Job Description

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) protects public health and the environment by supplying clean drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. We deliver 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water per day to 8.3 million New York City residents and more than 1 million people in Upstate New York, and we collect and treat an average of 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day.

The Bureau of Police & Security seeks to hire a Computer Associate for the Security Engineering Unit, located at the DEP office in Valhalla, New York.

The Bureau of Police & Security seeks to hire a Computer Associate for the Security Engineering Unit, located at the DEP Office, in Valhalla, NY. The selected candidate will Perform security system troubleshooting, working with engineers, electricians, computer staff and/or contractors, both in office and in the field to perform security system and computer setup, troubleshooting, and maintenance. They will Interact with internal IT organization on issues relating to security system, provide technical support for computers and security systems to end users at various locations, within the boroughs of New York City and its upstate watershed areas. They will become familiar with and be able to do work on the CCTV and access control system. They will participate in security system planning and rollout of newly integrated locations, participate in system testing and prepare program specifications and diagrams, develops logic flowcharts and documents program development and revisions. They will be responsible for the management and maintenance of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for the Security Engineering Unit.

This position will require traveling to multiple locations within 9 upstate NY counties and into the five boroughs of NYC.

Reporting location will be Valhalla NY with a future plan to move to Kingston, NY.

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 625 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.

Additional Information

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.