DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:
- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

The dedicated .NET developer will be instrumental in overseeing the seamless operation, enhancement, and long-term sustainability of our Learning Management System (LMS). This individual will serve as the cornerstone of the system's technical backbone, ensuring its alignment with the city's training and compliance needs, and spearheading optimizations for improved functionality. Their role will entail a mix of maintenance, proactive system enhancements, and immediate troubleshooting, always keeping user needs at the forefront while ensuring the system's robustness and adaptability.

Key Responsibilities:

- System Maintenance: Regularly monitor, update, and maintain the LMS to ensure optimal performance, security, and user experience.
- Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve system glitches, bugs, or malfunctions, minimizing downtimes and ensuring uninterrupted service for city employees.
- Feature Enhancement: Work closely with the other developers and business analysts to identify potential system enhancements and implement them for improved functionality and user experience.
- Integration: Collaborate with other IT teams to ensure seamless integration of the LMS with other city systems and databases.
- User Feedback: Act on feedback from users to refine and optimize the LMS.
- Documentation & Knowledge Retention: Maintain comprehensive documentation for system updates, modifications, and best practices, ensuring knowledge continuity.
- Compliance & Security: Ensure that the LMS adheres to necessary OTI compliance standards and follows best practices in data security.
- Collaboration: Work in tandem with external consultants or vendors as needed, ensuring the smooth integration of third-party tools or updates.
- Training: Provide training and support to our business teams as needed.

(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.

- 5+ years development experience in .net and C# - 5+ years of SQL server development experience - Design, build and deploy applications for the Open eDX using JavaScript and Python and knowledge of its APIs - Experience building, consuming and securing APIs - Proficient with relational database systems such as MongoDB, MySQL and SQL Server - Experience in web technologies such as CSS, HTML and UI/UX standards - Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features - Write Unit and UI tests to identify bugs and performance issue - Experience deploying and supporting of production applications - Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect applications and services - Working knowledge of authentication protocols and methods

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.