NOTE: This position is open only to current City of New York employees serving in a permanent Civil Service title of Computer Associate (Software); or, those who are currently reachable on the open competitive civil service list for Computer Associate (Software).
To be considered for this position, PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE YOUR CURRENT PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE and/or your score & list number on the open competitive civil service exam for the Computer Associate (Software) title.
The New York City Comptroller’s Office works to promote the financial health, integrity, and effectiveness of New York City government, in order to strengthen trust, secure a thriving future for all New Yorkers, and build a more just, equitable, and resilient city. Led by an independently elected citywide official, the comptroller’s office provides checks and balances needed to hold City government accountable for budgeting wisely, investing responsibly, operating efficiently, acting fairly, living up to its obligations and promises, and paying attention to the long-term challenges we face together.
The Office of the Comptroller’s Bureau of Information Systems provides a full range of technology support services for key business functions and Charter mandated responsibilities of the Comptroller’s Office. These services include technology strategic planning, web site development, graphic design, disaster recovery, systems development, network administration, audio/visual services, business process re-engineering, change management, program management, security administration, service desk, computer operations, telecommunications, and document management.
Under the direction of the Director of the Asset Management Systems, the Business Analyst is responsible for working with the Bureau of Asset Management on their various IT initiatives and documenting existing business processes, implementing management plans for each project, compiling analysis reports and documenting user requirements. The Business Analyst will be expected to report on these initiatives following Office and industry-wide standards and keep Bureau leadership informed of the latest status, risks and accomplishments.
Duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:
- Facilitate and capture business/technical requirements from existing systems for modernization.
- Deliver elements of system design migration rules, business rules, wireframes, or other detailed deliverables.
- Ensure project priorities are clearly communicated and understood.
- Identify opportunities to improve enterprise systems and business processes and help drive solutions.
- Serve as a liaison between business users and technical team, providing clear communication, translate technical jargon into business terms.
- Utilize SQL to extract, manipulate, and analyze large datasets from various databases, ensuring accurate and timely information for business decision-making and reporting.
- Leverage Power Query to cleanse, transform, and integrate data from multiple sources, creating efficient and automated data workflows for reporting and analysis.
Minimum Qualifications/Requirements: NOTE: This position is open only to current City of New York employees serving in the permanent Civil Service title of Computer Associate (Software); or, those who are currently reachable on the open competitive civil service list for Computer Associate (Software).
To be considered for this position, PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE YOUR CURRENT PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE and/or your score & list number on the open competitive civil service exam for the Computer Associate (Software) title.
COMPUTER ASSOC (SOFTWARE) - 13631
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and one year of satisfactory full-time computer software experience in computer systems development and analysis, applications programming, database administration, maintenance and support, systems programming, data communications, mainframe development, mobile development, web development and design; or
2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience as described in "1" above; or
3. Education and or/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in "2" above on the basis that 60 semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. In addition, 24 semester credits from an accredited college or graduate school in computer science or a related field, or a certificate of at least 625 hours in computer programming from an accredited technical school (post high school), may be substituted for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least one year of satisfactory full-time experience as described in "1" above.
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• A chance to build the future of this city. New York City government is at the crossroads of where policy, great ideas, city services, and smart urban planning meet the lives and needs of every day New Yorkers.
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