City Of New York

IT Project Coordinator

City Of New York$75K — $95K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Permanent Civil Service status as Certified IT Administrator (Database) or filed for Civil Service Exam # 6033.
  • Professional or Vendor Certification(s) in database administration required.
  • Bachelor's degree with 2 years of relevant database administration experience, including design and security management.
  • High School diploma or equivalent with 6 years in IT, including 2 years in database administration.
  • Master’s degree in computer science may substitute for 1 year of database experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project management team for PavementWorks development.
  • Attend quarterly IT forums and serve as IT Governance Designee.
  • Supervise review of business requirements and ensure accurate representation of Division's needs.
  • Prepare written and oral progress reports on project status.
  • Translate high-level business requirements into detailed functional specifications.
  • Develop rollout plans for hardware solutions and coordinate their implementation.
  • Conduct training sessions and ensure application adoption among end users.

Benefits

  • Access to training materials and ongoing professional development.
  • Opportunity to oversee multiple projects, enhancing management experience.
  • Engagement with a diverse team and high-level stakeholders in IT.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and IT tools.
  • Contribution to significant IT initiatives within the DOT.
Full Job Description
CANDIDATE MUST BE SERVING PERMANENTLY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF CERTIFIED IT ADMINISTRATOR (DATABASE) OR MUST HAVE FILED FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM NUMBER 6033. The IT Project Coordinator will serve as the head of the project management team for the development of PavementWorks and the IT&T Liaison, responsible for attending the quarterly IT forums, as well as the IT Governance Designee responsible for submitting project requests and the IT governance process for the division. The candidate will represent the Division's interests during the replacement process and coordinate the development with DOT's IT group. Duties will include: supervision and oversight of efforts to review business requirements, ensuring that the Division's position is accurately articulated; attending various meetings; preparation of written and oral progress reports; ensuring that high-level business requirements are translated into detailed functional specifications to facilitate high-quality project success; attending regular development meetings with IT&T, gathering and transmitting necessary information; developing plans for working out hardware solutions and their rollout; interfacing with office and operational personnel to facilitate information gathering, testing, training, and rollout processes. Conduct demos, oversee ongoing QA application testing, develop training materials and manuals, and conduct ongoing training sessions to ensure the success of application adoption. Develop and implement a rollout plan for the application end users. Supervise the management of multiple projects in order to streamline the development process. Interface with team members, the management team, the Assistant Commissioner, and the Deputy Commissioner; and perform duties related to the management of IT reporting in the Division. To Apply: All resumes are to be submitted electronically. No phone calls or personal inquiries permitted. All applicants please go to https://cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID # 782445. Only applicants under consideration will be contacted. Most public libraries have computers available for use. For more information about DOT, visit us at: www.nyc.gov/dot Work Location: 55 Water St, New York, NY 10041 Hours: 35 Hours Per Week CERT IT ADMINISTRATOR (DB) - 13644 Professional/Vendor Certification(s) in database administration that is required for the position to be filled. In addition, you must have one of the following: 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, and two years of satisfactory fulltime (not classroom based) experience in database administration. Experience must include database design, configuration, installation, troubleshooting, integration, performance monitoring, maintenance, enhancement, and security management; 2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) information technology experience (IT) of which at least two years must have been database administration experience as described in "1" above; OR 3. A satisfactory equivalent of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. Undergraduate education may be substituted for experience on the basis that 30 undergraduate semester credits from an accredited college or university is equivalent to 6 months of information technology experience, but may not be substituted for the required database administration experience. A masters degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college or university may substitute for one year of database administration experience. However, all candidates must have at least one year of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) database administration experience as described in "1" above.

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