Information Technology Specialist ; NY HELPs

Duties Description The New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) provides operational support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year, supporting more than 4,900 applications for 53 New York State Agencies.
The Information Technology Specialist 2, SG-18, will provide support for multiple agencies and shared service teams. Specific duties will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Design, develop and maintain web services and viable web services architecture
• Deploy solutions on various server platforms (JBoss, WAS, Tom Cat, IIS, Cold Fusion, etc.)
• Assist with the development and support of the source code repository and continuous integration environment for the application development team.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code meets architecture, programming and UI/UX standards
• Write Scripts to identify duplicate email accounts based on CSV input.?
• Document hypothesis, test conditions, test results, and summary information.
• Write code to organize Archive email migration data into valid batch file loads.?
• Participate in application design reviews
• Estimate time and resource needs for new projects
• Participate in defining standards and performing code reviews, and will perform all work in accordance with architecture, programming, and user experience standards.

Minimum Qualifications Open Competitive: A bachelor’s or higher-level degree including or supplemented by 15 semester credit hours in computer science.

ORA bachelor’s or higher-level degree in any field and one year of experience in information technology;

OR60 semester credit hours including or supplemented by 15 semester credit hours in computer science and one year of professional experience in information technology.

ORTwo years of professional experience in information technology.

Promotion:
Open to NYS employees with one year of permanent competitive service as an Information Technology Specialist 1, Salary Grade (SG) 14.Transfer:
Open to NYS employees with one year of permanent competitive service as an Information Technology Specialist 2 or Information Technology Specialist 2 Programming, G-18; OR in a title G-16 or above deemed administrative under Section 52.6 of the Civil Service Law.
55b/c Appointment:
This position is eligible for 55b/c designation and candidates are encouraged to apply.
Please note:

• Appointment to this position and continued employment with the agency is contingent upon obtaining and/or maintaining New York State residency within six months of hiring.
• Appointment to this position is not final until all agency approvals have been granted.

Additional Comments ITS will not offer permanent employment to any candidate unless the candidate provides documentation that they are authorized to accept work in the United States on a permanent basis. It is the policy of ITS not to hire F1 or H1 visa holders for permanent employment or to sponsor non-immigrant aliens for temporary work authorization visas or for permanent residence.

Some positions may require fingerprinting. Some positions may require up to 25% travel and/or lifting up to 50 lbs. Some positions are pending Civil Service approval. Details of position(s) will be described further if you are selected for an interview. If eligible, positions located in New York City will receive an additional $3,400 downstate adjustment location pay with regular annual salary.

Positions located in the Mid-Hudson will receive an additional $1,650 adjustment location pay. For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title maybe filled via a non- competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At this time, agencies may recruit and hire employees by making temporary appointments.

In May 2024, if a temporary NY HELPS employee is satisfactorily performing in the position, the appointment will be changed from temporary pending Civil Service Commission Action to permanent non-competitive and the official probationary period will begin. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will…