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About the Department

The New York City Police Department works with communities to uphold the law, protect residents, reduce fear, preserve public safety, and improve quality of life across New York City. Its focus includes crime prevention, responding to quality-of-life issues, and building long-term community trust.

Role Overview

The Strategic Technology Division develops and coordinates emergency technology applications, strategic IT infrastructure, and enterprise platforms. The team is looking for an IT Security Specialist to help shape security policy, safeguard systems and data, and support secure technology operations across the agency.

Key Duties

Develop, maintain, and update security policies, standards, configurations, operating procedures, and guidelines covering identity, access, and information protection.
Track industry changes, coordinate with vendors, and help ensure alignment with citywide and agency security standards.
Review security posture, identify risks such as exposure, compromise, defects, or design weaknesses, and escalate serious concerns to leadership.
Advise agency executives on IT security policy and recommend improvements to existing standards and controls.
Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of Cisco-based WAN, LAN, and wireless environments.
Assist application, network, server, database, and storage teams with security input for new technologies, services, and system needs.
Provide security guidance for new products and internally built solutions.
Manage and support remote access tools such as VPN and Terminal Services.
Work with newer technologies including SD-WAN, Cisco ACI, and data center infrastructure products.
Lead advanced ACI setups involving inter-VRF routing through firewalls and service transitions.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college plus 4 years of full-time experience related to the projects and policy work required for the position, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Experience and Technical Profile

Hands-on ACI experience is required.
Background with SD-WAN, network switching, capacity planning, VLANs, routing protocols, WAN technologies, and network firewalls.
Experience with Cisco wireless deployments, Cisco data center systems, and load balancing.
About 5 years of relevant experience, including 2 years in an engineering role.
Experience performing physical equipment installations.
Cisco certification is preferred but not mandatory.
Knowledge of CCNP-level concepts, MPLS, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and QoS.
Understanding of data center networking, including Nexus and ACI.
Ability to juggle priorities, work independently or in a team, stay detail-oriented, and meet deadlines.
Comfort using standard office PCs, MS Office, and other business software or systems.

Additional Information

All hires must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form at the time of hire, as required by federal law.

The City of New York provides a broad benefits package that includes medical coverage for the employee, spouse or domestic partner, and unemancipated children under 26; union dental and vision benefits; paid annual leave, sick leave, and holidays; a pension; and optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

Hours and shift timing vary.

New York City residency is not required for this position.

Public service loan forgiveness may be available, along with possible state repayment assistance programs for eligible employees.

The City of New York is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce and maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment based on any legally protected status or characteristic.

IT Security Specialist