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10+ Secondary Skills: .NET Platform Location: Duration: Charlotte NC 6 Months Job Purpose/ Description: The Solution Architect (SA) is responsible for hands-on design of the application hosting platform. Beginning with the planning and design stages, this person will identify & document performance, availability and non-functional system requirements for operation, and work with utility managers and product engineers to develop technical designs that meet or exceed the requirements within the budgeted constraints and that are cost-effectively maintainable. The SA will integrate products components, and lead technical test, deployment and support of hosting related projects. Using a practical background in software development and systems and network engineering, this person will help establish efficient technical review, design, deployment, and support processes, including tools and environments that can be widely deployed for hosting services. Apply breadth and depth of technology expertise to ensure solution designs conform to reference architectures and relevant concerns. Provides detailed expertise and consulting services to advance the development of reference architecture. Reviews work of and mentors other architects. The SA is also responsible for contributing to the structure of governance, controls, insight and thought leadership to drive effective life cycle optimization of Client’s technology infrastructure. Tasks and Responsibilities: • Identify, design and implement flexible, responsive, and secure technology reference architectures • Research and evaluate infrastructure strategies, hardware/software, security and networking products • Advise management of options, risk vs. cost, benefits and other impacts of infrastructure solutions • Set technical infrastructure, security and networking standards and procedures • Develop and document infrastructure support policies and guidelines • Monitor trends and recommend future architecture strategies • Educate and mentor IT support staff as needed, including requisite training on technology and governance • Provide Tier-3 support and participate in 24x7 on-call incident escalation rotations • Develop and implement cost optimization strategies for solution stacks and within and across technology stack layers. • Leads the solution review processes to provide the Architecture Review Board with a recommendation on whether solutions conform with approved reference architectures and have covered all relevant concerns • Representative on local architecture governance bodies and the Technology Design Authority as subject matter expert • Performs complex analysis of infrastructure solution designs and reference architectures to optimize the enterprise technology environment. • Viewed as an expert resource in IT architecture, and is sought after to provide detailed expertise and consulting services on multiple architecture / technology disciplines • Stays current on technology through a variety of sources such as training, independent research, involvement with external standard-setting groups, etc. • Leads cross-functional teams at the request of the Service Delivery team to resolve complex technology issues. • Able to influence, build consensus, and drive decisions of diverse groups in a timely fashion, without direct line authority over the groups • Able to effectively debate multiple viewpoints of a situation on factual merits, without imparting emotional judgment • Challenges others to move and align with architecture directions • Ensure architecture artifacts are available in an easy, usable form to those who need it through presentations, meetings, publications, etc. Required education/experience: Education Bachelor or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline, Master Degree or MBA preferred Experience 5+ years progressive working experience with a broad range of hardware, networking and security solutions. Demonstrated experience designing system architectures and implementing related solutions. Experience creating, troubleshooting and supporting multi-site, multi-tier system environments, and corporate Data Center facilities. Familiarity with the creation and authoring of reference architectures. Experience managing or supervising teams of technology professionals desired. Participation in technology governance boards or councils preferred. ______________ With Kind regards ABHI | Technical Recruiter | Cigniti Inc ® a...@cigniti.com 1304 W Walnut Hill Lane. Ste 240 Irving TX 75038 Iowa | Texas | Pennsylvania | Hyderabad (India) | -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP Workflow" group. To post to this group, send email to sap-workf...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sap-workflow+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-workflow?hl=en.
