Senior Director, Enterprise Network Architecture

City of New York•New York, NY

2d•$83,718 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) leverages technology to drive opportunity, improve public safety, and help government run better across New York City. From delivering affordable broadband to protecting against cybersecurity threats and building digital government services, OTI is at the forefront of how the city delivers for New Yorkers in the 21st century. At OTI, we offer great benefits, and the chance to work on projects that have a meaningful impact on millions of people. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and collaborate with other passionate professionals who share your drive and commitment to making a difference through technology.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in the field of voice and/or data telecommunications or in a pertinent scientific, technical, electronic or related area, and four years of satisfactory fulltime experience in the performance of analytical, planning, operational, technical, or administrative duties in a voice and/or data telecommunications or closely related electronics planning, management, and/or service organization, one year of which must have been in a highly specialized capacity and 18 months must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity or in the supervision of staff performing work in the voice and/or data telecommunications field.
An associate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 12 credits in the field of voice and/or data telecommunications or in a pertinent, scientific, technical, electronic or related area and five years of experience as described in "1" above.
Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one year of the specialized experience as described in "1" above and must possess the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee the data center architecture teams across all enterprise data centers to ensure cohesive, scalable infrastructure design.
Direct multi-site data center initiatives, aligning physical and virtual environments with global network strategy and high-availability standards.
Define global enterprise network architecture, including CCEWIN and Optical technologies ensuring long-term strategies align with future business and technology growth goals.
Research, evaluate, recommend, and validate new emerging technologies to solve tomorrow's problems in innovative ways.
Design and develop highly available, secure, flexible, fault-tolerant, on-premises, and cloud-based network solutions.
Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and training to engineering and support teams for day-to-day operations and approved solutions.
Perform root cause analysis for service interruptions, create preventative measures, and manage special projects and vendor testing initiatives.
Create high-level technical presentations for management, collaborate with vendors, and lead budget approval documentation.
Design & re-deploy the CCEWIN environment for optimum usage and functionality, participate in the DoITT Optical Backbone network, plan & undertake new strategic initiatives.
Oversee special projects and initiatives as assigned.