Job Title:- Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Location:- CT (Remote)
Duration:- Contract to hire
PRIMARY FUNCTION
An Infrastructure Solution Architect assists the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Architecture to drive, ensure alignment and promote the company’s technology strategy and roadmap in partnership with the Enterprise Architects, IT leadership, and our internal customers realize business strategies to meet the needs of the member base now and well into the future. An Infrastructure Solution Architect creates technology solutions that support the credit union''s long-term technology strategy and business needs, including solution architecture diagrams, architecture definitions, research notes, reports on industry best practices, and presentations. Provides indirect leadership over solution ideation, design, and implementation. Communicates the architecture to stakeholders. Collaborates and coordinates with existing technical architects during solution ideation and design phases. Applies IT standards to technology solutions and follows IT processes. Assists in the development of an architecture program including roadmaps for IT infrastructure architecture. Assure solutions not only fit the specific purpose but also closely align with industry best-practice for technology solutions, ensuring systems are designed for maximum uptime, appropriate monitoring, automated resiliency, suitable security, and enterprise performance.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Create solution architecture artifacts for infrastructure initiatives, ensuring alignment with the credit union’s strategic technology roadmap and enterprise architecture principles.
• Ensure architectures are flexible, scalable, and account for directional changes across the enterprise.
• Review architecture artifacts with business and technology stakeholders to ensure compliance with policies, standards, technology strategy and roadmaps.
• Advise on tools and technologies that will better position the company for higher scale, efficiency, and performance.
• Research industry best-practice, market-leading technologies to advise business partners and to help shape the opinion and direction of the company.
• Create solution architecture artifacts across a wide array of technologies including: VMware, networking, public and private cloud.
• Review and collaborate to ensure solution alignment with business and technology strategies and roadmaps.
• Follow architectural standards and governance in line with enterprise technology roadmap, regulatory requirements, and security standards to ensure sustainable security and operational integrity.
• Review solution architecture artifacts with Enterprise Architecture, IT and business stakeholders at the Architecture Review Board.
• Recommend and assist with the build-out of new processes within IT in support of enterprise architecture functions.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to incorporate solution architecture artifacts into modeling softwis, ensuring that an accurate picture of the people, process and technology aspects of solutions is well documented and usable by enterprise architecture stakeholders.
• Work with line-of-business leaders to understand their technology needs and business strategy.
• Evaluate solutions that will drive down cost of IT and engage vendors to find potential cost savings
• Work with key vendors / partners as needed to meet timelines.
• Adhere to all Credit Union policies, procedures, and regulatory agency requirements. Participate in all required and recommended training and development including, but not limited to, Bank Secrecy Act training (BSA) and demonstrate attained knowledge. Participate in Credit Union teams, projects and strategic initiatives when the opportunity arises. Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned.
• Embrace and apply HVCU’s guiding principles to all activities and responsibilities. This includes the Credit Union’s Mission, Vision, Core Values, Employee and Member Value Propositions, Sales and Service Model, and commitment to Lean Six Sigma practices. Support the Credit Union’s initiatives by demonstrating teamwork and professionalism.
• Responsible for regular and predictable attendance including punctuality.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge consistent with a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Licenses/Certification Details Pref Req
Relevant technical certification(s) in enterprise architecture:
o TOGAF
o Zachman
o BIAN
Relevant technical certification(s) in cloud platforms:
o Microsoft Azure
WORK EXPERIENCE
7+ years of experience working in complex technical environments
3+ years of demonstrated experience in a solution architect role or an equivalent field
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
• Proven knowledge and experience in infrastructure solution architecture, design practices, and modelling
• Proven knowledge across a wide variety of different technology platforms including server virtualization, LAN/WAN networks, public cloud environments, and private cloud environments and a proven understanding of the appropriate application of those technologies to business and technical problems.
• Strong technical understanding and comprehensive breadth of knowledge of technology best practices, solution design, and systems integration.
• Strong technical understanding of cloud architecture patterns and best practices. Knowledge of the Azure cloud platform and its services is preferred.
• Ability to make progress in ambiguous situations with minimal supervision
• Ability to gather business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Ability to build consensus across technical and non-technical constituencies.
• Knowledge and experience in the financial services or other similar highly regulated industry is preferred. Knowledge and experience with technology infrastructure including compute, storage and network is preferred.
• Proven leadership and collaboration skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Software (Visio, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Must be able to learn new software products.
• Advanced verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate advanced analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with Senior Management.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle various internal and external customer and vendor situations.
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