New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), a private non-profit, independent institution of higher learning with approximately 14,000 students worldwide seeks a System Architect  and Security Specialist.  Offering more than 90 courses of study leading to undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, NYIT has conscientiously followed its mission of providing career-oriented professional education.  Its academic programs, in areas including engineering, architecture, business, communication and graphic arts, and medicine, prepare students for some of the most in-demand careers in today’s global economy.  NYIT has been recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as a “Great College to Work For 2011” and has been consistently ranked in Tier 1 by U.S. News & World Report for more than a decade.

Under the direction of the Director of Systems, Networks & Telecommunications the System Architect and Security Specialist will function as member of the System Architecture and Security team. The incumbent will provide technical analysis, review, design, and recommendations for enterprise and departmental applications, institutional Share Point implementation, and their infrastructure for NYIT as well as design and recommend their security infrastructure.  The incumbent will contribute to the implementation of the infrastructure and systems, including their security. Candidate will have the primary responsibility for administration and maintenance of the application security.  Candidate will design and develop databases, systems and applications to enable NYIT personnel to perform their tasks more efficiently. These databases, systems and applications include standard two and three-tier applications, and ERP applications. S/he will function as a member of the Systems, Networks & Telecommunications team.

This position plays an integral part in the development of strategies for optimal use of SharePoint, SQL Reporting services, Business Intelligence, Project Server and other collaborative tools within the organization, with a heavy focus on Data Warehousing in a Microsoft SQL environment.

The System Architect and Security Specialist will function as a member of the System Architecture and Security team and as a member of the Systems, Networks & Telecommunications for the NYIT campus and offsite locations and will work either in a team or independently in design, development, and maintenance of various databases, systems and applications, and infrastructure, and security of the same. Among others these systems include the ERP systems, various in-house systems, and the Share Point implementation.  The incumbent will design, recommend, implement, administer, and maintain the security infrastructure of these systems. Additionally, s/he will manage and maintain the individual user access to these systems and install, configure, and customize these systems as necessary.  Candidate will be responsible for the design, architecture, availability, reliability, performance, monitoring and security of NYIT’s enterprise Microsoft SharePoint and SQL services and their underlying components;

oversee the SharePoint and SQL Server infrastructures, user access and application deployment, taking the lead role in implementing SharePoint in an enterprise environment and support

the installation, configuration, security, operation, and maintenance of all SQL servers, web servers, equipment, and software related to SharePoint infrastructure and Data Warehouse.

Other responsibilities include to develop and manage change control procedures as they relate to promotion of code and data structures from development and test instances to production systems, manage, monitor and administer database and system performance, including optimization and tuning of data loads/extractions and recommending appropriate changes to ensure and improve system performance and reliability, design, implement and manage SharePoint and SQL disk and tape storage subsystems in a SAN environment and continuously analyze space requirements and performance.  He/she will perform capacity planning and alterations/upgrades in alignment with Data Warehouse and other business objectives, apply application and security patches to systems, applications, and databases, manage job and activity schedules to do system backup/recovery, promote optimal performance, maximum availability and minimize data latency and data load durations. Candidate will develop, configure and maintain document libraries, enterprise lists and site collections, perform typical system administrative activities such as site creation, user training, backup, restore and issue resolution, interface with the user community and various technical teams in determining and assessing the need, collaboratively or independently designing the appropriate hardware and software solution, and finally collaboratively or independently implementing the solution. The incumbent will be responsible for development, implementation, and delivery of various management reports using different University systems; some of these reports will be produced periodically and some will be produced on an ad-hoc basis, provide on-call coverage outside of business hours on a routine rotation basis and for special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, plus at least six years of experience in system and database administration, design and deployment in large, complex organizations is required. A minimum of  five years of experience implementing Microsoft Sharepoint, IIS and SQL server in a data warehousing and business intelligence environment and System and database security design, implementation, maintenance, as well as user access administration experience and knowledge on MS SQL Server BI architecture, Integration Services (SSIS), Analytic Services (SSAS), SharePoint Portal Server, and Relational Database is required.  Experience in implementing, administering, and maintaining Microsoft Project Server is highly desirable as well as proficiency in clustering, load balancing and SAN concepts.  Knowledge of sizing, capacity planning, backup and recovery planning with multi-terabyte data warehouse solutions in SQL Server is preferred as well as basic proficiency in java programming and in various scripting languages, e.g., perl, php, etc.  Related MS certifications and demonstrated proactive approach and self-initiative is a strong plus.  Ability to interact effectively with a wide variety of users with different expectations and backgrounds is required, as well as strong organizational skills with emphasis on detail and follow-up and experience in managing projects and priorities in a dynamic, fluid environment.  Excellent decision making, problem solving, communication, presentation and customer service skills are required.  A higher education environment is strongly desired.

Candidate must be able to work on holidays, evenings and weekends as required. We offer a competitive benefits package (at no cost to the employee) including tuition remission, along with a professional environment designed to enhance your career development. To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to: itjobs@nyit.edu . Please reference job code #831   in your subject line . EOE M/F/D/V.