PowerBuilder Application Developer - NYC-DSS

The HRA Eligibility Systems-POS Application Development unit within the Office of Enterprise Solutions Engineering is responsible for developing, maintaining and enhancing web and mobile applications required to support the agency’s mission of preventing and addressing hunger, poverty and homelessness. The unit is also dedicated to the testing of administrative systems that it either develops or purchases, as well triaging and responding to data and analytics request necessary to monitor and report on key performance indicators such as capacity, census, and critical incidents occurring in the SNAP and CA eligibility systems. Many of the applications from the HRA Eligibility Systems unit, communicate with both internal and external systems and platforms like the State Welfare Management System (WMS), – Work Accountability  and other diverse data sources.

Tasks & Duties

• Develop system design specifications
• Develops and prepares documents for the general design of solutions that meet system and security requirements, including the selection of alternative approaches.
• Develops specifications for databases, communication systems, hardware, network, security, storage and software configurations.
• Develops structured diagrams for the specifications of databases, communication systems, computer or storage area networks, security or network programs.
• Develops, compiles, maintains and documents configurations of the following: databases, servers, computers, security and network monitor systems, packaged programs, macros, utilities, and communication systems
• Develop system documentation
• Develop operational and installation procedures for communication systems, hardware, network, security, storage and software
• Develop guidelines and upgrade techniques of new operational procedures for the support of databases, hardware systems, operating systems software, network systems software, security and client server systems.
•             Develops detailed systems operations designs
• Perform System Design/Development
• Key applications enhancement and new feature tasks in PowerBuilder and Oracle database procedure and tables
• Working on converting widely used legacy COM applications to new XML Gateway web services: debugging to understand current logic, integrating with Oracle calls and making modifications and integrations to ensure seamless functionalities
• To work with quality control team to find difficult application flows where needs to have the enhancement and/ fixes
• Application completion Edits and other business rules conversion to new monitoring Tools.
• Web service and one viewer support and integration for the e-forms in various applications.
• Working on Citywide Reports
• Work with ITS staff (e.g., managers, senior programmers, support staff, product manager) to plan program development strategies, implementation planning, enhancements and changes
• Design reports, audit trails/logs, security mechanisms
• Provide assistance to ITS technical support staff when they are unable to resolve a program, database, or IT issue by themselves
• Provide general programming assistance to other ITS programmers/projects as may be needed
• Perform Testing/Evaluation
• Handle production incidents: analysis, triaging, finding root cause and bug fixing
• Create unit testing plans
• Application Version controlling and compiling and distribution by phases

Required Skills 

A minimum of 4 years of experience with the following skill sets:

·       Oracle 12C/11g (proficient in developing/debugging store procedures, and packages, triggers)

·       Working on PowerbBuilder windows application development

·       Writing application software, data analysis, data access

·       Data structures, data manipulation, databases, design, programming, testing and implementation

·       Technical and user documentation, software conversions

·       Exposure to environments include but are not limited to mainframe, mid range, personal computers, laptops

·       Lead in the design of program specifications and the implementation of software solutions

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience in Business, Information Management, or a related field

• Good to have NYC-DSS-Paperless Office System (POS) System experience