Cloud Engineer

THE AGENCY
The Department of City Planning (DCP) plans for the strategic growth and development of the City through groundup planning with communities the development of land use policies and zoning regulations applicable citywide and sharing its perspectives on growth and community needs with sister agencies in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DCP is a great place to work cultivating intellectual inspiration professional development and creativity. Visit our website at to access the full listing of job opportunities and to learn more about the agencys services.

THE DIVISION
Information Technology Divisions (ITD) vision is to become a dynamic and vibrant technology delivery organization of the New York City government that leads business transformations and technology innovations to enable citizencentric smart urban planning while promoting a culture of collaboration talent development and equity. ITD is responsible for developing technology solutions to support agency needs and citywide asks including City Charter mandates. This includes grant funding requirements citywide geospatial services maintaining systems infrastructure and endpoint assets to optimize operational efficiency promote innovation and collaborate with other city agencies to enhance service accessibility to citizens. The division provides necessary computing infrastructure and productivityenhancing technology tools in a hybrid mode (on premise and in the cloud) to support DCPs interdisciplinary staff across five boroughs including planners urban designers project managers and executive management. The division is comprised of experienced and talented software engineers geographic specialists service engineers and technology leaders who specialize in managing system infrastructure cyber security geospatial data engineering application services and portfolio management.

Within ITD the Infrastructure and Security Management (ISM) unit is responsible for design configuration and maintenance of onpremise and cloud network infrastructure; physical and virtual server management backup and recovery security and access control database administration capacity planning and incident response facilitating the agencys computing needs and provisioning the infrastructure assets for the optimal of internal and external clients systems and applications. Staffed by a team of network engineers and infrastructure specialists the ISM unit closely works with citys Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) on identity and access management compliance and governance and security best practices.

THE ROLE
ITDs Infrastructure and Security Management (ISM) unit is seeking a Azure Cloud Engineer with expertise in onpremise to cloud migration strategies and comprehensive network/security management to lead design execution and the optimization of complex cloud migrations while ensuring the security and efficiency of Azurebase network infrastructure which plays a pivotal role in shaping DCPs cloud strategy to deliver highquality solutions and ensure the reliability and scalability of cloudbased infrastructure.

Under supervision and general direction with considerable latitude for the exercise of independent judgment the Cloud Engineers responsibilities include but may not be limited to:
Lead the endtoend migration of onpremise systems and applications to Azure including assessment planning execution and postmigration validation.
Architect and implement secure and scalable Azure solutions considering network design data flow and security controls to meet business requirements.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define migration goals assess technical feasibility and design migration strategies that minimize downtime and risk.
Develop and execute migration plans including data transfer application refactoring and resource provisioning while adhering to project timelines and budgets.
Oversee the network architecture in Azure including virtual networks subnets gateways and connectivity to onpremise environments.
Implement robust security measures such as Azure Firewall Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Azure Active Directory to safeguard Azure resources.
Monitor and optimize network performance identifying and addressing bottlenecks and latency issues.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements implementing encryption and access controls.
Develop and maintain network documentation architecture diagrams and migration playbooks.
Lead troubleshooting efforts for networkrelated issues providing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
Mentor junior engineers sharing knowledge and best practices related to Azure migrations and network management.
Stay current with Azure updates network technologies and security trends integrating them into the organizations cloud strategy.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to integrate cloud solutions into the overall IT environment ensuring seamless operation and data flow.

Qualifications :

(1) A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by twentyfour (24) semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and two (2) years of satisfactory fulltime software experience in designing programming debugging maintaining implementing and enhancing computer software applications systems programming systems analysis and design data communication software or database design and programming including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(2) A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six (6) years of fulltime satisfactory software experience as described in 1 above including one year in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project; or
(3) A satisfactory combination of education and experience that is equivalent to (1) or (2) above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in (2) above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. A masters degree in computer science or a related computer field may be substituted for one year of the required experience in (1) or (2) above. However all candidates must have a four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus at least one (1) year of satisfactory fulltime software experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project.
NOTE: In order to have your experience accepted as Project Leader or Major Contributor experience you must explain in detail how your experience qualifies you as a project leader or as a major contributor. Experience in computer operations technical support quality assurance (QA) hardware installation help desk or as an end user will not be accepted for meeting the minimum qualification
requirements.
Special Note
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV in addition to the Qualification Requirements stated above individuals must have one year of satisfactory experience in a project leader capacity or as a major contributor on a complex project in data administration database management systems operating systems data communications systems capacity planning and/or online applications programming.

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime