths and skills of

individuals within the overall team effectively.

• Performs code reviews and unit testing to identify problems, facilitate change, simplify integration,

and improve documentation and design for assigned systems and/or projects.

• Critically review programs prior to implementation to verify consistency and conformance with

established IT guidelines, policies and practices as well as industry standard guidelines.

• Work within the underlying architecture for all software related projects assigned.
• Use various ETL tools and techniques to solve problems that arise from transporting data to and from

different sources.

• Implement quantitative analysis and statistical modeling techniques to evaluate the impact of City

policy.

• Write clean SQL queries, functions, and stored procedures. Optimize and improve existing code.

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.

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