The Financial Information Services Agency and the Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) have a vacancy for a Systems Programmer who will provide technical services within the mainframe team and support the IBM mainframe computer systems, program products, and subsystems.

Primary Responsibilities include:
As a z/OS Systems Programmer in the System Services group, primary responsibility will include:
- Ongoing maintenance (installation, patching, upgrades, administration, etc.,) of the mainframe z/OS operating system, CICS Subsystems, software products and UNIX Systems Services.
- The candidate will be required to provide Production 24/7 coverage (if required) and support weekend implementations.
- The ability to work as part of a group and individually.
- The ability to shuffle priorities in response to a changing workload.
- The ability to keep up with changing technology.
- Must be reliable, honest, and technically inclined.
- Must be willing to learn new technologies.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering or a related field and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or,

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to datacenter engineering and operations, cloud engineering and operations, complex IT infrastructure engineering; or,

3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

- 10+ years of experience working with z/OS, CICS, program product installations and Unix System Services - Working knowledge of IMS and DB2 is a plus - Experience in using monitoring tools such as OMEGAMON and TMON - Working with an enterprise-wide, large-scale implementation - Excellent communications skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required

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.