DATABASE APPLICATION DEVELOPER/REPORT DESIGNER

YOU MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE COMPUTER ASSOCIATE SOFTWARE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR PERMANENT IN A COMPARIBLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR A 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE

The HIV / AIDS Services Administration (HASA) is the most comprehensive program of its kind in the country, helping New Yorkers living with HIV or AIDS live healthier and more independent lives.

We assist with an individualized service plan that targets the support and necessary benefits that are specific to a client’s medical situation that will enhance his or her well-being.

In addition, this Agency has a legal mandate, based on Local Law 49 and the Henrietta D. versus Giuliani Federal court case, to ensure that HASA clients are serviced promptly.

HASA provides intensive case management, rental assistance, emergency and non-emergency housing, and assistance with applying for public benefits and services including Medicaid, food stamps and cash assistance.

HASA also provides vocational services that prepare clients for work. With counselors to help identify barriers to employment, clients can select vocational goals and receive support.

Other HASA services include home care and homemaking services, mental health and substance use screening and treatment referrals, transportation assistance, referrals to community-based organizations, and SSI or SSD application and appeal.

Under the general supervision of the Applications Development Manager, with considerable latitude for independent initiative and judgment for deriving solutions to all issues and concerns within Information Technology, database developer / report designer will be responsible for the development, design and enhancement of info-structures, implementation, and support of program specific software.

The HIV / AIDS Services Administration (HASA) is seeking to recruit one Computer Associate (Software) II to function as Database Application Developer / Report Designer who will :

• Design and deploy reports using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. Create reports for case management, eligibility operations, finance, personnel, housing, and contracts units connecting to database applications in Oracle and MS SQL Server.
• Coordinate design, development and implementation of HASA database Applications and maintain existing Databases applications, design, develop and implement new programs using SQL Server and above utilizing tables, view stored procedure, and SSIS packages in SQL Server .
• Analyze and enhance existing quality assurance and other statistical and periodic reports and create new reports based on analysis and recommendations using all available resources such as Oracle, Electronic Data warehouse (EDW), in house SQL Server Applications and flat files received through file transfer protocol (sftp) from outside HASA.
• Coordinate the design and planning stages of electronic forms (E-Forms) with Policy and Procedures unit. Maintain and update the design of all web-based E-forms.
• Communicate with operational staff to know their requirements and feedback and ensure that these are fully conveyed to programming and web development team, recommend changes to web application and database design.
• Provide technical support to users and program vendors in the use of web-based application HASAWeb by resolving issues, maintain security module, add remove user's codes, roles and coordinate with other HASA staff and / or HRA-ITS.
• Create ad-hoc reports based on management requests using all available data sources such as Oracle, SQL Server databases, flat text files.
• Coordinate the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) billing process, act as a single point source by creating necessary exception reports for contract, create, upload, and download files to and from HRA ftp servers, request updates to central database application.

Work Location : Pearl Street, New York, NY

Hours / Schedule : 9 : 00a- 5 : 00p

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and one year of satisfactory full-time computer software experience in computer systems development and analysis, applications programming, database administration, maintenance and support, systems programming, data communications, mainframe development, mobile development, web development and design; or

2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience as described in "1" above; or

3. Education and or / 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.

In addition, 24 semester credits from an accredited college or graduate school in computer science or a related field, or a certificate of at least hours in computer programming from an accredited technical school (post high school), may be substituted for one year of experience.

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 as described in "1" above.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

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Residency RequirementNew York City Residency is not required for this position