Director, Custom Application Development
Director, Custom Application Development
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The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) leverages technology to drive opportunity improve public safety and help government run better across New York City. From delivering affordable broadband to protecting against cybersecurity threats and building digital government services OTI is at the forefront of how the City delivers for New Yorkers in the 21st century. Watch our welcome video to see our work in action follow us on social media @NYCOfficeofTech and visit to learn more.
At OTI we offer great benefits and the chance to work on projects that have a meaningful impact on millions of people. Youll have the opportunity to work with cuttingedge technology and collaborate with other passionate professionals who share your drive and commitment to making a difference through technology.
We are seeking a Director of Custom Application Development to lead our team define our DevOps strategy and drive modernization and innovation. Reporting to the Senior Director of DevOps in the OTI Applications division youll oversee technical managers and leads working on critical systems using the latest technologies and cloud services. Your role includes mentoring staff promoting innovation optimizing development processes and reducing costs in product delivery and maintenance.
About our team: The DevOps team part of the OTI Applications division manages and supports over 150 applications tools and services essential for the City of New York. These include both publicfacing and internal web applications critical for the citys operations and communication with the public. We pride ourselves on employing modern technologies like AWS Azure Azure OpenAI containerization Elastic and Azure DevOps across our application portfolio. Additionally we build and maintain native mobile applications and we expedite system development by leveraging SaaS products such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Salesforce and ServiceNow.
Responsibilities will include:
Lead a DevOps team responsible for developing and supporting and CityShare applications.
Manage and mentor development managers and senior technical leads.
Foster strong relationships with clients vendors and other OTI teams.
Cultivate a collaborative culture and establish learning paths for team members.
Ensure consistency in operational procedures and technical documentation.
Streamline CI/CD and automation processes to boost reliability and reduce delivery time.
Proactively prevent production interruptions guiding the engineering support team effectively.
Ensure compliance with processes and procedures established by service management teams.
Coordinate with project teams for balanced project management and process optimization.
Collaborate with other OTI teams to build secure solutions.
Manage special projects and initiatives as assigned.
HOURS/SHIFT
Day Due to the necessary technical management duties of this position in a 24/7 operation candidate may be required to be on call and/or work various shifts such as weekends and/or evenings
WORK LOCATION
Brooklyn NY
TO APPLY
* Special Note: Taking and passing civil service exams are necessary to maintain employment with the City of New York. Please check the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) website ( for important exam filing information. Please ensure that you are either a permanent employee in the civil service title listed on this posting or that you file for the examination when there is an open filing period. For more information regarding the civil service process please visit the DCAS website at:
*Interested applicants with other civil service titles who meet the preferred requirements should also submit a resume for consideration
Please go to and search for Job ID # 714191
SUBMISSION OF A RESUME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW
APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT APPROVAL
NOTE: This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55a Program.
Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55a program
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Qualifications :
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.
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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
