Solutions Developer for the Office of HPD TECH

About the Agency:


The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe, affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.


- We maintain building and resident safety and health.

- We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability.

- We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of “Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness,” Mayor Adams’ comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work, the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding, bringing the 10-year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the city’s history. This investment, coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers, is a multi-pronged strategy to tackle New York City’s complex housing crisis, by addressing homelessness and housing instability, promoting economic stability and mobility, increasing homeownership opportunities, improving health and safety, and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.


Your Team:


Housing Preservation & Development Technology (HPD Tech) is the IT division within HPD. The Office of HPD Tech leads the agency’s effort to transform HPD through technology by promoting productivity and eliminating manual processing, shrinking costs, and increasing the pace of work. HPD Tech works to improve effectiveness of business processes using core applications for flawless execution. HPD Tech empowers decision makers with access to quality (complete and accurate) information to anticipate and pro-actively react to building, neighborhood and market conditions.


The Office of HPDTech is composed of 7 units: CIO (Chief Information Office), CTO (Chief Technology Office), CPO (Chief Product Office), Budget, Enterprise Architecture, Planning & Compliance, and Information Security.


Your Impact:

As a Solutions Developer (SD) reporting to the Assistant Commissioner of Enterprise Architecture, you will be developing solutions for all project implementations within HPD Tech.


Your Role:

This position will be responsible for aligning the project solutions with overall Enterprise Systems strategy and plans. The Solutions Developer will work closely with tech leads to guide the projects through all the phases of agile methodology. The Solutions Developer will work closely with HPD Tech lead and data architect in developing Sprint 0 documentation according to the specification HPD Tech’s agile methodology.


Key Responsibilities:

- Security Compliance: Work with tech leads to ensure the City's security guidelines are implemented effectively.

- Enterprise Solution Development: Collaborate closely with the Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture to develop scalable solution services for use across the enterprise.

- Cloud Solution Deployment: Partner with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Application teams to roll out cloud-based solutions, including those on Azure.

- Service Expansion: Identify opportunities within projects to expand HPD Tech's enterprise services and microservices footprint.

- Research and Development: Assist the Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture in researching and evaluating new products and services, such as Service Bus and service layers, for potential inclusion in HPD Tech’s development toolkit.

- Solution Design and Development: Create high-quality, scalable, and maintainable .NET applications based on business requirements.

- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and provide technical insights.

- Code Reviews and Standards: Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.

- Performance Optimization: Analyze application performance and implement optimizations to enhance speed, reliability, and scalability.

- Technical Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for application design, code, and processes.

- Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with the latest developments in .NET and related technologies to continuously improve the team's technical capabilities.

Preferred Skills:

- Extensive Experience: 6 or more years of experience in the following areas:

- N-Tier Architecture: Expertise in n-tier application development using Microsoft .NET tools and technologies.

- SOA and Microservices: Experience in the design and implementation of SOA services using SOAP, WCF, Web Services, Web API, RESTful services, and microservices with Microsoft .NET.

- Experience in designing, deploying, and managing applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

- Data Modeling: Experience with data modeling and database development, including creating Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD), Data Flow Diagrams (DFD), and Reverse Engineering (RE).

- Integrated Development Environment: Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, including development and DevOps.

- Security Requirements: Experience with highly complex application security requirements.

- Messaging Queues: Familiarity with RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar messaging queue tools.

- .NET Expertise: Strong understanding and experience with both .NET Framework and .NET Core for building scalable, high-performance applications.

- C# Proficiency: Expert-level knowledge of C# for writing and maintaining .NET applications.

- Web Development: Experience with ASP.NET , ASP.NET MVC, and Web API for developing web applications and services.

- Front-End Technologies: Familiarity with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.js.

- Version Control: Familiarity with Git, GitHub, or Azure DevOps for version control and collaborative development.

- CI/CD Knowledge: Understanding of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices and tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or TeamCity.

- Agile Experience: Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments, including participation in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.

- Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.

- Communication: Effective verbal and written communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

IT PROJECT SPECIALIST - 06797

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position; or,
2. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" above.

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.