Middleware Computer Systems Specialist

City of New York•New York City, NY

About The Position

The Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Middleware Computer Systems Specialist to support ongoing production maintenance and phased rollout implementation of the HR, Benefits, and Timekeeping functions of HR/Payroll systems. Primary Responsibilities include: This role will be a technical position responsible for supporting and maintaining the agency’s application build infrastructure as part of the HRP Middleware team. Tasks will include the setup, maintenance, and ongoing development of the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) infrastructure, including support for the agency’s Java-based web interface tool that enables on-demand and scheduled builds and deployments of the Java application code base. This person will also support the infrastructure of critical citywide applications, as well as function as one of the technical administrators for the group.

Requirements

Over 10 years of experience in CI/CD platform engineering, DevOps automation, and infrastructure engineering across enterprise environments
Deep expertise in pipeline design, build orchestration, and deployment automation for complex multi-tier applications
Extensive hands-on experience with Jenkins (with CloudBees CI preferred), Apache Ivy, Maven, and Ansible
Experienced in managing and integrating Ivy repositories for internal artifact storage and dependency resolution
3+ years’ experience in analysis, design and development of Enterprise Java applications, including experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Java, J2EE, XML, and related technologies
Proficient in authoring and maintaining Ant build scripts to automate software compilation, packaging, and deployment workflows
Skilled in integrating CI/CD pipelines with Ivy-managed artifact repositories, ClearCase SCM, and version control systems such as GitHub
Experienced in developing and maintaining build agents, pipeline scripts, and shared libraries to standardize and accelerate delivery processes
Proficient in implementing automated testing, quality gates, and artifact versioning as part of continuous integration workflows
Proven ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and govern CI/CD pipelines for performance, compliance, and operational reliability
Experience in performing all functions of computer programming, using standard design and programming techniques; developing Enterprise Java based solutions
Experience in understanding and debugging Java errors
Good understanding of relational database concepts and experience in SQL
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to perform detailed Root Cause Analysis of problems
Ability to work well with your manager and staff from other departments, agencies, and technical support teams
Ability to clearly document and explain symptoms and solutions to complex problems
Ability to plan, manage time according to schedules, and provide status updates required
Ability to support 24x7 and be able to work nights/weekends as required
Previous experience working with an enterprise wide, large scale environment
Excellent communications skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required
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 2. 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 3. 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 4. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above.

Responsibilities

supporting and maintaining the agency’s application build infrastructure
setup, maintenance, and ongoing development of the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) infrastructure
support the infrastructure of critical citywide applications
function as one of the technical administrators for the group