The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the world's busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY members are sworn to serve and protect life and property and the Department works to continually educate the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865, FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation. This accomplishment requires a steadfast and daily commitment to maintaining the Department's core values.

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) seeks a full-time Computer Specialist, Level 2 in the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Unit. With wide latitude for independent initiative & judgment, the GIS Analyst-Research Scientist will assist senior leadership in making evidence-based, geo-spatial decisions, and by communicating research progress, outcomes, and challenges. Responsibilities include identifying research areas based on goals and trends and ensuring that projects are aligned with organizational objectives. Establishing and maintaining collaborations with external partners, academic institutions, and industry stakeholders. Encouraging and driving the development of cutting-edge algorithms, models, and techniques. Reporting to end users ensuring data quality, reviewing metrics for internal and external reports, creating dashboards and completing adhoc data and map requests. Ensuring the quality and rigor of research methodologies and results facilitating the transfer of research outcomes into real-world applications and products. Provide mentorship with the ability to inspire and foster a collaborative and innovative research environment.

COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) - 13632

(1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory full-time software experience in designing, programming, debugging, maintaining, implementing, and enhancing computer software applications, systems programming, systems analysis and design, data communication software, or database design and programming, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(2) A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory software experience as described in “1" above, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(3) A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is 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 sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in (1) or (2) above. However, all candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory full-time software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
NOTE: In order to have your experience accepted as Project Leader or Major Contributor experience, you must explain in detail how your experience qualifies you as a project leader or as a major contributor. Experience in computer operations, technical support, quality assurance (QA), hardware installation, help desk, or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting the minimum qualification
requirements.
Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV, in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above, individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or on-line applications programming.

Candidate must be an excellent communicator, team player and exhibit a willingness to learn and work well in diverse teams. Excellent at communicating findings and providing pragmatic analytical solutions. Advanced degrees in Geography, Engineering, Operations Research, Statistics, Computer Science, Management Science, Public Policy, or a related field that includes research methods and statistical analysis. Experience with ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise including Portal, Pro and ArcGIS Online Oracle and Microsoft SQL Tableau and Microsoft Power BI dashboards and geospatial data processing/ETL. Demonstrated ability in programming and logic a good understanding of data requirements relating to applications design. Expert ability in operations research and statistical methods and techniques, including deployment analysis and resource allocation modeling, systems/operations analysis, simulation and optimization (linear and nonlinear), predictive analytics (e.g. deep learning), econometrics, time series/forecasting, vehicle routing and related skills. Experience conducting high-level quantitative research/and mathematical modeling. Expertise in statistical/simulation/optimization packages such as C#, Python, R, SAS, STATA. Management experience and strong people skills with a focus on customer service. Providing expert judgement in the use and incorporation of analytics, including being well versed in the analytics industry, best practices, literature, Operations Research and Emergency Response and Deployment analytics. Ability to communicate findings through writing and data visualization.

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.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

New York City Residency is not required for this position

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.