HRIS Analyst

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:
- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

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The Department of Citywide Administrative Services' (DCAS), Human Capital (HC) Line of Service seeks to appoint a Computer Specialist (Software) Level 2, to work in the HC Bureau of NYCAPS Central (NCC). NCC is a human resources service center that oversees the expansion and maintenance of NYCAPS (New York City Automated Personnel System), a centralized automated personnel system for human resources professionals, managers, and employees to access and manage personnel and benefits information. NCC oversees the implementation of civil service and human resources related transactions for over 300,000 employees citywide; supports approximately 96,000 NYC employees with all their health benefits needs; and manages Employee Self-Service (ESS), an online tool that provides NYC employees with easy access to human resources, payroll, tax, City job applications and benefits information.

The HRIS unit is a highly technical and analytical unit that serves as a "Tier 3" escalation group at NYCAPS Central for all system errors and functionality development as well as many demands on areas of Human Resources, eHire, Workflow, Benefits Administration, Training Admin, ePerformance, reference table configuration, Auto-Step Process, ESS, Reports, Queries and other functionality deployed in NYCAPS.

NYCAPS Central is seeking to hire a Computer Specialist (Operations) to perform the following duties and responsibilities:
- Analyze new ATS projects/system enhancements, perform fit/gap analyses and write business requirements.
- Perform user acceptance testing for ATS fixes and enhancements.
- Create user acceptance testing test scripts for ATS fixes and enhancements.
- Troubleshoot and analyze ATS issues to determine if they require escalation to SmartRecruiters technical team.
- Liaise with the SmartRecruiters technical partners on system defects, enhancements, requirements, and solutions.
- Work with OTI to resolve issues related to users' access to ATS system.
- Assist the Change Management team with communicating ATS enhancements to agencies.
- Track NYC Jobs related calls and e-mails via NCC's Oracle Customer Relationship Management system. Report to NCC and Human Capital management on trends and common issues reported by external applicants. Perform ATS query writing to support the report demands of NCC, DCAS executive management, and agencies.

Only permanent employees in the title and those that are reachable on the civil service list are eligible to apply.

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a program.

To Apply:
Please go to www.nyc.gov/jobs, or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees, and search for Job ID # 731275. No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted. Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

COMPUTER SPECIALIST (OPERATION - 13622

(1) A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus a certificate from an accredited technical school (approximately 675 hours) with a specialization in computer operations, and three years of satisfactory, full-time large-scale mainframe computer operations or three years of satisfactory data communication network experience in a mainframe environment, one year of which must have been in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(2) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described in “1” above, including one year of which must have been in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(3) A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of satisfactory, fulltime experience as described in “1” above, including one year of which must have been in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(4) A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience which is 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 three years of satisfactory, full-time large-scale mainframe computer operations or three years of satisfactory data communication network experience in a mainframe environment, one year of which must have been in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.