- ONLY OPEN TO CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE TITLE OF COMPUTER ASSOCIATE (SW) OR WHO ARE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE.

The Financial Information Services Agency and the Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Job Administration/Production Control Technician reporting to the day Shift Supervisor. This position is responsible for monitoring job flows controlled by the CA Workload Automation DE (dSeries) scheduling system. The jobs being run execute on either a z/OS mainframe or UNIX server. The position requires knowledge of tools and utilities that run on either z/OS or UNIX. The technician must be able to respond quickly to job failures by determining the general cause of the problem and contacting the appropriate on-call staff member for remediation. The candidate will also be required to occasionally migrate software to the production and test environments. Other duties include documenting problems, setting up job flow dependencies, and executing/troubleshooting test flows.

Preferred Skills
- Extensive experience working in Production Control with mainframe or mid-range computer
- Familiarity with establishing job dependencies
- Experience troubleshooting JCL errors, using GDGs, and utilities such as File-AID and IDCAMS
- Knowledge of CA Workload Automation DE or similar enterprise scheduling package
- Knowledge of z/OS JCL and TSO/ISPF
- Experience with mainframe compile, link, and bind procedures
- Familiarity with file transfer protocols such as FTPS and/or Connect Direct
- Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills.
- Strong understanding of standard SDLC methodologies
- Knowledge of IMS, D82
- Knowledge of UNIX
- Knowledge of PUTTY, WinSCP
- Familiarity with Rational Tools (ClearQuest and ClearCase)
- Familiarity with MS-Word and Excel
- Knowledge of PeopleSoft People Tools (Process Monitor)

Experience:
- 3 - 5 years of related scheduling experience with a Windows-based scheduling system.
- 5 years' experience escalating and documenting critical job failures and schedule problems.
- 5 years of experience with hands-on work with executing and performing preliminary troubleshooting activities involving: scheduler, batch processes, and cycle flows.

To Apply
Applicants may visit the Jobs NYC website: www.nyc.gov/jobs and apply to Job ID: 636781. While all complete applications will be given consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Hours/Shift
This position is a 3-day work week, 7:30 am until 8:00 pm and includes weekends and holidays. The days worked will rotate on a 4 week predetermined schedule (4 weeks Mon thru Wed then 4 weeks Thu thru Sat.)

Additional Information
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- ONLY OPEN TO CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE TITLE OF COMPUTER ASSOCIATE (SW) OR WHO ARE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE.

Work Location
5 Manhattan West, NY, NY

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.

- Extensive experience working in Production Control with mainframe or mid-range computer - Familiarity with establishing job dependencies - Experience troubleshooting JCL errors, using GDGs, and utilities such as File-AID and IDCAMS - Knowledge of CA Workload Automation DE or similar enterprise scheduling package - Knowledge of z/OS JCL and TSO/ISPF - Experience with mainframe compile, link, and bind procedures - Familiarity with file transfer protocols such as FTPS and/or Connect Direct - Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills. - Strong understanding of standard SDLC methodologies - Knowledge of IMS, D82 - Knowledge of UNIX - Knowledge of PUTTY, WinSCP - Familiarity with Rational Tools (ClearQuest and ClearCase) - Familiarity with MS-Word and Excel - Knowledge of PeopleSoft People Tools (Process Monitor) Experience: - 3 - 5 years of related scheduling experience with a Windows-based scheduling system. - 5 years' experience escalating and documenting critical job failures and schedule problems. - 5 years of experience with hands-on work with executing and performing preliminary troubleshooting activities involving: scheduler, batch processes, and cycle flows.

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.