SQL Developer Data Engineer

ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE COMPUTER SPECIALIST (SOFTWARE) CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

AGENCY DESCRIPTION

Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.

As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City’s yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.

The Bureau of Vital Statistics is responsible for registering and maintaining records of all births and deaths that occur in New York City. The bureau issues, analyzes and reports on 285,000 vital events each year. The bureau is a very large customer service operation, providing death certification services on a 24/7 basis, issuing more than 900,000 certified copies of birth and death records, and fulfilling hundreds of data requests annually.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Various aspects of the software development lifecycle including researching, designing, building, and testing various aspects of the eVital ecosystem.
• Supporting and enhancing new and existing interfaces (APIs).
• Modernizing development of workflows for data reporting and data sharing using fast healthcare interoperable resources (FHIR).
• Implementing and refining data integration processes including ETL tasks to support data accuracy and availability.
• Co-administration of the evital system including oversight of user access controls, system configurations and related interfaces.
• Ensure rigorous adherence to data security standards and compliance with privacy laws.
• Assist in the analysis of large data sets to produce actionable insights and support strategic decision-making.
• Troubleshoot database issues and provide timely solutions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES

Please note: If you are called for an interview, you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:

• A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver’s license.
• Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
• Current Resume
• Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e., telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)

TO APPLY
Apply online with a cover letter to https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/. In the Job ID search bar, enter job ID number.