Mainframe Programmer Analyst

City of New York•New York City, NY

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Information Services Agency and the Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Mainframe Programmer Analyst. FISA maintains a mainframe payroll application that is integrated with the City's timekeeping and personnel application for active employees. Additionally, FISA maintains a mainframe Pension Payroll system that is integrated/interfaces with five separate pension agencies for retirees. Mainframe development work is triaged through the analyst group and as a mainframe programmer analyst, along with the Lead, the programmer analyst shall review the business/technical requirements, and provide technical guidance as well as architectural suggestions. The programmer analyst shall support the current ongoing development work of the long term, highly complex PMS replacement project. The programmer analyst shall work closely with the technical Lead and FISA analyst, testing, and operations staff to create accurate and efficient processes. The programmer analyst shall support production payroll and pension payroll activities.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
An associate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position and a specialization in a relevant technology, process, methodology and/or domain; or
Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above.

Nice To Haves

Strong experience as a senior mainframe (COBOUIMS/D82) programmer
Strong experience with JCUPROCS/CTLCARDS
Strong experience design/program and architecture in a mainframe environment
Strong production coverage and troubleshooting experience
Strong knowledge of RMDS/EXPEDITER/File-Aid for IMS/D82
Strong experience with management of Technical Staff
Extensive experience in the preparation of structure charts or invocation diagrams
Extensive experience designing the architecture of mainframe applications and dependencies
Excellent understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies
Experience working with enterprise wide, large-scale implementation
Knowledge of the City's legacy payroll management system
Knowledge of the City's personnel processing
Knowledge of the City's timekeeping processing
Excellent communication skills (Oral and Written), interpersonal, and organizational skills

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the technical lead, work in a techno-functional capacity with a strong understanding of business processes, mainframe programming (COBOL), and relational databases to design, program, and assist in determining impact of change to programs and systems.
Shall also review and analyze program specifications to determine the effort needed to make changes.
The programmer analyst shall also be On-Call for overnight and weekend Payroll and Pension Payroll processes.