Network Solutions Architect

City of New York • New York City, NY

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) is seeking a Senior IT Architect to serve as a Network Solutions Architect. This role is crucial for designing, implementing, and maintaining the department's network infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, security, and efficiency. The ITSD is responsible for critical IT projects and technological advancements within the NYPD, including equipping officers with mobile technology and digitizing departmental processes. The Network Solutions Architect will play a key part in modernizing the NYPD's network capabilities to support its mission of enhancing the quality of life in New York City.

Requirements

• 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 the above.

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.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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
• optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior