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 6, employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2, square mile watershed that extends 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 DEP’s 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 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, TDI’s responsibilities include driving technology;
• digital transformation efforts; developing data analytics; dashboards / reports; re-engineering 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 agency-wide procurement-related systems;

and ensures DEP's compliance with policies and directives. TDI’s goal is to provide the best-in-class service that supports the ACCO’s mission.

Job Tasks / Duties :

The Applications Development Specialist will be responsible for the daily operations of the Agency's centralized Procurement and Contract Tracking System (PACT).

This includes supporting, maintaining, troubleshooting system glitches. The Application Development Specialist is also responsible for re-engineering, 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.

Minimum 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 full-time (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 full-time (not classroom based) specialized experience as described in 1 above; OR

3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization AND 24 months of satisfactory full-time (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 four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and at least 24 months of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) specialized information technology experience as described in 1 above.

Preferred Skills

Skills, Knowledge and Experience : - 2 to 5 years of experience in designing, developing, supporting software products, specifically around financial or related, large scale enterprise level applications, following structured application development and delivery methodologies.

Hands-on technical experience and working independently using C#, Microsoft .NET, ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, XML, Java Scripts, SQL, PowerShell scripts etc.

is required.- Excellent object-oriented programming skills, strong analytical and technical design skills are required.- Experience of developing integrated applications using MS-SQL Server databases systems is required.

• Experience in developing as well as integrating with Web Services (SOAP, REST API) is required.- Experience in developing applications using Azure DevOps and repos is preferred.
• Experience in developing applications using Microsoft Power platform is preferred.- Experience in configuring and developing applications using Microsoft Dynamics software-as-a service applications is a plus.
• Microsoft Certifications in web development and database technologies are preferred

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

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Residency RequirementNew York City Residency is not required for this position