Remote - Infrastructure Architect

Job Title: Infrastructure Architect

Location: Remote/ Chicago, IL

Position type: Fulltime Permanent

Rate: DOE

Job Description:

• Accountable for the integration strategy of infrastructure on premise and cloud-based systems that interfaces with digital implementations
• Responsible for setting strategic direction and future roadmaps relating to server and infrastructure buildouts
• Provide expert consultation and strategic direction as well as tactical decisions relating to infrastructure related projects
• Collaborate on Cloud & Digital strategy
• Collaborate on overall Infrastructure, digital, and data architecture
• Establish and maintain enterprise level architecture through the stages of planning, design and execution
• Perform gap analysis of current architecture and implementations against strategic roadmaps
• Lead high level designs and prototyping initiatives
• Assess infrastructure for high availability and business continuity strategy
• Assist management in the development and execution of strategic plans
• Assess and improve current architectures, especially in scaling and performance
• Produce key technical architecture deliverables such as technical requirements, documentation and conceptual technical architecture including Visio Diagrams
• Assist management in establishing and enabling team best practices, policies and procedures
• Ensure all infrastructure systems meet compliance requirements
• Remain current with new technologies

Qualifications

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You’ll be a great fit if in addition to the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or related engineering discipline or a minimum of 10 years directly related experience in the design, configuration, and deployment of infrastructure related systems, and you have:

 Extensive knowledge of hardware and software in supporting complex server architectures at the enterprise level

• Excellent in creating technical documentation with design ideas utilizing Microsoft Word and Visio
• Hands on technical knowledge and experience with Virtual Desktop infrastructures, Exchange, Windows Server platforms, SANs, etc. and their impact on overall system performance
• Specific knowledge Symitar Core Banking System, IBM AIX Operating Systems, Network LAN/WAN Topologies, VXRail Hyperconverged Appliances ServiceNow Ticketing System, Windows Applications, Windows Operating Systems, all MS Office Applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to collaborate effectively with vendors, business and technical partners
• Solid diagnostic, testing, and problem-solving skills
• Highly effective organizational and time management skills
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment
• Demonstrated success working with and across teams

Required advanced technical skills in working with the following protocols and systems:

• Technical skills required: 
• Windows Server 2012/2016
• Windows Desktop Windows 10
• Windows 2008/2012/2016 Active Directory domains, Microsoft Clustering
• Microsoft SCCM
• Exchange
• VMWare vSphere 6.X
• VMWare Horizon
• CommVault
• Symantec AntiVirus solutions
• TrendMicro
• SQL 2005/2008/2012/2016
• DNS
• TCP/IP
• DHCP
• HP Blade server hardware
• Cisco UCS
• EMC/DELL Hyper Converged Systems.
• SAN technologies – Dell/EMC and NetApp
• Pure Storage
• Visio
• VROPS
• Azure
• AWS