City of New York | Solutions Developer for the Office ...

Company Description Job Description About the Agency: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city's neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love. -We maintain building and resident safety and health. -We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability. -We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity. HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of "Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness," Mayor Adams' comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city's history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City's complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth. Your Team: Housing Preservation & Development Technology (HPD Tech) is the IT division within HPD. The Office of HPD Tech leads the agency's effort to transform HPD through technology by promoting productivity and eliminating manual processing, shrinking costs, and increasing the pace of work. HPD Tech works to improve effectiveness of business processes using core applications for flawless execution. HPD Tech empowers decision makers with access to quality (complete and accurate) information to anticipate and pro-actively react to building, neighborhood and market conditions. The Office of HPDTech is composed of 7 units: CIO (Chief Information Office), CTO (Chief Technology Office), CPO (Chief Product Office), Budget, Enterprise Architecture, Planning & Compliance, and Information Security. Your Impact: As a Solutions Developer (SD) reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of Enterprise Architecture, you will developing solutions for all project implementations within HPD Tech. Your Role: This position will be responsible for aligning the project solutions with overall Enterprise Systems strategy and plans. The Solutions Developer will work closely with tech leads to guide the projects through all the phases of agile methodology. The Solutions Developer will work closely with HPD Tech lead and data architect in developing Sprint 0 documentation according the specification HPD Tech's agile methodology. Key Responsibilities: -Security Compliance: Work with tech leads to ensure the City's security guidelines are implemented effectively. -Enterprise Solution Development: Collaborate closely with the Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture to develop scalable solution services for use across the enterprise. -Cloud Solution Deployment: Partner with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Application teams to roll out cloud-based solutions, including those on Azure. -Service Expansion: Identify opportunities within projects to expand HPD Tech's enterprise services and microservices footprint. -Research and Development: Assist the Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture in researching and evaluating new products and services, such as Service Bus and service layers, for potential inclusion in HPD Tech's development toolkit. -Solution Design and Development: Create high-quality, scalable, and maintainable .NET applications based on business requirements. -Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and provide technical insights. -Code Reviews and Standards: Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices. -Performance Optimization: Analyze application performance and implement optimizations to enhance speed, reliability, and scalability. -Technical Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for application design, code, and processes. -Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in .NET and related technologies to continuously improve the team's technical capabilities. Preferred Skills: -Extensive Experience: 6 or more years of experience in the following areas: -N-Tier Architecture: Expertise in n-tier application development using Microsoft .NET tools and technologies. -SOA and Microservices: Experience in the design and implementation of SOA services using SOAP, WCF, Web Services, Web API, RESTful services, and microservices with Microsoft .NET. -Data Modeling: Experience with data modeling and database development, including creating Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD), Data Flow Diagrams (DFD), and Reverse Engineering (RE). -Integrated Development Environment: Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, including development and DevOps. -Security Requirements: Experience with highly complex application security requirements. -Messaging Queues: Familiarity with RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar messaging queue tools. Expertise: Strong understanding and experience with both .NET Framework and .NET Core for building scalable, high-performance applications. -C# Proficiency: Expert-level knowledge of C# for writing and maintaining .NET applications. -Web Development: Experience with , MVC, and Web API for developing web applications and services. -Front-End Technologies: Familiarity with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.js. -Version Control: Familiarity with Git, GitHub, or Azure DevOps for version control and collaborative development. -CI/CD Knowledge: Understanding of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices and tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or TeamCity. -Agile Experience: Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments, including participation in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives. -Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues. -Communication: Effective verbal and written communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. NOTE: This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and various unions. NYC residency is not required. Qualifications (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. Additional Information 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.

Created: 2024-11-26