Project Assistant, Ref#7871

$84,156 - $106,454/Yr

State of New York - Menands, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Menands, NY

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Project Assistant position at the New York State Office of Information Technology Services involves supporting a large number of mainframe applications. The role requires developing, enhancing, and maintaining applications in an IBM z/OS environment, while also providing user support and documentation throughout the system development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and/or maintain mainframe applications in an IBM z/OS mainframe environment using IBM Enterprise COBOL, CICS, CA-Easytrieve Plus, JCL, and DB2 SQL
• Support and document all phases of a system development lifecycle
• Develop functional program designs
• Develop and maintain stored procedures, subroutines, batch and interactive programs
• Code, test, and debug programs
• Gather business requirements and ensure user acceptance
• Provide user support for the assigned applications
• Provide status reports for assignments in a timely manner
• Perform the full range of supervisory duties
• Provide off-hours support on a rotating basis as part of Emergency Escalation Roster

Requirements

• Five years of experience developing and supporting applications in IBM COBOL
• Associate's degree and four years of experience
• Associate's degree including 15 semester credit hours in computer science and three years of experience
• Bachelor's degree and three years of experience
• Bachelor's degree including 15 semester credit hours in computer science and two years of experience
• Master's degree in computer science or related field substitutes for an additional year of experience
• Doctorate in computer science or related field substitutes for an additional year of experience

Benefits

• Thirteen (13) paid holidays annually
• Up to Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave annually
• Up to Five (5) days of paid personal leave annually
• Up to Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave annually for PEF
• Up to three (3) days of professional leave annually to participate in professional development
• Eligible employees and dependents can pick from a variety of affordable health insurance programs
• Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost
• New York State Employees' Retirement System (ERS) Membership
• NYS Deferred Compensation
• Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, as well as U.S. Savings Bonds
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)