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Legacy Systems Engineer

Legacy Systems Application Engineer / IT Consultant – OpenVMS & Oracle Rdb

New York City Department of Correction – Information Technology Division
Location: East Elmhurst Queens, NY
Work Arrangement: Hybrid/on-site and remote work may be available depending on assignment and security requirements
Field: Information Technology / Application Development / Systems Support

About the Opportunity

The New York City Department of Correction's Information Technology Division is seeking to identify experienced technology professionals with expertise in legacy application support, OpenVMS, Oracle Rdb, and mission-critical financial or transaction-processing systems.

The Department operates IFCOM, a mission-critical financial application supporting accounts and related transactions for persons in custody. The system has evolved over several decades and operates in an environment that includes OpenVMS, Oracle Rdb, ACMS, DECforms, C/C++, DCL, BASIC, Fortran, SQL, and related technologies.

Professionals supporting this environment may assist with production support, application maintenance, database administration, incident resolution, documentation, knowledge transfer, system stabilization, and longer-term modernization initiatives.

What You May Work On

Responsibilities may include:

Diagnose and resolve production incidents, application errors, batch failures, interface issues, data anomalies, and performance problems.
Maintain, test, and support application components developed using technologies such as C/C++, DCL, BASIC, Fortran, SQL, ACMS, and DECforms.
Support applications operating on OpenVMS and databases using Oracle Rdb.
Troubleshoot reports, interfaces, extracts, scheduled jobs, reconciliation processes, and controlled data corrections.
Perform root-cause analysis and recommend preventive improvements.
Support integrations between financial applications and other operational systems.
Assist with database integrity, backup and recovery, performance, and SQL-related work.
Develop technical documentation, operational procedures, runbooks, system inventories, build instructions, and data-flow documentation.
Participate in knowledge-transfer sessions and work alongside other technical personnel.
Support modernization, virtualization, migration, data extraction, and replacement-system planning where appropriate.

These responsibilities reflect the application operations, maintenance, documentation, and optional project-support activities currently being evaluated by.

Candidates We Would Like to Hear From

We are particularly interested in individuals with experience in one or more of the following areas:

Core technical skills

OpenVMS
Oracle Rdb
SQL
ACMS
DECforms
C or C++
DCL
BASIC
Fortran
Legacy application support
Database administration
Production application support

Additional valuable experience

Financial systems
Accounting or ledger applications
Payment or transaction-processing systems
ERP environments
High-availability or mission-critical systems
Production incident management
Systems integration
Application modernization
Data migration
Documentation and knowledge transfer
Government or other highly regulated environments

DOC's anticipated support model includes application engineering, database expertise, OpenVMS platform expertise, and functional/business-analysis capabilities.

Particularly Strong Candidates

Candidates with substantial experience maintaining mature or legacy financial and transaction-processing applications are encouraged to express interest even if they have not previously worked with IFCOM.

Experience with older enterprise technology is valuable in this opportunity. Professionals who have worked with OpenVMS, DEC/VAX environments, Oracle Rdb, ACMS, DECforms, or applications written in languages such as DCL, BASIC, Fortran, C, or C++ may have particularly relevant backgrounds.

Professional Skills

Successful professionals should be able to:

Troubleshoot complex production systems methodically.
Work with limited or incomplete legacy-system documentation.
Understand dependencies across applications, databases, interfaces, infrastructure, and operational processes.
Document existing systems and transfer institutional knowledge.
Communicate technical issues clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Work within structured change-management, security, source-control, and production-access procedures.
Support critical applications where data accuracy, availability, auditability, and operational continuity are essential.

Experience Level

We welcome interest from experienced professionals, alumni, graduate students with substantial relevant professional experience, and individuals with specialized legacy-technology backgrounds.

Because of the technologies involved, prior professional experience with OpenVMS, Oracle Rdb, or comparable enterprise legacy systems is particularly valuable.

Why This Work Matters

This work supports a mission-critical New York City financial application. The Department's objectives include maintaining operational continuity, reducing dependence on individual subject-matter experts and obsolete technology, improving documentation, protecting data integrity, and preparing for longer-term modernization.

Professionals may have the opportunity to contribute both to the continued operation of an established enterprise platform and to the planning required for its eventual modernization or replacement.

Additional Requirements

Depending on the assignment, individuals may be required to:

Complete background screening and security requirements.
Execute applicable confidentiality agreements.
Complete required security training.
Obtain approval before receiving system or production access.
Follow NYC Department of Correction IT security, change-management, time-reporting, source-control, and operational procedures.

The contemplated environment also requires controlled production access and adherence to appropriate development, testing, and production segregation.

How to Express Interest

Please submit a resume highlighting relevant experience, particularly work involving:

For relevant projects, candidates are encouraged to identify the technologies used, their specific responsibilities, approximate dates of experience, and whether they served as the primary technical resource or as part of a larger team.