Infrastructure Architect

Description

ResponsibilitiesReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Ensure alignment of technology solutions to business objectives through to implementation.Assists business systems analysts to produce nonfunctional requirements for systems development initiatives where needed.Recommend technology improvements or corrections to improve performance of operational systemsParticipate in technology vendor solution and system overview sessions and selectionPerform technical architecture analysis of new and existing systemsWork with Enterprise Architects to produce future state architectures and transition architecturesCreate line of sight from applications, services and data stores to technical infrastructure componentsMaintain ACA Technology catalogCollaborate internally to develop scaleable, maintainable, consistent, highly available storage and virtualization architectures that meet business objectives and set relevant servicelevel agreementsProduce technology / infrastructure architecture drawingsDesign and implement redundant systems and policies for disaster recovery and archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of appliances and stored data assets.Collaborate with Server, Storage & Network Teams to gather metrics to show trends of current technology solutionsOversight for capacity planningMaintain relationship between configuration management database and EA repositoryMaintain relationship between technology asset management system and EA repositoryDevelop reference architectures on Middleware, ECM and CRM based technologiesCollaborate closely with business, solution, information and enterprise architectsCollaborate with PMO to produce sample technology architecture deliverables to help guide the creation of future project deliverables.Ensure technology solutions comply with ACA compliance and risk management policiesWork with vendor management (VMO) to ensure third party technology solutions comply with ACA policies and standardsQualificationsBachelors of Science in Computer Science, Information Management or related disciplineMinimum of 5 years architecture experiencePrevious role as systems or network engineer or systems developerExperience architecting infrastructure technology solutions, enterprise storage, archival/backup, and DRP systems with a broad spectrum of virtual and storage technologies.Experience provisioning virtualized infrastructures Cloud, Hybrid and other patternsExperience with Mobility based systems and architecturesExcellent knowledge of SAN, NAS, DAS, RAID, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, tape, clustering, encryption, contentaddressable storage, converged infrastructure, hyper converged, and technologies from Dell, EMC, HP, and IBM vendorsStrong systems integration experience middleware, SOA etc.Security architecture experience including capabilities like Identity and Access Management at enterprise levelsExperience ensuring systems and processes comply with PCI / PII and other industry regulatory standardsKnowledge of change management systems, applicable data retention practices and laws, and developing and submitting storage audits and compliance reports to governing bodies, legal entities, and/or other external authoritiesProven analytical, strategic vision drawing on strong problemsolving abilities.Experience with Enterprise systems modeling with tools like Visio.Strong written and oral communication skills, high level of professionalism and interpersonal skills, and excellent critical thinking, analytical, and problem solving skillsAbility to conduct research into storage issues, standards, and products.Ability to conceive solutions from elaboration of requirementsAbility to maintain composure and multitask in a fast paced environmentExcellent computer skills including Microsoft Office, Windows and the InternetMust be a selfmotivator while actively participating in a team environmentAbility to mentor othersExperience facilitating solution sessionsAssist with vendor RFP processes where neededDesired QualificationsExperience with systems integration and service oriented architecture models.Experience with Enterprise Architecture Methods like TOGAF, FEA, Gartner with a classification scheme like ZachmanTOGAF 9 with Technology Reference Models and IIIRMExperience with Mobile Device Management and Digital Loss Prevention technology solutionsExperience with EA tool like Mega, Troux or Software AG AlfabetISO 27000 series experienceConnectivity experience with Internet of Things (IoT) devicesProcess experience Lean, ITIL, Six Sigma etc.Experience in Financial Systems is highly desirable Loan Origination, Underwriting, Funding or ServicingExperience with Message Oriented Middleware like BizTalk on MS PlatformExperience with CRM platforms like SalesforceExperience with ECM platforms like OnBase, SharePointExperience leveraging Enterprise Architecture Repositories for storage and retrieval of solution building blocks