Chief Information Officer /Associate Commissioner for Technology Job in New York 10004, New York US

Chief Information Officer /Associate Commissioner for Technology 

New York, NY

Salary - Commensurate with Experience

 

As the first municipal consumer protection agency in the country, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has ensured that businesses and consumers benefit from a fair and vibrant marketplace for over 40 years. Today, DCA regulates 55 industries and licenses and inspects almost 80,000 businesses throughout the five boroughs. The Department enforces the City’s landmark Consumer Protection Law and related City and State laws; mediates thousands of consumer complaints; and prosecutes law-breaking businesses through our Administrative Tribunal. 

DCA is committed to educating, empowering and protecting consumers; holding businesses to high standards of marketplace behavior; and achieving excellence in the delivery of innovative agency programs and services.

The Chief Information Officer and Associate Commissioner for Systems Integration will oversee all of the Agency’s technology programs and initiatives. This includes supervising the IT Services, which consists of three work units:  The IT Operations Unit which maintains the Agency’s CAMIS platform and the Agency’s network, the application development unit, responsible for building new IT applications including the Director of Systems Integration responsible for the agency’s operation side, and the Project Management Office, responsible for managing large scale IT initiatives.

This position shall oversee all hardware and software support for the agency as related to information technology. The CIO will provide guidance and counsel to executive and other agency staff on new technology initiatives and will become the liaison to the Department of Information Technology Telecommunications (DoITT) on all information technology issues.

The Associate Commissioner for Technology will be responsible for oversight of the implementation and integration of new computer systems and their respective architectures.   In addition, the CIO will oversee staff responsible for providing the functional specifications for new or upgraded computer systems, overseeing the developing databases, creating custom reports from existing systems, coordinating the implementation and use of all Internet and Intranet activities, managing the data quality for DCA, identifying and recommending solutions to problems as they occur, and providing written reports as required.  In addition, the position will coordinate all internal and external technology projects including work with a wide variety of the Agency’s divisions as well as other City agencies. Examples of new and ongoing technology projects include the development of online license applications, handheld inspection devices for use in the field, and electronic file storage.  The CIO is responsible for managing IT Contracts with consultants and vendors, and an active participant in related procurement processes.

 

Qualification Requirements

  1. A master's degree in computer science from an accredited college and three years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience using information technology in computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, database administration, planning of data/information processing, user services, or area networks at least 18 months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, data base administration, or planning of data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties; or
  2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of experience as described in "1" above; or
  3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or recognized accrediting organization and six years of experience as described in "1" above; or
  4. A satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above.  However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or recognized accrediting organization and must possess at least three years of experience as described in "1" above, including the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

NOTE: The following types of experience are not acceptable: superficial use of preprogrammed software without complex programming, design, implementation or management of the product; use of word processing packages; use of a hand held calculator; primarily the entering or updating of data in a system; the operation of data processing hardware or consoles.

 

Preferred Skills

  1. Excellent analytical and communications skills
  2. Experience conceiving and managing large scale and wide ranging technology projects
  3. Knowledge of and experience with relational/quasi-relational databases and internet technologies is desirable
  4. Knowledge of software development lifecycle
  5. Leadership skills
  6. Experience managing all aspects of technology including hardware, software, databases, networks, mainframes, etc.
  7. Knowledge of City procurement including Consulting contracts and Request for Proposal processes

 

For salary information and to see all employment opportunities available at the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs, go to www.nyc.gov/consumers and click on Career Opportunities.

To apply: E-mail resume and cover letter indicating JVN 99639 to: jobs@dca.nyc.gov (MS Word only)

 

DCA and the City of New York is an equal employment opportunity employer.