Network Solutions Architect

About the Role

The Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) oversees critical projects and technological initiatives within the NYPD. They maintain and enhance the department's IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, and workstations. Notably, ITSD has rolled out various advancements, such as equipping officers with cellular phone applications and digitizing department forms to improve efficiency. ITSD is seeking a candidate for the position of Senior IT Architect who will act in the role of Network Solutions Architect.

Responsibilities

• Design/Architect Network solutions for cloud and hybrid connectivity WAN/LAN, SD-WAN.
• Set up Disaster Recovery (DR) and Highly Available (HA) Network environments and develop and maintain IT architecture diagrams of enterprise, business, data, security and/or technology architecture for IT solutions, concepts and strategies to meet business requirements for target audiences.
• Develop and install monitoring applications for network equipment including, but not limited to, Network Switches, Firewalls using various off-the-box monitoring tools.
• Work across Sections and Divisions helping troubleshoot perceived network issues with application owners.
• Implement authentication, MFA and authorization using Azure AD and related Azure Services.
• Implement application Data Center and Infrastructure; hardware lifecycle planning, virtualization, network fabrics, load balancing, capacity and performance tuning.
• Confirm adherence of applications, components and services to establish standards and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with architecture standards and guidelines throughout the application development life cycle.

Minimum Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics or related field and six years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and ten years of satisfactory full-time experience related to enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, network architecture and/or IT infrastructure systems; or
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

Preferred Skills

• The architect must create presentations, business logic, persistence layers, API integrations, microservices, performance and scalability engineering.
• Researches and recommends hardware and server requirements and work with clients to build application environments.
• Ensure compliance with agency standards; propose updates to agency standards in line with industry best practices.
• Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills.

Benefits

The City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26, union benefits such as dental and vision coverage, paid annual leave and sick leave, paid holidays, a pension, and optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

Work Location

1 Police Plaza

Additional Information

In compliance with Federal Law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

New York City Residency is not required for this position.