Job Description

The Financial Information Services Agency and the Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Mainframe Programmer Analyst.

FISA maintains a mainframe payroll application that is integrated with the City's timekeeping and personnel application for active employees. Additionally, FISA maintains a mainframe Pension Payroll system that is integrated/interfaces with five separate pension agencies for retirees. Mainframe development work is triaged through the analyst group and as a Mainframe Programmer Analyst, along with the Lead, the Programmer Analyst shall:

1. Review the business/technical requirements and provide technical guidance as well as architectural suggestions.
2. Support the current ongoing development work of the long term, high complexity PMS replacement project.
3. Work closely with the technical Lead and FISA analytic, testing, and operations staff to create accurate and efficient processes.
4. Support production payroll and pension payroll activities.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Work in a techno-functional capacity with a strong understanding of business processes, mainframe programming (COBOL), and relational databases to design, program, and assist in determining impact of change to programs and systems.
2. Review and analyze program specifications to determine the effort needed to make changes.
3. Be on-call for overnight and weekend payroll processes.

Preferred Skills:

1. Strong experience as a senior mainframe (COBOL/IMS/DB2) programmer
2. Strong experience with JCL/PROCS/CTLCARDS
3. Strong experience design/program and architecture in a mainframe environment
4. Strong production coverage and troubleshooting experience
5. Strong knowledge of RMDS/EXPEDITER/File-Aid for IMS/DB2
6. Strong experience with management of Technical Staff
7. Extensive experience in the preparation of structure charts or invocation diagrams
8. Extensive experience designing the architecture of mainframe applications and dependencies
9. Excellent understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies
10. Experience working with enterprise wide, large-scale implementation
11. Knowledge of the City's legacy payroll management system
12. Knowledge of the City's personnel processing
13. Knowledge of the City's timekeeping processing
14. Excellent communication skills (Oral and Written), interpersonal, and organizational skills

Minimum Qualifications:

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the particular position; or, Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 above.

Residency Requirement:

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.

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