Job role and responsibilities:

Scope

• Will support, design, and apply the strategic infrastructure plan, according to the Enterprise strategy designed by the global IT architect.
• Must design and evaluate (architecture, cost, technology) for Network, Cloud & on-premises environments.

Strategy

• Provide architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers, and other Systems Architects.
• Document and develop in-depth knowledge of company’s existing IT architecture/infrastructure, and technology portfolio.
• Manage an infrastructure capacity plan.
• Document, communicate, and enforce a technology standards policy.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of infrastructure development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.
• Design, develop, and oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.
• Develop and execute test plans to check infrastructure and systems technical performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement.

Operational Management:

• Collaborate with end users and senior management to define business requirements for complex systems development and gain buy-in for all infrastructure plans.
• Review new and existing IT projects, systems design, and procurement/outsourcing plans for compliance with IT standards and architectural plans.
• Participate in the DDC’s Business Continuity plan and disaster recovery plan.

Formal Education & Certification:

• Four-year university degree or college diploma in the field of computer science and/or 6 years equivalent work experience.
• Certifications in Azure (Architecture AZ-303),
• Certifications in AWS (Architecture, Security, DevOps) or GCP highly regarded.
• Certifications in Cisco, Security,
• Itil v3 foundation.

Skills and experience required:

Knowledge and Experience

• 4 years successful delivering infrastructure design and operational excellence.

• Exceptional knowledge of infrastructure maintenance and delivery within an enterprise environment.

• Broad knowledge of current infrastructure technologies.

• Managing infrastructure for complex cloud applications.

• Extensive experience presenting technical architectural principles and designs to all levels of

management.

Technology:

• Strong security experience essential.

• Strong system administration (Linux and Windows)

• Enterprise data center infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, security, DR)

• Expert Azure and AWS architecture (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS)

• Knowledge about Cloud security architecture

• Experiences in consolidation of datacenters and hybrid environments

• Knowledge about networking technologies (LAN, SDWAN)

Job Description -IT infrastructure architect Lead

Work Conditions

• Available to work in different time zones.

• Some afterhours work will be required to join online meetings with global team members