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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 08/01/18

Applications Due08/16/18

Vacancy ID56668

AgencyState Comptroller, Office of the

TitleInformation Technology Specialist 2 (Programming) #00896

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%

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

County Albany

Street Address 110 State Street

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12236

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 • Analyze mainframe COBOL and SyncSort code, MVS JCL scripting, IBM utilities (i.e. IEBGENER), SQR, SQL, and other programs
• Analyze existing check and form templates for the Advanced Function Printing (AFP) applications using Design Pro Tools Software
• Provide complete Fit/Gap analysis of proposed system changes
• Create design documents and other related system documentation
• Collaborate with business analysts and systems users to gather and refine system change requirements
• Establish test conditions based on code specifications
• Code and debug mainframe COBOL and SyncSort code, MVS JCL scripting, IBM utilities (i.e. IEBGENER), SQR, SQL, and other programs
• Develop new and update existing check printing templates for the Advanced Function Printing (AFP) applications using Design Pro Tools Software
• Conduct technical walkthroughs of proposed system changes
• Conduct unit testing and debugging of all code changes in a development environment
• Debug and fix reported defects and implement enhancement requests
• Conduct code reviews as assigned and recommend changes
• Perform Quality Assurance testing of code changes as assigned
• Provide production support for the SFS check writing process
• Work closely with business analysts and system users on problem identification and resolution
• Provide on-call support for after-hours batch processing as needed

Additional Comments Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 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 performing programming maintenance (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in 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 in writing programming instructions (code) in a procedural language (such as COBOL) (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in writing programming instructions (code) in an object-oriented language (such as java) (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in writing programming instructions (code) in any other specific programming language (3 months to less than 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 MVS (OS/390 or z/OS) (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience with Librarian (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience with Elixir (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience with JCL (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience in TSO (3 months to less than a year)
• Demonstrated experience with IBM utilities (ie: IEBGENER)
• Demonstrated experience using an enterprise sorting utility such as SyncSort
• Demonstrated experience using Advanced Function Printing (AFP) applications using Design Pro Tools Software
• Demonstrated experience in gathering and analyzing business requirements, creating technical specifications, determining time estimates, negotiating goals, reporting project statuses, and creating business solutions that meet business requirements
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies
• Demonstrated ability of strong communication skills
• Experience with Finalist and MailStream Plus software would be a significant advantage.

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

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.ny.gov no later than DATE. Please reference Item #00896 MPM – GOER when responding.
When responding, please include the reference number and letters listed in this section. The VACANCY ID # should not be included.

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