Director, Applications Development

About the role

The NYC Department of Design and Construction, Technology and Innovation Division, seeks a T&I Director of the Payment and Project Management Suite to lead internal staff and consultant teams in developing, enhancing, and supporting mission critical applications; including PDMS, Benchmark, Change Request, Daily Diary, Task Order, Bidscope+, FEP and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Advising executive leadership on construction-technology solutions
• Managing dedicated teams for each application
• Supervising vendor performance
• Monitoring ticket performance to ensure swift resolutions of product issues
• Executing the agency’s T&I strategic plan day to day
• Cultivate processes that foster clear communication with partner divisions to enhance user experience
• Prepare the annual budget and expenditure schedule for the suite
• Serve as a liaison and actively participate in high-level project management meetings

Requirements

• Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position.
• All applicants, including City Employees, need to submit job application as prompted.

Qualifications

• A master's degree in computer science from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience in Information Technology (IT) including applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing, or user services. At least eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties;
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in "1" above;
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and six (6) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in "1" above;
• A satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and must possess at least three (3) years of experience as described in "1" above, including the eighteen (18) months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills

• Hands on experience working with .NET Technologies
• Experience with AJAX, HTML 5, CSS, and JavaScript along with frameworks such as JQuery, Bootstrap, and/or AngularJS
• Experience working with Microsoft SQL Server, creating data definitions, SSIS packages and complex database objects
• MCSD or MCP or MCSE or MCITP: Web Applications preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio.NET, Microsoft SQL Management Studio, Microsoft Reporting Services, and Team Foundation Server
• Development of complex ETL data transformations using SSIS and stored procedures
• An ability to communicate and work in a team setting