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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 02/23/15

Applications Due03/09/15

Vacancy ID19209

NY HELPNo

AgencyFinancial System, Statewide

TitleInformation Technology Specialist 2, Ref. #15-01

Occupational CategoryNo Preference

Salary Grade18

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

Salary RangeFrom $52293 to $66494 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? Yes

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address Statewide Financial System

W. A. Harriman State Office Building Campus, Bldg. 4

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12227

Minimum Qualifications This position is open to candidates who are reachable on the Information Technology Specialist 2, G-18, Civil Service eligible list OR have one year of permanent competitive service as an Information Technology Specialist 2, G-18. Candidates reachable on the eligible list may be considered through a canvass and need not apply. The position is also open to NYS employees at or above G-16 who are eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 or 70.1 of the Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two grade levels. In order to qualify for Section 52.6 transfer, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive service in an administrative title as defined by Section 52.6. Examples of qualifying Section 52.6 titles include Information Technology Specialist 2 (Programming), G-18; Business Systems Analyst 1, G-18; and Telecommunications Analyst 2, G-18. In order to qualify for a Section 70.1 transfer, candidates must have one year of permanent, competitive service as a Supervising Computer Operator, G-18.

Duties Description The incumbent will be responsible for analyzing, validating, and managing business functional problems of end-users and stakeholders of the State’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The incumbent will play an integral role throughout the entire Statewide Financial System (SFS) problem resolution life cycle, and will serve as the conduit between the business process user community and the internal SFS teams.

General Responsibilities:

• Plan activities to gather and define approach to understanding and resolving end-user problem;
• Identify and document the corrective action needed, communicate resolution to end user;
• Interface with end-users to ensure that SFS fully understands their problem;
• Establish timetables for completion of resolution;
• Upon successful resolution of a problem, ensure resolution steps are clearly documented and conduct knowledge transfer activities with appropriate SFS units as needed;
• Create process flows and process models for the as-is business processes or functions as needed;
• Perform configuration changes from end-user requests;
• Develop test plans and assist in the analysis of the results;
• Monitor for any post-implementation issues to ensure that they are resolved in a timely fashion;
• Perform business analysis intelligence activities such as data mining, writing and running SQL queries to extract data to conduct research; and
• Serve as subject matter expert (SME) in SFS PeopleSoft Financials functional area(s).

Additional Comments You are advised that, should you accept a job offer with SFS, you may be required to be fingerprinted.

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

Name Teri Burke

Telephone 518 473-7704

Fax 518 474-0132

Email Address PersonnelSFS@budget.ny.gov

Address

Street NYS Division of the Budget

State Capitol

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12224

 

Notes on ApplyingTo apply, please send a cover letter and resume by e-mail, fax, or post office mail. Please include your current Civil Service title and grade and be sure to indicate that you are applying for the position of Information Technology Specialist 2, Ref. #15-01.

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