Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyState Comptroller, Office of the

TitleInformation Technology Specialist 2 (Programming) (3 positions)

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary Grade18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $56604 to $71980 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

Location

County Albany

Street Address 110 State Street

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12236

Job Specifics

Minimum Qualifications Interested candidates must be currently reachable on the Information Technology Specialist 2 (Programming) (SG-18) eligible list or eligible to transfer under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law.

52.6 Transfer
To be eligible to transfer, interested candidates must have at least one-year permanent competitive service in a 52.6 qualifying title allocated to salary grade 16 or higher.

Duties Description • Collaborate with Payroll’s business teams to gather and refine business requirements.
• Analyze functional requirements, and develop technical requirements/specifications.
• Investigate ways to apply delivered PeopleSoft technology as a solution to business problems, providing associated benefits and risks of the approach.
• Analyze the best approach for implementing customizations.
• Assist team members in creation of design documents and other related system documentation. Review and approve final technical design.
• Code new programs and modules as well as changes to existing programs and modules.
• Assist team members with development tasks as needed.
• Enforce Oracle PeopleSoft application coding standards are followed and validate code against those standards.
• Perform program testing/tuning and assist others as needed.
• Ensure a test plan/test conditions are created, including regression conditions, and that all conditions have been successfully tested.
• Help staff troubleshoot production issues and provide on call support when needed.
• Conduct technical walkthroughs and code reviews of proposed system changes.
• Monitor user acceptance testing of code changes in a test environment, as well as resolution of any defects. Assist staff with implementing new features, resolving technical issues.

Additional Comments Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience in Algorithms (2 to 4 credit hours)
• Demonstrated experience in Assembler Programming (2 to 4 credit hours)
• Demonstrated experience in Business Programming (2 to 4 credit hours)
• Demonstrated experience in Client Server Programming (2 to 4 credit hours)
• Demonstrated experience in Object Oriented Programming (2 to 4 credit hours)
• Demonstrated experience in Data Base Applications (2 to 4 credit hours)
• Demonstrated experience performing program maintenance (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience developing program control scripts (such as JCL, ECL, UNIX, Shell script, NT batch commands, VB scripts, SMS) (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience writing programming instructions (code) in an object-oriented language (such as java) (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience writing programming instructions (code) in a procedural language (such as COBOL) (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience writing programming instructions (code) for communications interfaces with other software (3 months to a year)
• Demonstrated experience writing programming instructions (code) for any other specific programming language (3 months to a year)
• Demonstrated experience in COBOL (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in SQL / SQL Plus (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in Visual Basic / Visual Basic for Applications (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in MS SQL Server (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in PeopleSoft Development Tools/Code (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in business programming relating to payroll.
• Demonstrated experience with programming tools/IDEs (ie: Eclipse, Ultra Editor, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with database management tools (ie: Oracle SQL Developer, PL/SQL Developer, TOAD, etc.)
• Proficient at communicating with technical staff and customers alike
• Strong analytical thinker with excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated experience in handling high pressure situations, including the ability to work under tight deadlines, troubleshoot production issues (both during shift and on call), and able to shift priorities with minimal guidance

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Contact Information

Name Manu Priya Minocha

Telephone (518) 474-1924

Fax (518) 486-6723

Email Address recruit@osc.ny.gov

Address

Street Office of Human Resources

110 State Street, 12th Floor

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12236

 

Notes on ApplyingNotes on Applying: Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to recruit@osc.state.ny.us no later than August 16, 2018. Please reference Item #00442(3) – MPM- GOER when responding.
When responding, please include the reference number and letters listed in this section. The VACANCY ID # should not be included.