Senior Director, Enterprise Network Architecture

FOR CURRENT OTI EMPLOYEES ONLY

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. Follow us on social media @NYCOfficeofTech, and visit to learn more.

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.

The successful candidate will serve as a Senior Director, Enterprise Network Architecture reporting to the Infrastructure Management division.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• 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.

HOURS/SHIFT

Day - Due to the necessary management duties of this position in a 24/7 operation, the candidate may be required to be on call and work various shifts such as weekends and/or nights/evenings.

WORK LOCATION

Brooklyn, NY

OTI participates in E-Verify

Minimum Qualifications

1. 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; or 2. 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; or 3. 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.

Preferred Skills

• The successful candidate should possess the following: 12+ years of experience in designing & implementing enterprise networks or large city government network architecture & managing the project resources to completion.
• 10+ years of experience in architecting, designing, and rolling out our large load balance architecture for large city governments including project resources from other groups and vendor consultants.
• 10+ years of experience in managing manpower resources, employees/ consultants while rolling our major projects involving routing protocols migration.
• 10+ years of experience in leading a team to design, architect and complete structured cabling in a large data center.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.