Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

TitleData Analyst 1

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary Grade18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $66951 to $85138 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

Location

County Schenectady

Street Address 500 Balltown Rd

City Schenectady

StateNY

Zip Code12304

Job Specifics

Duties Description OPWDD's Division of State Operations (DSO) is responsible for overseeing the delivery of state operated supports and services to over 8,000 recipients across New York State. The Data Analyst 1 is within DSO's Bureau of Business Analytics and Research, which is responsible for overseeing all Division activities involving operational research, program evaluation, data reporting, and analytics. This includes the development and maintenance of in-house applications and coordination with vendors regarding external software solutions.

The Bureau of Business Analytics and Research as currently structured is organized into three business level units: (1) Enterprise Software Solutions, (2) Application Development, and (3) Data, Statistics and Operational Research. The selected candidate(s) will join the Application Development Unit. This unit is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of SharePoint solutions.

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

- Developing SharePoint data collection tools using PowerApps and Power Automate

- Ongoing maintenance of existing data collection tools and sites

- Collaborating with project managers and end-users to gather requirements and deliver effective solutions

- Creating and configuring SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, workflows, and web parts

- Customizing SharePoint workflows to automate business processes

- Monitoring SharePoint performance and troubleshooting issues

- Maintaining documentation related to design, configuration, and support procedures
- Fulfilling change requests
- User support and training
- Collaboration with ITS staff
- Staying current on SharePoint and Microsoft 365 updates, recommending improvements and enhancements as needed

*Note: This position is a newly classified position and is pending placement into the non-competitive jurisdictional class. Until such approval, all appointments will be made temporary, pending jurisdictional class (JC). Once placed in the non-competitive class, the appointment type will be converted to permanent.

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Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in data or computer science, informatics, economics, statistics, mathematics, or a related field, and either: satisfactory completion of a two-year traineeship or two years of experience in data visualization, and statistical models and data mining tools.

*Substitution: A master's degree in data or computer science, informatics, economics, statistics, mathematics, or a related field may substitute for one year of the specialized experience. A Ph.D. in the above fields may substitute for two years of the specialized experience.

The position(s) may be filled at the Data Analyst Trainee 1 level, equated to SG-14, $53,764, the Data Analyst Trainee 2 level, equated to SG-16, $59,994 or full performance Data Analyst 1 SG-18, $66,951.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Demonstrated SharePoint experience, including custom application development, workflow automation, and site customization. Proficient in Power Platform (Power Automate, PowerApps) and Microsoft 365 integration. Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills. Ability to work independently and in a team-based setting.

Experience analyzing and managing data using SAS (or SPSS) and visualizing data using Tableau would be a plus.

Additional Comments • The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of State Operations is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
• If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

How to Apply

Name Emilee Walker

Telephone 5184734785

Fax

Email Address MainOffice.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street 44 Holland Ave.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12208

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a cover letter and resume as an attached PDF or Word document by 4/30/25. Please reference the EOA #2025-105 in all correspondence.