Project Assistant 1461, 1462

The Project Assistant will be responsible for the oversight of system functions for H.R. 1 initiatives in the NY State of Health (NYSOH). Excellent management and leadership skills, broad and deep understanding of large-scale system operations and support, and proficiency with industry standard IT governance processes are required. Responsibilities: * Oversee the system integrators technical staff to ensure best practices and enterprise standards are being followed for the H.R. 1 initiatives. * Review and validate the system integrators estimates, and the development of recommendations when estimates are not within industry guidelines. * Oversee the implementation of change requests in technical areas such as server architecture, storage architecture, and hardware architecture. * Direct the development of standard reports to monitor the performance of H.R. 1 activities to meet statutory obligations. * Direct the development of performance metrics that measure system integrators activities and performance. * Analyze regulatory compliance impacts on H.R. 1 initiatives. * Work collaboratively with agency business stakeholders, IT technical teams, and non-technical teams involved in all phases of the project and system development lifecycle. * Supervise, train and mentor a team comprised of state staff and contractor resources. * Lead and participate in meetings with NYSOH state, contractor, and stakeholder teams. * Perform the full range of supervisory duties. Minimum qualifications: * Bachelors degree and five years of experience in information technology systems operations, technical systems oversight, systems integration support, or healthcare information systems administration, including experience with technical infrastructure changes, performance monitoring, compliance analysis, systems development lifecycle coordination, and vendor or contractor oversight; two of these years must have been at the supervisory level. * Substitutions: Bachelors degree may be substituted by four years of specialized experience or an associates degree and two years of specialized service. A master's degree may substitute for one year of specialized experience.