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ID #46129054
State New York
City New york city
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source MTA New York City Transit
Showed 2022-10-01
Date 2022-09-30
Deadline 2022-11-28
Category Et cetera
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Computer Specialist (SW) I-IV Rep

New York, New york city, 10004 New york city USA

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Job Information

Title: Computer Specialist (SW) I-IV Train Control

First Date of Posting: 10/08/2021

Last Date of Filing: Until filled

Authority: MaBSTOA

Department: MTA IT

Division/Unit: Train Control Product Line/Train Control Product

Reports to: Train Control Product Manager

Work Location 2 Broadway, Manhattan

Hours of Work: As Required

SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE APPOINTED ON MaBSTOA PAYROLL

In order to protect our employees and continue to provide safe and reliable service to our communities, as of November 14, 2021 we are requiring all new MTA hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their start date. MTA will consider exceptions for religious and medical reasons, where appropriate. "Fully vaccinated" means you must have both doses of a 2-dose vaccine and two weeks have elapsed since the second dose, or have received 1 dose of a 1-dose vaccine and two weeks have elapsed since the dose. Proof of your vaccination status in the form of a CDC vaccine card must be submitted prior to your start date.

Compensation

Salary range:

Computer Spec. (SW) 1 TWU: $90,656 - $98,254

Computer Spec. (SW) 2 TWU: $94,445 - $105,803

Computer Spec. (SW) 3 TWU: $101,991 - 115,061

Computer Spec. (SW) 4 TWU: $109,411 - $131,744

Responsibilities

The selected candidate will perform information technology functions related to development and maintenance including coding and testing of the MTA's Train Control Systems. Train Control Systems for NYC Subway are complex and mission critical such as ATS-A, CBTCATS Canarsie and Flushing, ATS-B. The candidate will prepare and coordinate system deliverables for various products such as database and programming, system analysis, troubleshooting; modify system configuration settings; develop interfaces, prepare ad-hoc SQL queries/reports and investigate/address time sensitive production issues. The position will require supporting Train Control System for NYC Subway that are located mainly in RCC on a 24x7 basis. The candidate will adhere to MTA-IT standards and work with vendor teams to ensure compliance to those standards. The candidate will be work in all life cycle phases from acquisition to maintenance of Train Control systems.

Education and Experience

  • A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience in computer systems development and analysis, applications programming, database administration, systems programming, data communications, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
  • A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience as described in "1" above, including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
  • Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in "2" above on the basis that 60 semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. A master's degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in "1" or "2" above.

    However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its

    educational equivalent and at least one year of satisfactory full-time experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.

    Note : To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV, in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above, individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration, database management systems, operating systems, data communications systems, capacity planning, and/or on-line applications programming.
  • Desired Skills

    The position is for Computer Specialist I-IV and the candidate should have several of the desired skills below:
    • At least 3+ years' experience designing, architecting, and implementing large-scale critical system.
    • Major role in the development and administration of high transactional MS SQL database.
    • Proficient in MS SQL development and tuning and normalization.
    • MS SQL development including: packages, store procedures, triggers and query tuning.
    • MS SQL client and server setup, configuration and performance monitoring.
    • MS SQL administration and backup and recovery.
    • Experience with MS SQL Replication.
    • Proficient with SQL Enterprise features such as: Replication, Always On, etc.
    • Ability to independently troubleshoot and recover complex MS SQL issues.
    • Experience in setup and administration and support of MS SQL data warehouse.
    • Major role in the design and development of Oracle or Mongo database.
    • Setup, tune and maintain mid-scale virtual environment on operating systems (i.e. Windows, Solaris, Linux).
    • Experience with one or more MS SQL Enterprise features and performance monitoring.
    • Experience working with Hypervisor-1 and Hypervisor-2 (i.e. ESX, Hyper-V, VMware, LDom, Zones, ZEN, KVM).
    • Over 3+ years' experience in development using Java, .NET, C or C in a large team using distributed version control tool.
    • Experience working with Agile, DevOps using different tools (Jira, Jenkins, Security Scan, Monitoring, Automation of testing and deployment pipelining) is a plus.
    • Experience supporting 24x7 operations.
    • Experience with High Availability systems.
    Selection Method

    Based on evaluation of education, skills, experience and interview.

    Other Information

    Appointment may be at a comparable level to current level of selected candidate.

    As an employee of MTA Headquarters, you may be required to complete an annual financial disclosure statement with the State of New York, if your position earns more than $101,379 (this figure is subject to change) per year or if the position is designated as a policy maker.

    How To Apply

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    Equal Employment Opportunity

    MTA and its subsidiary and affiliated agencies are Equal Opportunity Employers, including with respect to veteran status and individuals with disabilities.

    The MTA encourages qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, including military service members, to apply.

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