Mainframe Programmer Analyst

Description

The team has an opening for a Mainframe Programmer Analyst.

The team maintains a mainframe payroll application that connects to the city's timekeeping and personnel application for active employees. It also maintains a mainframe pension payroll system that interfaces with five pension agencies for retirees.

Mainframe development requests go through the analyst group. Working with the technical lead, you review business and technical requirements and offer technical guidance and architecture ideas.

You will support the ongoing work on the PMS replacement project, a long-term and highly complex effort, and help keep payroll and pension payroll running in production.

Responsibilities

• Under the technical lead's direction, combine business process knowledge, COBOL mainframe programming and relational database skills to design and write programs.
• Assess how changes affect programs and systems.
• Read program specifications and estimate the work needed for each change.
• Work with the technical lead, FISA analysts, testing staff and operations staff to build accurate, efficient processes.
• Take an on-call rotation covering overnight and weekend payroll and pension payroll processing.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics or a related field, plus six years of full-time experience in enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college plus ten years of full-time experience in enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to either of the above.
• Preferred: strong experience as a senior mainframe programmer in COBOL/IMS/D82.
• Preferred: strong experience with JCL/PROCS/CTLCARDS.
• Preferred: strong experience designing, programming and architecting in a mainframe environment.
• Preferred: strong production support and troubleshooting experience.
• Preferred: strong knowledge of RMDS, EXPEDITER and File-Aid for IMS/D82.
• Preferred: strong experience managing technical staff.
• Preferred: extensive experience preparing structure charts or invocation diagrams.
• Preferred: extensive experience designing the architecture of mainframe applications and their dependencies.
• Preferred: thorough understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies.
• Preferred: experience with large-scale, enterprise-wide implementations.
• Preferred: knowledge of the city's legacy payroll management system.
• Preferred: knowledge of the city's personnel processing.
• Preferred: knowledge of the city's timekeeping processing.
• Preferred: excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

Conditions

Based at 5 Manhattan West, New York, NY.

35 hours per week.

Title code P-311. Posted as Senior IT Architect, code 95711.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that bans discrimination and harassment based on any legally protected status or characteristic.

Benefits

• Health insurance and a pension plan.
• Deferred Compensation Plan with 457, 401(k) and Roth IRA options.
• Pre-tax commuter benefit program and pre-tax flexible spending accounts.
• Prescription drug, dental and vision coverage through District Council 37, Local 2627, the union for this title.