City Of New York

Certified IT Developer

City Of New York$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Baccalaureate degree in computer science or related field with 24 credits in computer science or 6 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in software design, programming, debugging, and maintaining applications, including leadership on complex projects.
  • Certification in application development may be required at time of appointment.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Power Platform, Azure services, SQL Server, and related technologies is essential.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to creative thinking are necessary.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain computer applications using Microsoft Power Platform and Azure services.
  • Lead migration of CRM applications from MS Dynamics 2016 to 365 while utilizing Power Platform tools.
  • Administer security, performance, and troubleshooting of applications across multiple environments.
  • Create and maintain SQL Server databases, including the design of complex interfaces and SSIS packages.
  • Contribute to IT process improvement initiatives and conduct research on new technologies.
  • Assist with the administration and maintenance of application servers and web services.
  • Monitor application performance and implement strategies to enhance operational support.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage and retirement plan options.
  • Professional development opportunities to advance your career.
  • Flexible work schedule for better work-life balance.
  • Access to the latest technology and tools in the field.
  • Collaborative and supportive team environment.
Full Job Description
**Candidates must be permanent in the Computer Specialist (Software) civil service title to apply**

Under direct supervision, with latitude for independent action and judgment, you are responsible for performing technical and related responsibilities in applications development, planning, designing, configuring, testing, troubleshooting, integrating, performance monitoring, maintaining, enhancing, and support Various computer applications programs.

All Computer Specialists at this level 3 perform related work, including end user support and system recovery and, when necessary, perform the duties of related or lower titles and Assignment Levels.

(This is a brief description of this position and does not include all the duties of this position.)

-Microsoft Power Platform developer with extensive experience in designing,
development, and maintenance. Proficient in automating business with Power
automate. Heavily engaging in all systems SDLC the applications and the
support maintenance of the application technologies and information system
environments.

-Working knowledge and understanding of Azure cloud services with Azure logic
Apps Serve as an Azure technical lead for cloud platform, it will be responsible
for mentoring, supporting, and teaching a team of cloud engineers in designing,
implementing, and managing our Azure-based cloud infrastructure.

-Responsible to ensure all applications development and upgrade of all CRM
farms for development/staging/production servers (2016/2017 and Dynamic 365),
the need to lead and migrate all existing 2016 CRM code to MS Dynamic 365
leveraging Power platform, Power automate, Power BI, GitHub and Azure SQL.

-Responsible for ensuring and administrating support for security, maintenance,
performance and troubleshooting of these environments.

-Create, upgrade, maintain, and troubleshoot SQL server (SQL 2019, 2022, Azure
SQL) including the latest development tool kits, SSRS reporting services, Ability
to quickly create SSIS packages and design complex SSIS interfaces with
multiple data sources. Manage SQL security configure SQL server high
Availability and database application recovery are important. Installation, configure
and maintain Windows/SQL server Failover Cluster and SQL Always
On. Design, create, and modify SQL objects including database relationship,
tables, index, views and stored procedures in multiple database applications in
Law.

-Contribute to process improvements of IT policies, procedures, tools, security
controls and infrastructure. You will also conduct research and proof of concepts.
activities and provide recommendations for new technologies, techniques and
tools to add value by increasing efficiency while improving service quality.

-Assisting in the administration, upgrade, support and maintenance of servers and
application servers including IIS web services, load balancing, internal/external
servers, performance monitoring and optimization, user interaction and support,
systems monitoring, operations support and diagnostic analysis, debugging and
finding effective resolutions for failures

-Assist in monitoring the performance requirements of the agency's applications
and helping to implement strategies to improve the operations and maintain
procedures and processes that enable the team to provide the necessary support
for the application environment.

-Perform on-going maintenance, diagnostic and troubleshooting of applicable
applications to help the management to ensure the reliability of the complex and diverse
applications utilized by the agency's divisions 24/7 days across multiple offices
locations.

-A candidate should possess a related Professional/Vendor Certification to show
proficiency in application development, if requested, proof of certification may be
required at time of appointment.

-Integrate applications with Azure services (e.g., App Services, Key Vault, Functions)
-Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
-Contribute to project planning and technical documentation
-A creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills curious, motivated, can-do attitude, self-directed, proactive, and results oriented

COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) - 13632

(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.

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