*ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT YEAR-ROUND PARKS EMPLOYEES*

Major Responsibilities
- Work with Agency stakeholders to understand the business strategy drivers and business problems to be solved by a given solution.
- Assess existing and future solutions requirements and support vendor selection.
- Assess technology across the enterprise application/technology portfolio.
- Provide guidance on enterprise adoption of new standard technologies.
- Support delivery of solution architecture for a given initiative that complies with enterprise reference architecture.
- Develop enterprise reference architecture documentation.
- Translate business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and document all solution architecture design and analysis work.
- Create architectural designs to guide and contextualize solution development across products, services, projects and systems (including applications, technologies, processes and information).
- Lead evaluation, design and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies, based on enterprise business strategies, business capabilities, value streams, business requirements and enterprise standards.
- Confirm the conformance of applications, components and services to established standards and best practices. Ensure compliance with IT standards and guidelines throughout the application development lifecycle.
- Identify probable system or design flaws and escalate issues to upper management before serious performance impact.
- Analyze and make recommendations regarding the possibility of optimizing and enhancing existing functionalities to meet NYC’s Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) standards.
- Assist in the development and review of technical specifications for procurement of IT systems and services, including the evaluation of vendor submissions solicited via bids and requests for information and proposals.
- Liaise with IT vendors, as necessary.
- Ensure technology solutions adhere to security policies and guidelines promulgated by the Security team.
- Execute IT Strategy Plans such as Application Modernization, IT Security Strategy, Cloud Strategy and Data Center Relocation Strategy.

How to Apply: Go to cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID# 613578.

*Current City Employees please include your ERN and Job ID# 613578 on your cover letter and resume.

NOTE: All resumes must be received no later than the last day of the posting period. References will be required upon request.

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MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

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.

1. 6+ years of IT experience with 3+ years of operational experience working with senior management. 2. Minimum of five years’ experience in at least two IT solution development disciplines e.g., technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or cloud development. 3. Experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences. 4. Good understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies. 5. Experience working with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, Tableau and ESRI. 6. Experience working with .net and SQL database technology stack. 7. Demonstrated capabilities of delivering communications materials. 8. Significant track record of executing tight deadlines in government. 9. 3+ years’ experience in leading and executing IT strategies such as digital business strategy, cloud strategy, application modernization or data center relocation strategy. 10. Good understanding and technical knowledge of current network and client operating systems, hardware, protocols and standards, such as Windows OS, cloud platforms like O365 and Azure. 11. Demonstrated ability of applying IT in solving business problems. 12. Good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle tools such as AzureDev Ops, Jira, Project online.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

This position is exempt from NYC residency requirements.

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.