City Of New York

SENIOR BUSINESS ARCHITECT

City Of New York • $110K — $130K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Baccalaureate degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with 4 years of relevant experience.
  • Associate degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with 6 years of relevant experience.
  • Baccalaureate degree with 8 years of relevant experience in a specialized technology or domain.
  • Specialization in relevant technology, process, or methodology is essential.
  • Equivalent education or experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and manage complex IT projects from initiation to completion.
  • Lead requirement gathering and ensure compliance with State and Local regulations.
  • Schedule and facilitate project status meetings and testing phases.
  • Prepare technical recommendations for executive management to guide decision-making.
  • Advise on SDLC processes to ensure timely project delivery.
  • Identify and manage project risks and resource needs.
  • Ensure integrity and efficiency of DSS solutions through effective project management.

Benefits

  • Standard Monday to Friday work hours (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM).
  • Opportunity to influence decision-making at the executive level.
  • Engagement in diverse and complex IT projects.
  • Role as a Subject Matter Expert in Business Applications.
  • Potential for professional growth within the organization.
Full Job Description
Information Technology Services/Office of Technology Deployment Services (TDS) is recruiting for one (1) IT Project Specialist, to function as Senior Business Architect, who will:

- Oversee, plan, manage and coordinate complex projects from initiation to completion, including defining project scope, creating/updating project plans and work breakdown structures, scheduling project deliverables, goals, and milestones, identifying and managing IT project risks, determining resource needs, obtaining sign off on project deliverables.

- Lead tasks responsible for requirement gathering, analyzing procedures, rules and State and Local regulations to ensure proposed business system 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 and effective bug free delivery to its end users.

- Schedule meetings focusing on project status and scheduling, testing including Development, QA (Quality Assurance) and UAT (User Acceptance Test), and Release and Implementation planning by advising and serving as an SME (Subject Matter Expert) in SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) from start to end to ensure a speedy and effective delivery of assigned projects to all project stakeholders.

- 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 Benefit Issuance 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:
Monday to Friday (9:00AM to 5:00PM)

IT PROJECT SPECIALIST - 95710

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or

2. An associate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or

3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or

4. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above.

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