Permanent Placement
Hybrid
What are the responsibilities and opportunities of this role?
Drives the definition of infrastructure architecture and roadmap including
Architecture vision, principles, standards (including standard products and platforms), and policies.
Target state blueprints and roadmaps for infrastructure architecture strategy.
Maintains and facilitates the process for infrastructure lifecycle management.
Defines and champions the use of the infrastructure standards, procedures, and best practices within the team.
Works closely with enterprise architects to align the infrastructure strategy with the enterprise architecture (all technology domains), information security, and business strategies.
Contributes to the advancement of holistic enterprise monitoring and ITSM capabilities.
Socializes and secures support for infrastructure architecture strategy and roadmap from key stakeholders.
Ensures the infrastructure team fully understands, follows, and champions the technology standards and patterns as defined within Enterprise Architecture.
Leads analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
Monitors and ensures compliance with corporate control standards for quality and security.
Participates in relevant solution design review activities to ensure alignment of infrastructure architecture, infrastructure strategies, and architecture principles.
Supports infrastructure and solution architects and technical teams in identifying and assessing options.
Leads analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the infrastructure architecture.
Provides technical leadership and escalation support for the resolution of defects, incidents, and problems during the testing, implementation, and transition phases of the programs and projects.
Proactively draws out all types of requirements on the IT infrastructure from stakeholders by using a variety of elicitation techniques such as interviewing, modeling, and surveying.
Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, decomposes high-level information into details, and distinguishes user requests from the underlying business problems.
Provides technical advice to colleagues on the use of IT infrastructure and integration of various business applications onto the infrastructure.
What are the must-have qualifications for a candidate?
Specialist-level experience working in a complex infrastructure strategy and architecture design environment.
Proven technical management and specialist experience working in a complex IT infrastructure environment
Professional competency in at least three technical specializations, with a broad understanding of other current and emerging technologies, such as storage, network, telecom, and server.
Demonstrated experience designing cloud solutions in AWS.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related discipline preferred, or experience in lieu of degree.
What will our ideal candidate have?
Minimum 10 years of IT experience with at least eight years in infrastructure strategy and architecture design.
Experience building and maintaining relationships at a senior level and having the ability to influence at all levels.
Ability to listen and articulate ideas verbally and in written form to a broad range of audiences.
Ability to ask probing questions and deliver presentations.
Ability to focus on the business / end user’s or customer’s needs and sets expectations and understands end user behavior.
Ability to focus and drive engineering teams to deliver upon architecture vision.
Well-developed analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and critical thinking skills that leverage both logic and creativity.
Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
TOGAF certification is preferred.
The targeted hiring range for this role is $126,090 - $154,110, annually. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on the job-related knowledge, skills, credentials, and experience of each candidate as well as other factors such as the scope and location of the role. Candidates looking for compensation outside of the posted range are encouraged to apply and will be considered based on their individual qualifications and / or may be considered for other positions.
This client offers full-time employees a significant Total Rewards Package, including:
Medical insurance plan options and other standard employee benefits, including dental insurance, vision benefits, life insurance, disability insurance, and more!
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) Plan (participants are eligible for 100% matching on the first 6% of their contributions)
Wellbeing Program, including onsite fitness studio
Paid Time Off – including holiday, vacation, and volunteer
100% company-paid tuition reimbursement for approved job-relevant coursework and access to The Institutes (Risk and insurance education)
Paid parental leave
Bonus opportunities
This client provides a flexible work environment, which includes a variety of hybrid and remote work arrangements designed to balance individual, job, department, and company needs.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
Unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.