Network Solutions Architect

POLICE DEPARTMENT; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension plan

Paid leave and holidays

Deferred compensation options

Job summary

The New York City Police Department is seeking a Senior IT Architect (Network Solutions Architect) to design network solutions for cloud and hybrid environments, including WAN/LAN and SD-WAN. The role covers DR/HA planning, architecture diagrams, and Azure AD MFA implementation.

Responsibilities include monitoring tool deployment, cross‑section collaboration, and ensuring standards compliance across the application life cycle. Work location is 1 Police Plaza with NYPD ITSD oversight.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering/Math with six years of related enterprise/network/IT infrastructure experience.
• Alternatively a Bachelor's with ten years of related experience or an equivalent combination.
• Education and/or experience may be substituted for the above qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect network solutions for cloud and hybrid connectivity (WAN/LAN, SD-WAN).
• Set up Disaster Recovery and High Availability network environments and maintain IT architecture diagrams.
• Develop and install monitoring applications for network equipment and security devices.
• Collaborate across sections and divisions to troubleshoot network issues with application owners.
• Implement authentication, MFA and authorization using Azure AD and related services.
• Plan hardware lifecycle, virtualization, load balancing, capacity and performance tuning; ensure standards compliance.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Network architecture

IT infrastructure

Azure AD / MFA

Cloud / hybrid networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / IS / Engineering / Mathematics

6+ years relevant experience

Tools

Azure

Monitoring tools

Server virtualization

Job description

The mission of the New York City Police Department is to enhance the quality of life in New York City by working in partnership with the community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect the people, reduce fear, and maintain order. The New York City Police Department strives to foster a safe and fair city through the strategic deployment of resources, focusing on both crime prevention and addressing quality-of-life concerns while building lasting community relationships.

The Information Technology Services Division 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 phones applications and digitizing department forms to improve efficiency.

SENIOR IT ARCHITECT - 95711

ITSD is seeking a candidate for the position of Senior IT Architect who will act in the role of Network Solutions Architect and who will be responsible for the following:

• 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.

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.

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.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1. 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
• 2. 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
• 3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

Preferred Skills

Preferred skills include:

• 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

Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.