Deputy Director

New York City Fire Department; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY) seeks a full-time Deputy Director in the Bureau of Enterprise Technology to lead a team of business analysts, QA engineers, and UI/UX designers and oversee application development projects.

Reporting to the Director of Application Development, the selected candidate will standardize UI designs, ensure quality, and coordinate cross-functional efforts across data, systems and user experience in a complex municipal environment.

Qualifications

• Six (6) years of progressively responsible full-time paid experience supervising or administering computer operations involving a large-scale mainframe, network, or multi-tier computer environment at least 18 months of which shall have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of general experience described above. In the absence of a baccalaureate degree, undergraduate credits may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of general experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for six (6) months of experience.
• A master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration or Management of Administration may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of general experience described above. In the absence of a master's degree, graduate credits in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration or Management of Administration may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage Business Analysts to gather application development requirements and design solutions with the UX designers.
• Manage Quality Assurance Analysts to support application development team by identifying bugs and defects to ensure quality of deliverables.
• Standardize UI designs, components and user experience for app development projects.

Skills

Team leadership

Business analysis

User experience design

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree or graduate credits substitution allowed

Tools

Figma

Moqups

VBScript

Micro Focus tools (ALM/QC/Octane/UFT/Load Runner)

Job description

Note: This position is open only to City of New York employees serving in the permanent civil service title of Computer Operations Manager.

The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), seeks a full-time Deputy Director in the Bureau of Enterprise Technology. Reporting directly to Director of Application Development, the selected candidate will be responsible for managing a team of business analysts, quality assurance engineers and UI/UX designers as well as application development projects. Duties and Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

Manage Business Analysts to gather application development requirements and design solutions with the UX designers. Manage Quality Assurance Analysts to support application development team by identifying bugs and defects to ensure quality of deliverables.

Standardize UI designs, components and user experience for app development projects.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Six (6) years of progressively responsible full-time paid experience supervising or administering computer operations involving a large-scale mainframe, network, or multi-tier computer environment at least 18 months of which shall have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity.

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of general experience described above. In the absence of a baccalaureate degree, undergraduate credits may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of general experience described above on the basis of 30 semester credits for six (6) months of experience.

3. A master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration or Management of Administration may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of general experience described above. In the absence of a master's degree, graduate credits in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, Public Administration or Management of Administration may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of the general experience on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits for one (1) year of experience. However, undergraduate and/or graduate credits may not be substituted for the eighteen (18) months of experience in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity.

PREFERRED SKILLS

Special Working Conditions: May be required to work shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Experience with software development frameworks and technologies including AngularJS, ReactJS, React- Native, Ionic/Cordova, and Oracle Apex/DB. IT system integrations and real-time data communication using the following: RESTful APIs, Web Services, WebSocket, Oracle Service Bus and API Gateway Design wireframes and prototyping high fidelity designs using tools such as Figma and Moqups. Automate testing scripts such as VBScript and knowledge of MicroFocus tools: ALM, Quality Center, Octane, UFT and Load Runner.