Information Technology Specialist ; SG-(NYHELPS Item

Position: Information Technology Specialist 2, (SG-18)(NYHELPS) Item# 00742
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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 06/23/26

Applications Due
07/07/26

Vacancy ID218395

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NY HELPYes

Agency State Comptroller, Office of the

Title Information Technology Specialist 2, (SG-18)(NYHELPS) Item# 00742

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary Grade
18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary Range From $66951 to $85138 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 110 State Street

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code
12236

Duties Description Within the Pension Payroll Support Team:

* Supports retirement systems through technical analysis, design, development, and nightly on call support.

* Requires strong programming and troubleshooting skills, adaptability to new technologies, and the ability to work under pressure.

* Demonstrates effective communication, collaboration, and a proactive approach to problem-solving are essential for success.

* Follows coding standards

* Assists team members in creation of design documents and other related system

documentation.

Minimum Qualifications Civil Service examinations are not required under the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) Program.

Non-Competitive Qualifications for appointment under the NYHELPS Program:

For an appointment to an Information Technology Specialist 2, you must have:

* A bachelor's or higher-level degree in any field and one year of experience in information technology.

OR

* A bachelor's or higher-level degree, including or supplemented by 15 credit hours in computer science courses.

OR

* 60 semester credit hours including or supplemented by 15 semester credit hours in computer science and one year of professional experience in information technology.

OR

* A total of two years of experience in information technology.

Competitive

Minimum Qualifications:

You must be currently reachable on the appropriate eligible list for this title, eligible under the 55 b/c program, or eligible to transfer to this title under Section 52.6, 70.1, or 70.4 of the Civil Service Law.

Transfer:

For 52.6, 70.1, or 70.4 transfer to an Information Technology Specialist 2, salary grade (SG)-18, you must have one year of permanent competitive, or 55-b/55-c service in an approved title for transfer allocated to an SG-16 or above.

To determine if your current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website:
Career Mobility Office " GOT-IT (ny.gov)

Appointments via transfer must not result in a second, consecutive transfer with an advancement of more than two S-grades or one M-grade.

Non-Competitive promotion (NCP) qualifications:

You must be a qualified employee of the Office of the New York State Comptroller and have had one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an Information Technology Specialist 1.

NCP notes:

If the number of interested candidates who meet the promotional qualifications is three or less, the agency; at its discretion, may nominate one or more of the candidates for a noncompetitive promotion without further examination under the provisions of Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law.

If the number of interested candidates who meet the promotional qualifications is more than three, the agency; at its discretion, may nominate one or more of the candidates for a provisional promotion under the provisions of Section 65 of the Civil Service Law.

55b/55c Program appointment:

This position may be designated 55 b/c and is subject to verification of applicant eligibility. For more information on this program, please visit the NYS Department of Civil Service website, 55b/c Recruitment Resources Center (ny.gov)

Additional Comments

Preferred Qualifications /Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Demonstrated experience in object-oriented programming or object-oriented programming coursework.

* Demonstrated experience with SQL is preferred.

* Demonstrated experience with People Soft is preferred.

* Demonstrated experience with programming tools/IDEs (i.e.: Eclipse, Ultra Editor, etc.) is preferred.

* Demonstrated experience with database management tools (i.e.: Oracle SQL Developer, PL/SQL Developer, TOAD, etc.) is preferred.

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