The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking a Computer Specialist (Software) to design, implement, enhance, maintain, and analyze software systems to provide a safe and reliable commute, excellent customer service, and rewarding opportunities.
Requirements
- 24 semester credits in computer science or a related computer field
- Two years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience in computer systems development and analysis, applications programming, database administration, systems programming, data communications
- One year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project
- Experience with Database Management Systems, Operating Systems, Data Communications Systems, Applications, and/or related software functions
- Experience with systems development and applications programming
- Experience with data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or online applications programming
- Knowledge of computer hardware and software products
Responsibilities
- Design, implementation, enhancement and maintenance of either Database Management Systems, Operating Systems, Data Communications Systems, Applications, and/or related software functions
- Supervise a unit engaged in work related to the above areas or may independently perform related work of a highly complex, technical nature
- Perform complex staff work and the full range of computer systems analysis functions utilizing general software and software systems analysis in highly complex systems development projects
- Supervise the activities of a number of applications programming units engaged in work of more than ordinary difficulty, complexity, and responsibility in a multi-programming electronic computer installation
- Coordinate and direction of data processing projects organized to plan and implement complex integrated software development projects in a multi-programming computer system operating in an online mode in a communications environment
- Hold senior-level technical responsibility for extremely complex and ongoing software functions related to Systems Analysis, Data Administration, Database Management Systems, Operating Systems, Data Communications Systems, On-Line Applications Programming, contingency planning, evaluation and selection of telecommunications, local area networks, computer hardware and software products, and quality assurance functions
- Directs major undertakings that run in a large multimainframe data center, and/or an environment of distributed processing systems combining numerous types of hardware and software
Other
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent
- Six years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience
- One year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project
- Ability to work outside of normal work hours (i.e., evenings and weekends) and travel to other MTA locations or other external sites
