Cloud Computing Engineer

About the Agency:

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation Development (HPD) promotes quality and affordability in the citys housing and diversity and strength in the citys neighborhoods because every New Yorker deserves a safe affordable place to live in a neighborhood they love.

We maintain building and resident safety and health.
We create opportunities for New Yorkers through housing affordability.
We engage New Yorkers to build and sustain neighborhood strength and diversity.

HPD is entrusted with fulfilling these objectives through the goals and strategies of Housing Our Neighbors: A Blueprint for Housing and Homelessness Mayor Adams comprehensive housing framework. To support this important work the administration has committed $5 billion in new capital funding bringing the 10year planned investment in housing to $22 billion the largest in the citys history. This investment coupled with a commitment to reduce administrative and regulatory barriers is a multipronged strategy to tackle New York Citys complex housing crisis by addressing homelessness and housing instability promoting economic stability and mobility increasing homeownership opportunities improving health and safety and increasing opportunities for equitable growth.

Your Team:

Housing Preservation & Development Technology (HPD Tech) is the IT division within HPD. The Office of HPD Tech leads the agencys effort to transform HPD through technology by promoting productivity and eliminating manual processing shrinking costs and increasing the pace of work. HPD Tech works to improve effectiveness of business processes using core applications for flawless execution. HPD Tech empowers decision makers with access to quality (complete and accurate) information to anticipate and proactively react to building neighborhood and market conditions.

The Office of HPDTech is composed of 7 units: CIO (Chief Information Office) CTO (Chief Technology Office) CPO (Chief Product Office) Budget Enterprise Architecture Planning & Compliance and Information Security.

Your Impact:

As the Cloud Computing Engineer reporting to the Chief Technology Officer you will positively impact the organization cloud computing environment.

Your Role:

This position will be responsible for the setup the management and administration of Azure Cloud Services.

Your Responsibilities:

This position encompasses professional and responsible highly technical consultative responsibilities unique to the design and engineering of complex cloud computing and networks. Under the administrative direction of an agency IT manager with broad latitude of independent action or decision is responsible for the development of comprehensive cloudbased infrastructure solutions. Engineer and operate mission critical infrastructure and be responsible for the access and protection of sensitive data systems and networks. Design and engineer services of New York Citys Microsoft Azure tenant domain network. Lead a team or participate in a team in planning designing implementing and maintaining cloudbased solutions that includes the management of IT facilities network security telecommunications servers storage and virtualization components.

This candidate must possess an Azure Administrator Associate Certification (or equivalent) as well as the following:

General Skills:
Analyzes designs implements documents and monitors infrastructure to maximize performance and capacity. ensures security and availability of data.
Plans initiates and implements new infrastructure or design changes.
Plans initiates and implements new solutions for cloud infrastructure including network and system design and engineering.
Plans define and maintain standards and guidelines for efficiency security reuse interoperability availability consistency and integration.
Define optimal performance level for infrastructure components and ensure that the level is met.
Monitors industry development; liaises with vendors as necessary.
Ensures compliance with agency standards.
Assists with application development regarding new technologies and system requirements.
Identifies probable system problems or design flaws and escalates issues to upper management before serious performance impact.
Define manage and monitor data retention replication data protection and disaster recovery strategies to ensure proper recoverability.
Serves as subject matter expert on topics related to networks servers storage and virtualization; provides training.
Manages inventory of IT hardware and software assets. Liaises with relevant stakeholders to ensure availability of infrastructure solutions.
Maintains disaster recovery configurations for infrastructure perform periodic disaster recovery tests and maintain disaster recovery documentation and procedures in support of infrastructure.
Works closely with various IT teams to resolve infrastructure issues.
Ensure that all changes to the infrastructure adhere to established Change Management policies and procedures.
Manages network or infrastructure engineering for cloud solutions.
Prepares system configurations and management/support documentation.
Assists in the development and review of technical specifications for the procurement of relevant IT systems and services including the evaluation of vendor submissions solicited via bids requests for information and proposals.
May oversee multiple projects and supervise employees.
Required Technical Skills:
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure container registry (ACR)
Azure networking (VNET subnet security groups)
Azure storage (Azure Disks Azure Files)
Azure security (Azure Active Directory RBAC)
Azure CLI and PowerShell
Containerization (Docker containers)
Kubernetes fundamentals (architecture components networking)
Kubernetes architecture and components (Deployments)
Kubernetes APIs and CLI
Networking (Services Firewalls Load Balancing)
Storage
Security (Network Policies)
Monitoring and Logging
Linux/Unix operating systems
Scripting languages (Python)
Familiarity with InfrastructureasService
Redis configuration and optimization
Database administration (data modeling caching strategies) (optional)

Required Operational Skills:
Scaling and upgrading Kubernetes nodes
Managing Kubernetes networking and security
Troubleshooting Kubernetes issues (pod deployment service)
Implementing high availability and redundancy
Managing Azure resources (VMs storage networking)
Integrating Kubernetes with Azure services (Azure Storage Azure Functions)
Managing Kubernetes configurations (yaml json)
Cluster provisioning and management
Application deployment and scaling
Resource management (CPU memory storage)
Troubleshooting and debugging
Backup and disaster recovery (optional)
Upgrade and patch management
Performance optimization
Cost management and resource utilization
Redis data structures and commands
Redis clustering and replication
Redis persistence and backup strategies
Redis performance optimization
Redis security (authentication authorization)

Required Soft Skills:
Collaboration and teamwork
Communication and documentation
Problemsolving and analytical thinking
Adaptability and flexibility
Time management and prioritization
Continuous learning and professional development


Preferred Additional SkillsCerts (a plus):
Cloud provider knowledge (AWS GCP Azure)
Programming languages (C# Java Python Node.js)
Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKSS)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Developer
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Redis Certified Developer
Redis Certified Administrator

Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory fulltime experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position; or
2. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 above.

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