Infrastructure Domain Architect
PRIMARY FUNCTION: This position is responsible for working cross functionally across Enterprise Systems, business product owners and with vendor partners to provide technology roadmaps, standards, designs, recommendations and business cases. Ensures compliance and alignment of infrastructure architecture with overall enterprise architecture frameworks. Ensures solutions meet agreed upon business criteria and are technically capable of achieving benefit targets.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Demonstrated architecture level experience with core Infrastructure services; Network, Server, Storage, security, Database and public Cloud.
- Identify and assess high level technical solution alternatives, and choose the high level technical design.
- Lead the design of complex systems using a cross functional mix of information, applications, systems and security to achieve a well-defined business objective or project goal.
- Estimation of solution options/costs in support of the continued refinement of business cases, including but not limited to costs for hardware, development, integration, testing, deployment, risks and support.
- Conduct appropriate analysis to establish project budgets.
- Artifact deliver throughout the project lifecycle; requirements, business case, logical design
- Coordinates and participates in the review of delivered solutions to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, standards, roadmaps, requirements and components.
- Able to propose designs that limit the amount of technology debt being introduced to the systems landscape.
- Set architecture level standards for assigned technology and produce roadmaps.
- Able to assess and recommend the best solution considering on premise and Cloud alternatives.
- Evaluate new technologies to determine business value, review and vet recommendations.
- Considered a subject matter expert in at least 3 of the following; Network, Storage, Compute, Cloud, Data Base, Security, User Productivity and Devices.
- Experience with ITIL, DevOps techniques, application delivery pipelines, and Agile operational characteristics.
- Support the maturity of the Architecture practice by participating in the vetting of Architecture deliverables, POCs, and design reviews.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or a related field.
- 10 years’ experience in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) or multi-tier environment with PCI and SOX controls including enterprise infrastructure capabilities and familiarity with Hyper-converged, Hybrid Cloud and modern digital applications.
- Continuous learner that is passionate about applying new technologies to drive business value.
- Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments, including but not limited to SAP.
- Ability to influence others to drive for the right outcomes while establishing and maintain a high level of trust.
- Can function with the highest level of autonomy.
- Experience developing analytical models to support technology and solution selection.
- Demonstrated ability to partner and influence peers and senior leaders.
- Proven negotiation skills
- Provide technical guidance and consultation to other architects.