APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Only those applicants with permanent civil service status as a Certified IT Developer are eligible to apply to this job posting otherwise you will not be considered for an interview. On your cover letter please state that you are a permanent Certified IT Developer.

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water managing wastewater and stormwater and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Agency Chief Contracting Office ACCO is responsible for managing all agency procurement and payment activity in accordance with all applicable city and state laws and regulations including General Municipal Law City Charter local laws such as LL1 for MWBE Procurement Policy Board Rules and NYC Comptroller Directives. ACCO works cooperatively with DEPs bureaus in support of their operational and programmatic needs including procurement of capital construction and related professional services (design engineering and construction management services) maintenance and repair contracts and a wide array of supply and standard service contracts. In addition ACCO staff manages agency compliance with vendor performance evaluations MWBE participation goals opportunities and requirements prevailing wage labor law compliance and vendor management. ACCO processes hundreds of both large and small contracts and thousands of payment transactions procuring about $2 billion in contracts annually. The ACCO consists of nine (10) organizational groups: Competitive Sealed Bids Procurement Administration Technology Development & Innovation Contract Administration Contract Compliance and Opportunities Purchasing Management Payments & Accounting Contracts Review and Negotiations Large Payments and Accounting Management and the Process Optimization & Change Management group.

The Technology Development & Innovation (TDI) unit is responsible for implementing new technologies and is focused on ensuring that these technologies meet the current and future business needs of ACCO the agency contractors and vendors; oversees special initiatives and procurement for partner agencies and offices. Additionally TDIs responsibilities include driving technology; digital transformation efforts; developing data analytics; dashboards/reports; reengineering of existing applications; and development configuration and customization of new software applications. TDI ensures data integrity by performing Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC); providing technical support and guidance for procurement applications and security administration for various citywide and agencywide procurementrelated systems; and ensures DEPs compliance with policies and directives. TDIs goal is to provide the bestinclass service that supports the ACCOs mission.

Job Tasks/Duties:

The Applications Development Specialist will be responsible for the daily operations of the Agencys centralized Procurement and Contract Tracking System (PACT). This includes supporting maintaining troubleshooting system glitches. The Application Development Specialist is also responsible for reengineering integration with PASSPort and development of new functional enhancements necessary to support the agency contracting staff ACCO requirements bureau requests and to keep abreast with changing technologies as well as changes to Citywide Directives and Procurement Policy Board (PPB) Rules.

CERT IT DEVELOPER (APP) 13643

Qualifications :

Professional/Vendor Certification Education and Experience Requirements: You must have current professional/vendor certifications.
In addition you must have one of the following:
1. A masters degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) AND 12 months of satisfactory fulltime (not classroom based) specialized experience in computer applications development planning design configuration installation troubleshooting integration performance monitoring maintenance enhancement and security management as described in the following nine Major Task Groups in the IT Titles Task Inventory*: Applications Development; Web Development Design and Maintenance; Business/Systems Analysis; Project Management Support; Application Design; GIS Structures Spatial Analysis and Mapping Principles; Testing; Technical Writing; and Version Control; OR
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) AND 24 months of satisfactory fulltime (not classroom based) specialized experience as described in 1 above; OR
3. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization AND 24 months of satisfactory fulltime (not classroom based) specialized experience as described in 1 above plus 48 months of information technology experience as described in the IT Task Inventory *; OR
4. A satisfactory combination of education and experience which is equivalent to 3 above. Education may be substituted for the information technology experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is equivalent to 12 months of experience up to a maximum of 48 months. However if you qualify under options 2 3 or 4 you must have at least a fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and at least 24 months of satisfactory fulltime (not classroom based) specialized information technology experience as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime