JOB ADMIN ANALYST
FINANCIAL INFO SVCS AGENCY
Job Posting Notice
# of Positions 1
Job ID
567395
Business Title JOB ADMIN ANALYST
Civil Service Title TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGER (NO
Title Code No 8298A Level 00
Title Classification
Competitive
Proposed Salary Range $ 58,700.00 - $ 75,000.00 (Annual)
Work Location 5 Manhattan West
Division/Work Unit Ops/FS/Ops Supp/Job Admin
As of August 2, 2021, all new hires must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been
granted a reasonable accommodation for religion or disability. If you are offered city employment, this
requirement must be met by your date of hire, unless a reasonable accommodation for exemption is received
and approved by the hiring agency.
Job Description
The Financial Information Services Agency (FISA) has a vacancy for a Job Admin Analyst. Reporting directly
to FISA's Financial Systems Job Administration Director, the candidate will be responsible for the submission
of jobs in production and test environments, tracking of the status of submitted jobs, escalation to Level 2
support during failure scenarios as well as additional tasks related to the creation and continued enhancement
of financial system job schedules.
The Job Admin Analyst will perform Tier 1 production support for FMS/3 supported production applications as
well as Tier 1 support for the FMS/2 Budget support. Said applications reside on UNIX and IBM Mainframe
platforms. The suite of applications supported, includes, but is not limited to the following enterprise systems:
PIP, IF A, City Wide Accounting and FMS Budget. Job Administration duties span FISA's mainframe and UNIX
platforms.
Responsibilities include
The primary tool(s) used by the candidate will be the desktop based tool- CA Workload Automation (aka dseries).
The candidate will run batch job streams via the CA Workload Automation (d-series), and must
understand and be able to verify job condition codes for validations. The candidate will interact with all support
groups in problem determination and resolutions. The work will be performed in multiple development and test
environments and also on production systems and the candidate will be expected to differentiate job streams
and prioritize workloads as directed. The candidate will be expected to gain a deep understanding of the
interaction between the IBM mainframe and the various AIX Servers (and the various intra system job
relationships).
Additional tools used on a day to day basis as part of their job duties include: CA-Agents, CA-Adapter,
Microsoft Outlook, ClearQuest, and Attachmate to access IBM Mainframe z/OS, RMDS to access mainframe
reports, putty and winscp to access AIX Operating systems. The primary applications supported are Enterprise
wide financial applications - but the other business systems may be supported as directed.
Minimum Qual Requirements
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in the field of
voice and/or data telecommunications or in a pertinent scientific, technical, electronic or related area, and four
years of satisfactory fulltime experience in the performance of analytical, planning, operational, technical, or
administrative duties in a voice and/or data telecommunications or closely related electronics planning,
management, and/or service organization, one year of which must have been in a highly specialized capacity
and 18 months must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity or in the supervision of
staff performing work in the voice and/or data telecommunications field; or
2. An associate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 12 credits in the field of voice
and/or data telecommunications or in a pertinent, scientific, technical, electronic or related area and five years
of experience as described in "1" above; or
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have at least a fouryear
high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one year of the specialized experience as
described in "1" above and must possess the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or
supervisory experience as described in "1" above.
Preferred Skills
• Demonstrated ability to monitor the health of running of job flows (e.g., stalled/late flows or batch job
condition codes) using the CA Workload Automation Id-series, or comparable Scheduling Automation
Software
• Ability to schedule and process ad hoc requests in AIX and mainframe environments as requested - using
the tools above
• Demonstrated ability to learn the CA Workload Automation/ d-series tools
• Candidate should have in-depth knowledge of the IBM Mainframe, z/OS Processes, such as JCL; IBM
UTILITIES; working knowledge of ISPF
• The candidate will be expected to have knowledge of the UNIX Shell scripting and debugging capabilities.
• Strong diagnostic and problem solving skills
• Ability to plan, manage and work independently with minimal direction
• Process Backups/Restores as required
• Helpful to have Experience with Advantage Financial applications
• 5 years' experience working on AIX/Unix and mainframe platforms running and monitoring critical production
batch processes
• 5 years of experience with hands-on work with executing and performing preliminary troubleshooting
activities involving: scheduler, batch processes, and cycle flow
• 5 years' experience escalating and documenting critical job failures and schedule problems
Additional Information
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To Apply
External applicants please visit https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/ to apply to Job ID # 567395. Current NYC
employees may apply via Employee Self Service (ESS). While all complete applications will be given
consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by FISA-OPA.
55-a 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 Svc 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. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department
of Education’s website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
Hours/Shift
07:30 am - 08:00 pm. 3 days per week w/ additional rotating Sunday shift every 4 weeks.
Residency Requirement
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in
certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau,
Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement
applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
POST UNTIL
POSTING DATE 01/09/2023 Until
Filled
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