The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to self-sufficiency as quickly as possible.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is DSS’s technology services organization. ITS mission is to support the daily, emergent, and long-term needs of both agencies. ITS creates and enhances the technology infrastructure and computer applications that support HRA and DHS and develops applications, including a variety of client eligibility and recertification systems, case management systems, housing systems, employment/work engagement services, revenue producing computer matches, claiming systems, and personnel systems.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is recruiting for one (1) IT Project Specialist, to function as a Senior Cloud Application Developer, who will:

- Oversee, plan, manage and coordinate complex projects from initiation to completion, including
solutioning major aspects of the application applying new and emerging WEB technologies to
transform and optimize business and operating models, and help ITS plan, design, innovate,
orchestrate, facilitate, navigate, and operationalize the design, utilizing expertise in technologies
like Cloud Platforms, Net core, developing Single Page Applications, Mobile solutions, Artificial
Intelligence (AI).

- Lead team in efforts to solution rich and compelling interfaces using frameworks like Angular,
Bootstrap & establish a resource of reusable components for team’s consumption & or enterprise
consumption.

- Drive improvement initiatives by eliciting business process details from client areas to improve
overall architecture and application framework of the hosted by the team using reusable services
and emerging technologies and methodologies.

- Research and identify emerging technologies impacting the business Intelligence layer to ensure
integration services are being prioritized and developed that create program and agency efficiencies
and improvements; Liaise with business leaders, IT technical teams and vendors, as necessary in
fulfilling the department goals and objectives.

1. 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.

- Knowledge of Microsoft Power platform. - Knowledge of Azure Function App. - Knowledge of Azure Synapse Analytics. - Knowledge of Azure DevOps. - Familiarity with Agile development practices government social benefits programs industry standards in project management. - Ability to work cooperatively with System Integrator. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Knowledge of New York City agency and executive operations and procedures. - Business analysis experience to include data flow diagrams, requirements specifications, use case.

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.