Project Coordinator

The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of Performance Improvement and Management Services is seeking candidates for a highly experienced Technical Architect to be hired as a Project Coordinator, acting as Lead Project Architect in the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS). This office supports NYSED’s Office of the Professions (OP) Modernization Program and is responsible for licensing and oversight of more than 50 plus professional titles, as well as professional corporations and pharmacy establishments, working collaboratively with ITS to update technologies that no longer meet the needs of licensed professionals and others who rely on this office to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the public through effective and efficient professional licensing and discipline.

Duties

• Serve as the Lead Technical Architect for all projects within the OP Modernization Program, providing strategic leadership and ensuring architectural integrity across the enterprise.
• Direct the planning, organization, and execution of enterprise architecture components (platforms, hardware, and software), ensuring alignment with technical requirements and program objectives.
• Act as a key member of the NYSED ITS architecture governance team, influencing architecture decisions, setting standards, and driving compliance throughout the organization.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve comprehensive ITS architecture plans and detailed diagrams, ensuring they remain aligned with evolving business needs and technological advancements of OP Modernization.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership during critical phases such as implementation and mainframe data migration, ensuring best practices are followed and vendor contributions are optimized.
• Ensure full compliance with NYSED ITS and Information Security Office policies, embedding security best practices throughout all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Strategically assess IT workload demands, advise on appropriate staffing levels, and assign personnel to optimize resource utilization, ensuring projects stay on schedule and within scope.
• Actively engage in Scrum stand-ups and ceremonies, ensuring alignment between architectural objectives and project deliverables, and driving technical solutions that support the program's strategic goals.
• Contribute to detailed requirements meetings, ensuring technical and business needs are accurately captured, analyzed, and documented to inform and guide architectural decisions.
• Collaborate with the project director and finance to develop, review, and manage program budgets, ensuring adherence to ITS financial policies and maximizing architectural investments.
• Assist in the development of procurement strategies and materials, ensuring that vendor selection, contracts, and services are aligned with the strategic goals of the program.
• Implement advanced quality assurance measures within sprint cycles to ensure testing activities are executed accurately and meet defined acceptance criteria.
• Partner with the project director to streamline financial processes, including timely payments and procurement, ensuring compliance with all contractual and statutory obligations while driving operational efficiency.
• Coordinate IT activities across multiple development, operational, and functional teams to ensure effective and efficient implementation of system requirements.
• Provide leadership and guidance to team members in the development and maintenance of IT systems utilizing technologies such as JAVA, PL/SQL, SQL, HTML, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript.

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree AND six years of experience as an IT project architectural and technical lead with at least three of the six years related to modernization technical projects.
• Three years of experience must have been at a supervisory level, or one year at a managerial level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years of experience leading IT teams in programs and projects with significant IT modernization and organizational transformation goals.
• Two years of experience in vendor and contract management.
• Experience implementing Agile development processes transitioning from waterfall development practices.

Conditions of Employment

• This position will be a temporary appointment. Promotions and transfers may change appointees’ negotiating unit.
• This position allows for telecommuting up to 30% each bi-weekly pay period.

Application: Qualified candidates should send a resume and letter of interest by January 30, 2025, to [email protected]. Your resume must clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications.

Benefits: Generous benefits of working for New York State, including paid holidays, vacation, health care benefits, and retirement options.