*This vacancy is only open to 1) current permanent City employees serving in the Certified IT Developer (Applications) civil service title or 2) on leave from the title or 3) permanent City employees in or on leave from a comparable title.
The Capital Integrated Data Solutions (IDS) unit manages the data, technology, applications, reporting, and record retention that supports the entire Capital Division and all projects past, present, and future. IDS is a 24-member team organized into five specialized sub-units: Application Development; Unifier Development; Technical Support and CAD Support; Data Systems; and Document Services and Historic Archives.
Major Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Director of Capital Integrated Data Solutions, with wide latitude for independent judgment, serve as the unit's senior technical leader, with primary responsibility for the in-house application portfolio – more than 60 custom systems supporting capital planning, design, procurement, construction, and reporting – and for the software engineering standards, security practices, and release discipline that sustain them.
- Act as the unit's principal technical authority for SQL and .NET application engineering, database design, performance tuning, and release scheduling in order to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of data systems.
- Own the full lifecycle of the Capital Division's in-house application portfolio from conceptualization through development, deployment and ongoing maintenance.
- Establish and enforce Software Development Life Cycle standards, including requirements documentation, source control and branching, peer code review, unit and integration testing, user acceptance testing, release management and rollback procedures.
- Design, develop, and optimize .NET applications (C#, VB.NET) and Microsoft SQL Server and MariaDB databases, including stored procedures, views, indexing strategies and Entity Framework data access layers.
- Administer and maintain the unit's application hosting environment – Internet Information Services (IIS), Windows Server, and supporting virtual infrastructure – in coordination with the Division of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITT).
- Lead application security and compliance activities, including secure coding standards, input validation, authentication and authorization, least-privilege access, vulnerability remediation, and patching, in coordination with the agency Chief Information Security Officer.
- Plan and execute legacy system modernization and platform migrations while protecting data integrity.
- Expand appropriate use of the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) and Microsoft 365 services to automate internal processes and reduce manual effort.
- Design and maintain integrations and data flows between Oracle Primavera Unifier, in-house applications, ESRI ArcGIS, and agency reporting platforms; ensure consistent data definitions and reliable data exchange.
- Supervise, mentor, and evaluate developers and supervisory staff; conduct code reviews, set technical standards, and build the team's capability and succession depth.
- Support production operations: triage escalated defects, manage incident response for application outages, maintain documentation and runbooks, and report on service levels.
- Assist in preparing technical specifications, scopes of work, and evaluation criteria for software procurements, and provide technical oversight of consultants and vendors.
Work Location: Olmsted Center, Queens
How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 796070.
All applicants must apply via cityjobs.nyc.gov. The City is no longer using ESS to accept applications.
*Current City Employees please include your ERN on your resume.
NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.
Fees: Hired candidates will be subject to a processing fee between $40.00 to $101.00 based on the salary range of title. Hired candidates who are not currently employed by the City will be subject to a $104.50 background check fee.
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