SOLUTION ARCHITECT at City of New York
New York, NY
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Jun 30, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Solution Architect role within the technology division of a large New York City social services agency, focused on designing and overseeing portal and mobile applications. Day-to-day work spans fit/gap analysis, technical design for large-scale systems, security accreditation, vulnerability remediation, and managing iOS/Android app store releases. Suits an experienced architect comfortable bridging legacy systems, COTS products, and cross-agency technical teams.
Senior level · 6+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 60 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 15–90
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $129,701 (middle half $84,324–$174,781).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The minimum experience requirement is 6 years with a CS-related bachelor's degree, or 10 years with any bachelor's degree — 6 years is used as the overall years minimum per the more favorable path.
The role is titled 'Senior IT Architect' functioning as a Solution Architect. SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best fit for a solutions/enterprise architect role; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a plausible runner-up given the hands-on coding, POC development, and portal/mobile deployment responsibilities described.
Veracode (security scanning) and ELK (data analytics/logging) are explicitly named in the job description as tools used in this role.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The role is on-site in New York City (9AM–5PM shift); no remote option is indicated.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): mobile application development, enterprise/solutions architecture.
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