Digital & IT Technical Specialist 1

Position Summary

The Solutions Architect (Program Lead) owns delivery and governance for compute/platform modernization across cloud, data center and server environments, and provides the technical architecture and engineering enablement to operationalize those solutions. This role prioritizes program management-planning, coordination, vendor engagement, and business alignment-while serving as the technical authority on architectures, automation, resilience, security, network integration and identity/access standardization. Senior Engineers retain day-to-day operational responsibility; the Architect mentors and elevates team capabilities.

Scope / Supervision & Interaction

• No direct reports required, but provides technical leadership and mentorship to Senior Server Engineers and platform teams.
• Regularly collaborates with EMG Corporate Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Security, Applications, Procurement, Site Support and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities - Program Management (core)

• Own end-to-end program delivery for platform initiatives (pilot phased rollout): roadmap, milestones, vendor SOWs, risk register, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution (Server, Network, Cloud, Security, Procurement, Site Support) and schedule work during approved maintenance windows (IT Perfect Days).
• Enforce change governance (CHG/CAB), stakeholder communications, and capture audit-grade evidence for compliance (CMMC/NIST/CIS).
• Drive capacity planning, lifecycle management and spare-parts strategy (EOL/EOS remediation) and prioritize work to reduce operational risk.
• Track program KPIs (availability, MTTR, baseline compliance, rollout progress) and escalate blockers with recommended remediation.

Secondary Responsibilities - Systems Architecture, Network Integration & Technical Enablement

• Design and validate hybrid cloud and on-prem reference architectures (compute, storage, virtualization, networking, backup/DR) and produce IaC modules, BOMs, and hardened baselines.
• Lead network integration workstreams: define switching/routing design, segmentation, NAC integration, telemetry forwarding, and ensure network architectures align with security and automation requirements.
• Drive identity and access standardization: define RBAC/PAM patterns, AD/GPO design impacts, group-based access models, and ensure privileged access workflows are auditable and enforce least privilege across platforms.
• Lead automation and operationalization: IaC, config-drift detection, automated provisioning, and repeatable recovery/runbooks to reduce manual work.
• Perform systems analysis, POCs, performance/capacity modeling, and technical design reviews; own technical acceptance for production cutovers.
• Embed security by design: segmentation, NAC/PAM, logging/SIEM, encryption, and ensure architectures support audit evidence collection and compliance.
• Mentor Senior Engineers; translate operational patterns into automated solutions and maintain knowledge transfer/runbooks.

Digital Operations & Continuous Improvement (integrated)

• Centralize monitoring/observability, incident management (SRE practices), CI/CD for infrastructure changes, and automated evidence capture.
• Maintain CMDB accuracy, asset lifecycle, backup/DR validation, and a service catalog/self-service where appropriate.
• Implement preventative maintenance and lifecycle policies, coordinate vendor escalations to minimize downtime.
• Continuously refine runbooks, automation, and operational metrics to improve resiliency and reduce MTTR.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary technical liaison for business owners, application teams, procurement and third-party vendors; lead cross-functional design workshops and executive briefings.
• Coordinate pilot validation, operational handoffs, and post-implementation reviews; publish lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.

Deliverables & Acceptance

• Reference architectures, IaC modules, deployment runbooks, CHG/maintenance plans, validation test reports, evidence packages, updated CMDB entries, and a KPI dashboard tracking program health.
• Standards and playbooks for network integration, identity/access models, and privileged access management that support auditability and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years IT experience with at least 3 years in solution architecture or program leadership focused on cloud, data center and server platforms.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise hybrid cloud and data center platform programs and integrating networking and identity services.
• Hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform/ARM/Bicep), automation (Ansible), virtualization (vSphere/VxRail), backup/DR (Commvault), and NAC/PAM solutions.
• Strong program management skills, vendor management, budgeting, and stakeholder communication.
• Deep knowledge of security and compliance frameworks (CMMC, NIST, CIS).
• Relevant certifications preferred (Azure/AWS Solutions Architect, VMware VCP, CISSP, PMP, TOGAF).

Equal Employment Opportunity

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