Staff, IT Infrastructure Architect

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To provide the best candidate experience with our high application volumes, we limit applications to a total of 10 over 6 months. 

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What You’ll Do

We are seeking a highly qualified candidate to join our Information Technology Group which is responsible for managing our IT Infrastructure. To serve as the IT Infrastructure Architect you will design and implement information systems that support IT infrastructure. A key part of this mission is ensuring we have optimized IT infrastructure for the efficient and secure operation of the company’s computing and networking infrastructure — and to do that, we need a qualified and dedicated architect. Preferred candidates will be skilled at designing or modifying technical solutions and identifying pain points to solve company problems. The solution architect will be deeply involved in daily work across all business units, regularly interacting with both stakeholders and subject matter experts.

Location: Hybrid, working onsite at our San Jose, CA headquarters 3 days a week, with the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of your time the remainder of your time.

Job ID: 42169

• Design and participate in the development of strategies for the future direction of the company’s information management technology infrastructure.
• Define and document architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for cloud and on-premises infrastructure solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions that leverage a cloud-first mindset, security and operational excellence.
• Lead infrastructure projects; participate in the company’s application development projects as a systems specialist and solution provider, with the overall aim of providing well engineered, secure, and integrated solutions.
• Provide guidance and expertise to infrastructure and development teams; conduct design reviews ensuring adherence to architectural principles and design standards in the implementation of enterprise solutions.
• Drive an automation-first approach for all infrastructure deployments and configuration operations, including mentoring administrators in the use of automation tools and capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including network, security, and operations, to ensure seamless integration of solutions into the overall IT ecosystem.
• Conduct technical evaluations and proofs-of-concept to evaluate software and hardware products from external vendors and report on the same as a technical expert and advisor.
• Work closely with security coordinators and advisers to remediate security risks through technical and procedural endeavors.
• Initiate and implement architecture and design changes, while ensuring that existing infrastructure services are not negatively impacted.
• Analyzing IT resource utilization and establishing optimization plans
• Manage and monitor data replication/protection and disaster recovery strategies to ensure the recoverability of data and systems in a timely manner and for appropriately defined periods of retention.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in cloud computing and infrastructure architecture.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and advisor to senior leadership on matters related to cloud and infrastructure architecture.

 What You Bring

• Bachelor’s with 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or Masters with 8+ years or PhD with 5 years in Computer Science, Information Technology, or or related technical field preferred
• Broad technical and practical skills with common infrastructure systems including but not limited to: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Linux, Microsoft Windows Server, Virtualization/VMware, server clustering, MS Active Directory, enterprise backup, storage, server hardware, network protocols, DNS/DHCP, general networking concepts.
• Understanding of distributed UNIX system concepts such as NFS, autofs, DNS, LDAP and/or NIS
• Proven