DATA PROCESSING INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SPECIALIST 2 (A17)
Career Family: DATA PROCESSING INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SPECIALIST
In New Jersey, Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 2 is filled through the competitive process: candidates take a civil service exam and are hired off a ranked list, not picked at will.
On the Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist ladder it falls between Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 3 (variant Title C) and Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 1. Qualifying turns on 2 years of relevant experience. The FY 2027 range lands between $55,691 and $81,008, and state payroll currently lists 4 people in the title, most of them at Office of Information Technology.
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Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 2 appears on the State payroll at one department, Office of Information Technology. It is also used at one independent authority, Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Office of Information Technology | 4 |
Independent authorities
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Higher Education Student Assistance Authority | 1 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Pay ladder: Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist series
- Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 3 (variant Title C) — $46,727 – $67,528
- Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 2 — $55,691 – $81,008 (this title)
- Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 1 — $69,668 – $101,951
Promoting to Data Processing Input/Output Control Specialist 1 raises the top of the band by about $13,208. Its top salary lands around the 22nd percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.
Rungs are ordered by FY 2027 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 4 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $58,210. The agencies employing the most are:
- Office of Information Technology (4)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under general supervision in a state department, agency, or institution, controls and processes inputs/outputs, prepares and sets up job control language and other machine control parameters as required to complete machine runs, initiates internal problem reporting, and carries out corrective and emergency actions as directed; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Performs the receipt, logging, and quality control analysis of source data and documents.
- Routes source documents to data preparation areas, monitors progress of data preparation, and follows up for the return of prepared machine-readable input data.
- Prepares and sets up job control language and other parameters required to initiate/complete production machine runs.
- Creates and maintains all program and job control language libraries and/or data sets related to input/output activities.
- Stages inputs and materials necessary to carry-out machine runs including job control language and other parameters, magnetic work media, output stock, and special forms, printer control tapes, and process documentation.
- Reviews machine outputs for general quality, accuracy, and precision.
- Performs decollation, bursting, packaging, and other processing of machine produced outputs.
- Notifies users of availability of outputs and/or delivers or distributes outputs to users.
- Monitors receipt/delivery of input/output according to production schedules.
- Gathers testing, rerun processing, late arrival, downtime, and other data to assist in measurement of the performance of input/output control activity.
- Prepares reports.
- Maintains records.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Two (2) years of experience in the areas of computer operations, scheduling, and/or input/output control.
License
Appointee will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of computers, peripheral and EAM equipment, and concepts of information processing.
- Knowledge of job control language and other machine language functions as required in the employing facility.
- Knowledge of teleprocessing commands utilized in the employing facility.
- Knowledge of computer and machine operating techniques used in the employing facility.
- Knowledge of machine and production scheduling techniques required in the employing facility.
- Knowledge of information processing production and control functions and of workflow control techniques.
- Knowledge of input/output methods and procedures.
- Ability to learn and work within input/output control work procedures, practices, and documentation used in the employing facility.
- Ability to isolate causes and solve input/output control problems.
- Ability to control input/output activities for combinations of systems.
- Ability to perform duties of other input/output control personnel of equal or lower levels in emergency situations.
- Ability to operate forms processing equipment.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written, to all levels of employees such as users and other data center personnel.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.