Senior Systems Engineer

Note: This position is open only to City of New York employees serving in the permanent civil service title of Computer Specialist (Software).

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the worlds busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Departments main goal is to provide fire protection emergency medical care and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY members are sworn to serve and protect life and property and the Department works to continually educate the public in fire life safety and disaster preparedness along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865 FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation. This accomplishment requires a steadfast and daily commitment to maintaining the Departments core values.

The Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) seeks a fulltime Senior Systems Engineer in the Bureau of Technology Development and Systems. Reporting directly to the Manager Servers and Systems the successful candidate will:

Manage Virtualization infrastructure including computer hardware storage and network integration
Manage VDI infrastructure
Serve as a subject matter expert in the management of Windows Operating Systems and virtual appliances
Architect new IT solutions in response to business needs
Automate common tasks using Powershell
Troubleshoot production issues including reviewing logs performing and analyzing network packet captures and correlating events across disparate systems
Manage shared infrastructure services including Active Directory DNS Backup software monitoring and security tools
Assist with projects involving the implementation migration and upgrade of it systems
Maintain a consistent focus on the security of the IT ecosystem including password security patching and hardening of attack exposure

Special Working Conditions: May be required to work shifts including nights Saturdays Sundays and holidays.

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