City Of New York

Technical Lead, Data Strategy

City Of New York • $120K — $145K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in computer science and 3 years of IT experience, including management roles
  • Bachelor's degree and 4 years of relevant IT experience
  • High school diploma or equivalent and 6 years of relevant IT experience
  • Must have 3 years in an administrative or managerial capacity in IT
  • Experience in applications development, systems development, and data communications required

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor system administrators and technical staff
  • Oversee reliability, security, and performance of infrastructure and platforms
  • Design and support cloud and on-premises infrastructure solutions
  • Drive DevOps best practices including automation and security
  • Collaborate with development teams to enhance platform reliability
  • Serve as technical escalation point for complex issues
  • Establish standards for performance optimization and disaster recovery
  • Act on behalf of the Senior Director regarding operational matters

Benefits

  • Eligibility for the 55-a Program for qualified persons with disabilities
  • Potential for career advancement within city agencies
  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative, data-driven environment
  • Be part of a mission-focused team improving public services
  • Flexible work hours may include night and weekend shifts
Full Job Description
OPEN TO CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES PERMANENT IN THIS TITLE ONLY

Within OTI, the Office of Data Strategy (ODS) partners with City agencies to improve data-driven decision-making and deliver services more equitably and effectively. ODS supports agency operations through data analytics, enhances the accessibility of Open Data, and develops the infrastructure for secure interagency data sharing. The office also focuses on automating data integration, strengthening data quality, and improving the City's data sharing platforms and user experience.

We are seeking a versatile, hands-on Technical Lead to oversee the reliability, security, scalability, and automation of the organization's analytics and enterprise platforms. This role provides technical leadership for a team of system administrators and technical specialists while actively contributing to cloud infrastructure, systems architecture, DevOps, automation, and application delivery initiatives.

As the team's technical and operational lead, this position also serves as the Senior Director's delegate for operational and technical matters when needed.

Responsibilities will include:
-Lead, mentor, and provide technical direction to system administrators and technical staff.
-Oversee the day-to-day operation, reliability, security, and performance of infrastructure and platform services.
-Design, implement, and support cloud and on-premises infrastructure solutions.
-Drive DevOps best practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, automation, observability, and security.
-Partner with application development teams to improve deployment, platform reliability, and developer productivity.
-Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex infrastructure and application issues.
-Establish standards for monitoring, disaster recovery, resiliency, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
-Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.
-Act on behalf of the Senior Director for technical and operational matters, including team coordination, as required.

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

WORK LOCATION
Brooklyn, NY

TO APPLY
Only permanent employees in the title and those that are reachable on the current civil service list are eligible to apply.

Please go to www.cityjobs/jobs/search and search for Job ID #796762

* Interested applicants with other civil service titles who meet the preferred requirements should also submit a resume for consideration

SUBMISSION OF A RESUME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW
APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT APPROVAL

This position is open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program.
Please indicate in your cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position under the 55-a program

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Qualifications

1. 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; or

2. 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; or

3. 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; or

4. 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.

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