8-0765
SUFFOLK COUNTY
OFFICE SYSTEMS ANALYST II
CIVIL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2019
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $49,538
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GRADE 21
SPECIFICATION # 0765
All
statements made on the application may be verified and
the backgrounds of successful candidates are subject to investigation by the
appointing authority.
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application
processing fee is $40.
Application may be made via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made
by VISA or MasterCard credit card and there will be an additional convenience
fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of
receipt of application will be sent to all internet
applicants via e-mail. Application may also be made using the Suffolk County application for
employment (Forms CS-205A and CS-205B).
Make your check or money order payable to the Suffolk County Department
of Civil Service. Do not send cash. Please indicate the examination title and the
last four digits of your Social Security number on the face of your check or
money order. A separate application and
processing fee are required for each examination (identified by examination
number) for which you are applying. The application processing fee is non-refundable and
non-transferable.
The application
processing fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are veterans,
auxiliary police, volunteer firefighters, members in good standing of a local
fire district or ambulance company, volunteer CERT members and members of the
Suffolk County Police Explorers program.
The fee may also be waived if you are
unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household and for
recipients of Medicaid, SSI, Public Assistance or those in a training program
under the Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act administered by
a state or local social service agency.
Internet applicants should complete the “Request for Application Fee
Waiver and Certification” form online.
All other applicants should complete a “Request for Application Fee
Waiver and Certification” form and submit it with your application (Forms
CS-205A and CS-205B). All claims for
application fee waiver are subject to verification.
VACANCIES
The eligible list for this title will be used to fill current and future vacancies in Suffolk
County Departments or in Suffolk County Community College. There is currently one vacancy in the Suffolk
County Department of Information Technology.
DUTIES
An employee in this class is involved in
evaluating departmental network and equipment needs, and the selection and
implementation of equipment and software for a County department or in the
Suffolk County Community College. The incumbent may perform specialized work
that requires knowledge of specific programs and procedures. Work is performed under the general supervision of an Office
Systems Analyst III or other administrator, and is reviewed through
conferences, consultations and the submission of required reports. Supervision may be exercised over lower level employees including Office
Systems Technicians and Analysts I. Duties require independent judgment and
initiative in the evaluation and design of computer networks and systems. Does
related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Either:
(A) Graduation from a college with
federally-authorized accreditation or registration by NY State with a
Bachelor's Degree* which includes, or is supplemented by, twelve (12) credits
in information technology or a computer related field, and two (2) years of
experience in the installation, analysis, design and/or selection of
information technology networks and systems; or,
(B) Graduation from a standard senior high
school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma, and six (6) years of
experience in the installation,
analysis, design and/or selection of information technology networks and
systems; or,
(C) An
equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits of
(A) and (B).
Note:
Coursework in information technology from a non-degree-granting computer
training institution** may be accepted based upon credit hour equivalence.
Special Note: Because of the rapid evolution of technology
in this field five (5) years of qualifying experience
must have been gained within the last six (6) years.
*Please attach to the application a copy
of your college transcript(s) which must have your
name, college name, and date of graduation printed on it by the
institution. Grade reports, incomplete
transcripts and other similar documents are unacceptable. **Please attach to
the application a copy of your transcript(s) showing coursework in computer
technology from a non-degree-granting computer training institution.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The only subject of the examination will
be an evaluation of the candidates’ training and experience. Candidates who meet the minimum
qualifications will receive a rating based on an evaluation of their training
and experience against the background of the duties of the position.
All candidates should submit an application
on or before the last filing date. After
a preliminary review of qualifications, all approved candidates will be
required to complete and return a questionnaire describing their relevant
training and experience. The rating of
training and experience will be based upon the
information candidates provided on the questionnaire. Ambiguity and vagueness will not be resolved
in the candidate’s favor. Additional
information concerning a candidate’s training and experience will
not be accepted after the questionnaire has been rated. Candidates who have not received a
questionnaire by December 18, 2019 should contact the Department of Civil
Service/Human Resources.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Civil Service
Department reserves the right to make such amendment on the Department’s web
page without notification to applicants.
The most current copy of this announcement is available during the
filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2.
Candidates
who filed for this examination more than six months ago are
advised to amend their applications to include current information.
LOCAL
DATE
PREPARED: October 1, 2019
GENERAL CONDITIONS
OPEN-COMPETITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Paper
applications are available at the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service in
Hauppauge and at the Riverhead County Center display, or by sending a stamped,
self-addressed 9 ½” x 4” envelope for each title to: Suffolk County Department of Civil Service,
P.O. Box 6100, Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099.
2.
Applications
postmarked after midnight of the last filing date may not be
considered eligible for this examination.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated
part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the training and experience examination may
appeal to the Department of Civil Service for reconsideration prior to the last
filing date appearing on this announcement.
Appeals received on or after the announced last filing
date will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further
consideration for purposes of this competition.
Unless otherwise specified, the final rank order of the eligible list
will be determined on the basis of the scores received
on the written test, plus veterans’ credits where appropriate.
6.
If
an application is rejected, due notice will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or battery
powered calculators. Devices with
typewriter keyboards, spell-checker, personal digital assistant, address books,
language translators, dictionaries and any similar devices are
prohibited.
8.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County Department of Civil
Service, the provisions of the Suffolk County Civil Service Rules dealing with the rating of examination
will apply.
9.
When
the written examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department
of Civil Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations
which deal with the rating of examination will apply.
10.
The
eligible list established as a result of this
examination will remain in force for at least one year and may be extended by
the Civil Service Department for a maximum of four years. Changing conditions may make it necessary to
certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than those announced.
11.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the open-competitive
application form.
12.
Pursuant
to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police
officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional
ten points added to a passing score attained in a competitive examination for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
served. If you are qualified to
participate in this examination, and you are the child of a firefighter or
police officer killed in the line of duty, please so notify us in writing when
you submit your application for examination.
A candidate claiming such credit must submit appropriate documentation
to verify eligibility to receive these additional credits before the eligible
list is established.
No additional credits will be granted after the
eligible list is established.
13.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all
statements made by candidates are subject to verification. Some employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a background investigation.
14.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may
be required to pass qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological
evaluations.
15.
Residency
is not required for taking any examinations.
However, some non-county jurisdictions, such as schools, libraries,
etc., give hiring preference to residents.
Some Towns also require employees to establish residency within the
Township. For employment in a Suffolk
County Department, with only limited exceptions set forth in Suffolk County
Law, residency within Suffolk County is required throughout employment with the
County. In any case
in which residency preference is given, the appointee(s) must meet a specific
residency standard as defined in the Civil Service Rules.
16.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds
of the examination site.
18.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Suffolk County Department of Civil
Service before the last filing date appearing on this announcement for
alternate test date information.
19.
Multiple Examinations Scheduled for the
Same Day: If you have applied to take a
written test announced by either one or several local jurisdictions (county,
town, city) scheduled to be held on the same test date as this written test,
you must notify each of the local jurisdictions no later than two weeks before
the test date, so they can make arrangements for taking all tests at one test
site. All examinations for positions in State
government will be held at a State examination
center. If you have any questions please
call the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service at (631) 853-5500.
20.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination,
please refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
click on the “Weather-Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the bottom of that page. The following stations will broadcast notice
of cancellation:
WALK PATCHOGUE 97.5 FM
WBAB
BABYLON 102.3
FM
WBLI BABYLON 106.1
FM
WLNG
SAG HARBOR 92.1 FM
WBZO FARMINGDALE 103.1 FM
WRCN
MEDFORD 103.9
FM
NEWS
12 LONG ISLAND TV CHANNEL 12 website: www.news12.com
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Announcements and Applications Also
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SUFFOLK COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
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WILLIAM J LINDSAY
COUNTY COMPLEX, BLDG. #158 Information Display Unit,
P.O. BOX 6100,
HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788-0099 Phone:
853-5500 County Center, Riverhead