City Of New York

Web Developer

City Of New York$85K — $100K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Professional/vendor certification in database administration required.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field plus 2 years of practical database administration experience.
  • High school diploma with 6 years of IT experience, including 2 years in database administration.
  • Equivalent education or experience acceptable, with specific substitutions noted for the required database experience.
  • Master's degree in computer science may waive one year of database experience.

Responsibilities

  • Gather requirements and document specifications for web applications.
  • Collaborate with project management to create project timelines and estimates.
  • Research strategic software engineering and information management solutions.
  • Migrate software from legacy systems and maintain existing applications.
  • Assist staff with customer issues related to applications.
  • Develop and operate applications using Docker containerization.
  • Engage in Agile development practices for ongoing projects.

Benefits

  • Full-time position with day shifts, on-call, and flexible schedule requirements.
  • Involvement in diverse projects with a focus on public access to government records.
  • Opportunity to maintain a balance between front-end design and back-end development.
  • Potential for professional development through certification updates and training.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) is seeking a motivated UX/UI designer/developer to join our Application Development team. Under the supervision of the Director of Application Development, the selected applicant will be a web application UX/UI designer/developer working on applications to provide public access to government records. As part of a team the developer will also work on maintaining existing applications and their underlying environments, requirements gathering, developing new applications, and maintaining in-house and COTS products. The developer will work on multiple projects focusing on both front end UX/UI web design and back-end coding.

The duties will include but are not limited to:
-Gather requirements, document specifications, and participate in the Agile development of web applications;
-Work with the project management team to develop timelines and estimates for development projects;
-Research and provide advice on strategic software engineering and information management issues;
-Build and maintain software for migration from legacy systems;
-Provide assistance to staff for customer issues;
-Develop and maintain applications using Docker containerization from a cloud provider.

In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements:
Incumbents may be required to update existing and/or obtain additional professional industry-standard certification(s) for current and future technical environment(s) in which they may be assigned to work, as determined by the employing agency.

Hours/Shift: Full-Time/ Day - Due to the necessary technical management support duties of this position, candidate may be required to be on call and/or work various shifts such as weekends and/or evening shifts and will undertake special projects as assigned.

Work Location: 31 Chambers St., N.Y.

NO E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRIES PERMITTED.

NOTE: ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.

APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) APPROVAL

CERT IT ADMINISTRATOR (DB) - 13644

Qualifications

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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