Senior Architect for Global Infrastructure Engineering

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

 

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

 

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

 

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SUMMARY:

 

Reporting to the Sr. Director, Global Infrastructure & Technology Operations, the Sr. Architect for Global Engineering will be responsible for leading the team that provides design, planning, & build support across the globe, across server & network platforms in the public cloud, as well as Server Rooms and all equipment therein. The role includes input into the strategic direction and development of the cloud infrastructure to support GPI systems, as well as coordination and resourcing of the subsequent projects essential for their implementation.

 

Preparing 5-year roadmaps in support of the above technologies is a vital & essential requirement for this position. The position will be responsible for setting the vision and strategy around GPI’s technology platforms, partner with other IT leaders in the business to enable productivity and work closely with the team that manages the execution of the strategy.

 

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities:

• Partner with IT leaders to formulate the cloud technology infrastructure strategy and create and maintain the standards for the environment.      
• Focus on leveraging public cloud-based technologies and formulate architecture roadmaps to enable the shift from on-premises to a multi-cloud environment.
• Establish a sustainable IT DevOps model by driving a mature solution architecture aligned with industry best practices.
• Assess and recommend public and hybrid Cloud solutions, including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). and drive the continuous improvement and upgrade of the environment.
• Work multiple priorities and projects across different technology and process disciplines. 
• Working in cohesion with the architecture teams to develop an overall infrastructure platform & network strategy to ensure that all current and future business requirements are fully supported.
• Work with managed service providers to ensure operations are being managed, while strategically driving their efficiencies and improvement. 
• Ensure all Cloud/Server/Network environments are fit for purpose, regularly checked for any operational issues and maintained in a manner that ensures high availability that meets defined requirements.
• The platforms supported include, but are not limited to; Azure, SAP, Cisco, Zscaler, Rubrik, NetApp Cloud Storage, and local environments hosting various operating systems including but not limited to Windows, and Linux.
• Develop & design future solutions and improvements for suitable backup and disaster recovery solutions to meet the business needs of the applications running on the infrastructure. This may range from simple daily backups moved off site to a full Disaster Recovery solution to cloud-based backup techno