Senior Systems Engineer

Let’s be unstoppable together!

 

Circana (formerly IRI and NPD) is the leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior. Through unparalleled technology, advanced analytics, cross-industry data, and deep expertise, we provide clarity that helps almost 7,000 of the world’s leading brands and retailers take action and unlock business growth. We understand more about the complete consumer, the complete store, and the complete wallet so our clients can go beyond the data to apply insights, ignite innovation, meet consumer demand, and outpace the competition.

 

At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities (with us you can always bring your full self to work). Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Learn more at www.circana.com.

 

What will you be doing?

Provide technical and thought leadership in the development of infrastructure solutions for client, business and technology projects. As a recognized expert, design, cost-estimate, document and develop integrated solutions for on-prem data centers, multiple cloud and hybrid environments. Become an expert in the areas of technology deployed in the company’s applications to guide implementation efforts, communicate strategy and educate stakeholders. Guide other architects and develop scripts, automation, tools, techniques and procedures to improve application performance and raise operational efficiency. Evaluate, perform POCs on, validate and recommend new technology options and alternatives.

 

Job Responsibilities

1. Develop complete infrastructure solutions to be implemented for client and internal technology projects, including Compute, Storage, Networking, Security, Visualization, Middleware, Database, Modeling, and the entire Data stream
2. Ensure business and technical requirements are accurately understood and documented
3. Ensure designed solutions meet those requirements and are documented properly for flawless implementation, obtaining stakeholders’ approval and concurrence on the objectives and impact of options chosen and trade-offs made
4. Engage with relevant teams to develop cost estimates for solutions and evaluate options
5. Guide other architects and technology ops teams’ implementation in cloud and data center environments
6. Develop and guide other architects in developing scripts, tools and procedures for orchestration, automation and efficiency improvement
7. Maintain up to date knowledge of all relevant components of infrastructure, industry trends, vendor offerings and cost; and their potential application in company’s products, services and solutions
8. Champion training and development of relevant skills and knowledge across technology, operations and business teams
9. Develop Architectural Standards and technology roadmap; keeping them current and compliant with the help of the Architecture Council
10. Actively engage team, other functional colleagues and business stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate delivery of projects, delegating and managing tasks as needed

 

Requirements

• Expertise and experience designing, configuring, and deploying complex IT infrastructure
• Experience developing infrastructure solutions for Big Data, database, Hadoop, web applications, data reference architecture in scalable web-based data analytic platforms
• On-prem Data Center, public and private cloud implementation experience with highly available solutions across Windows/Linux servers, applications, and storage (NAS, SAN and HSM) including network and security requirements, encryption, and certificate authority services
• Experience with new infrastructure design methods of application performance monitoring, debugging, and tuning
• Expert level knowledge and experience in:

- Linux Redhat/ CentOS; clusters

- Cloud platforms – Azure/ AWS/ GCP/ Oracle

- IBM Websphere App Servers/ Mulesoft/ Tomcat/ JBoss

- NAS and other storage

- Scripting and automation tools and techniques

• Strong working knowledge of:

- SSL/ VPN/ Citrix/ VDI, - SSO

- Networking, Palo Alto Firewall, F5 Load Balancer

- Active Directory/ LDAP

- PostGreSQL, Monet databases

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