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 Systems (ITS)/Office of Enterprise Solutions Management is recruiting for an IT Project Specialist, to function as a Senior Curam Architect/ Developer, who will:

- Provide thought leadership and Curam expertise to the teams on future client portal changes,
enhancements, and review work products.

- Interface and collaborate with vendor support team(s), integrated system leads during development
and production support to develop and implement changes to system components, troubleshoot
and resolution of reported issues.

- Participate in the requirements gathering process for support and maintenance of the solution; guide
team in transitioning from legacy infrastructure/system components to the new architectures and
systems.

- With the Maintenance and Operations team, participate in translating the designs (user stories) for
system enhancements to technical designs/solution and support POC if required.

- Step into hands-on development role as necessary and work with the M&O team to respond to
defects or operational problems; diagnose cause and define remediation and support production
rollouts and business operations readiness.

- Participate in senior leadership meetings and act as the technical reference for Curam-related
design, development, testing, and deployment knowledge while providing technical input to
estimate the functional scope.

- Be responsible for maintaining the architectural integrity of the solution and ensuring that any proposed
customizations are designed and implemented in a manner that best utilizes the COTS framework,
by recommending approaches which optimize out of the box functionality and adhere to the guidelines
for upgradeability to new releases.


Hours/Shift:
Normal Business Hours

IT PROJECT SPECIALIST - 95710

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.

- Extensive knowledge and Expertise in C ram technologies, including Case and Participant Management, Evidence Management, Enterprise Modules, C ram Express Rules (CER), Curam Universal Access, Intelligent Evidence Gathering (IEG), Classic Framework, User Interface Framework (UIM), Workflows, C ram Web services, XML Server, UA Rest, and Batch Processing. - Experience in Java/JEE/XML development, web service development, both REST and SOAP. - Experience in JavaScript technologies such as ReactJS and DevOps technologies such as CI/CD, Jenkins, etc. - Experience implementing large and complex social benefits programs is a big plus. - Strong business acumen and exceptional interpersonal skills are highly desirable.

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.