NYC Department of Social Services · 23 hours ago
SENIOR DIRECTOR, HARDWARE AND VIRTUALIZATION ADMINISTRATION
Brooklyn, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$68K/yr - $153K/yr
3+ years expThe NYC Department of Social Services is dedicated to fighting poverty and addressing homelessness in New York City. They are seeking a Senior Director for Hardware and Virtualization Administration to develop and manage cloud and hardware infrastructure while ensuring operational efficiency and leading engineering teams in virtualization workflows.
ConsultingGovernmentNon ProfitSocial
No H1B
Responsibilities
Develop, recommend, and manage cloud, virtual, and hardware infrastructure to apply specific VMWare/MS engineering methodology or technology on ITS projects and advocate for exceptions to established best practices in order to account for the ITS complexities and achieve ITS project objectives
Ensure VMWare/MS, Windows, vendor hardware and software components are operating accurately and efficiently within the ITS I&O Operations. Troubleshoot all issues with various ITS teams and external vendors to maintain business continuity
Lead ITS teams in the execution of engineering operational cloud and virtualization workflows and the use of capacity planning tools that focus on speed to market, return on investment and delivery of business value. Work as the lead engineer for the modernization of the agency’s cloud and VMWare virtual and hardware infrastructure
Work with the administration, various teams, business users along with VMWare and Microsoft to architect, engineer, and deploy modern technology. Work daily with developers and business relationship managers (BRMs) to assist and support their customized solutions. Keep current with new emerging technological trends that are producing measurable and consistent benefits for the businesses, including cloud platform service opportunities, on prem/private cloud, hyper-converged infrastructure, composable infrastructure, virtual backup, VDI and analyze such technologies to bring into scope of existing infrastructure
Use specialized cloud and virtualization business knowledge to define the engineering requirements based on an understanding of the customer’s business needs and objectives. Act as the lead engineer and deploy the latest tools including Vcloud, Vrealize Operation Manager, Vrealize Automation, Vcenter, Esxi, NSX, and Horizon View which meet the business needs
Qualification
Required
A master's degree in computer science from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience in Information Technology (IT) including applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing, or user services. At least eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in '1' above
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and six (6) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in '1' above
A satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to '1', '2' or '3' above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and must possess at least three (3) years of experience as described in '1' above, including the eighteen (18) months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in '1' above
In the absence of a baccalaureate degree, undergraduate credits may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of the required experience in IT on the basis of 30 semester credits for six (6) months of the required experience
Graduate credits in computer science may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of the required experience in IT on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits in computer science for one (1) year of the required IT experience. However, undergraduate and/or graduate credits may not be substituted for the eighteen (18) months of experience in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity as described in '1' above
Preferred
Expertise in virtualization technologies using Vmware, RedHat, Microsoft HyperV and underlying server infrastructure
Experience in various hardware and servers manufactured by HP, DELL, Hitachi and IBM
Ability to build partnerships with the business and demonstrate the business value of IT Infrastructure teams
Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, planning, and execution skills
Understanding of current and emerging infrastructure technologies and practices and how other organizations are employing them and the ability to identify and act on opportunities for continuous improvement
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to business leaders and business concepts to the IT workforce and to effectively negotiate contracts
Benefits
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Company
NYC Department of Social Services
The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the NYC Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS).
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ann Marie Scalia
General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer
Beatriz Fritschler, MPA
Deputy Commissioner, Strategic Partnerships
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