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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 08/16/17

Applications Due08/27/17

Vacancy ID43094

NY HELPNo

AgencyInformation Technology Services, Office of

TitleProject Assistant, NS (Equated to SG-23), Ref. #18445

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary GradeNS

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $0 to $90876 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address AESOB 80 South Swan Street, Floor 7

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12210

Minimum Qualifications Five or more years of experience in supporting IBM WebSphere Middleware in a clustered, highly-available environment. This experience must include: installation, configuration, administration, and maintenance, ideally in the following products:
• Portal v6.1 or v8.0
• Application Server 7.0 and higher
• Business Monitor v6.1 and higher
• Process Server v6.1, v7.0
• Supporting Alfresco Document Management in a WebSphere Application Server Environment.
• Supporting configuration and administration of IBM Datapower appliances.




The following degrees, preferably in Computer Science, or Engineering, or related field, may substitute for the general experience as indicated:
• Associate’s degree and four years of experience
• Associate’s degree including 15 semester credit hours in computer science or related field and three years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree including 15 semester credit hours in computer science or related field 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 two years of experience


Preferred Qualifications:

In addition to the technical background, the ideal candidate will have:
• Experience with supporting systems related to Criminal Justice processing
• Ability to work closely with application developers and Enterprise Architects on application deployment and troubleshooting
• Work effectively as a member of a technical project team for projects based on IBM Middleware

Duties Description Under the direction of a Manager Information Technology Services 1, SG27 within the Solutions Architecture and Shared Services of the Public Safety Cluster (PSC) located in Albany, the Project Assistant will support the IBM Websphere Infrastructure of the Integrated Justice Portal in which most PSC applications run. This environment provides access to Public Safety applications serving both State and Local government agencies, with 24x7x365 support. The Project Assistant will be key for set up for remediation and resiliency of the Integrated Justice Portal, in support of the following project efforts:
• IJ Portal Resiliancy
• Portal Migration to CNSE
• Websphere 8.5 Upgrade
• Websphere Re-clustering
• Websphere Portal Server Upgrades
• Websphere Process Server Upgrades
• Support of Enterprise Operations Oracle DB Upgrades
• Additional projects as assigned

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Administration and support of IBM Websphere version 8.5.5, Portal 8, and Process Server 8.5, in a clustered, high-availability environment;
• Perform installation and configuration, testing, and troubleshooting for the Websphere platform in the Integration, Test, Staging and Production environments;
• Perform scheduled critical application deployments daily;
• Work closely with application development, quality assurance, and enterprise architecture teams to troubleshoot and resolve Websphere issues in all environments;
• Manage installs and upgrades, and configure and maintain the vendor supplied platform software;
• Deploy and configure Public Safety applications to run on the Integrated Justice Portal platform;
• Work off-hours occasionally to support maintenance, system migrations, upgrades, deployments, and other initiatives;
• Participate in rotational off-shift support to maintain 24x7 coverage and technical support of the Integrated Justice Portal.

Additional Comments Some positions require fingerprinting.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Amy Sacco

Telephone 518-473-0398

Fax 518-402-4924

Email Address HR.Recruitment@its.ny.gov

Address

Street NYS Office of IT Services

Empire State Plaza, PO Box 2062

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12220

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a clear, concise cover letter and resume indicating that you are applying for Project Assistant, Ref. #18445 and describing how you meet the minimum qualifications no later than August 27, 2017.

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