Senior Enterprise Architect

• Analyzing the current infrastructure landscape and identifying gaps, weaknesses, and areas for improvement and identification of the potential remediation actions
• Assessing technical requirements and identifying the infrastructure needs to support the business goals
• Assessing risks and developing a risk management plan to mitigate the potential risks
• Considering the trends and market direction in enterprise infrastructure architecture and the IFAD context, propose the potential benefits offered by cloud, automation and other relevant new technologies
• Developing a cloud migration strategy that outlines the steps required to move some part of the organization’s infrastructure to the cloud
• Defining the roadmap and developing a high-level plan that outlines the necessary steps to achieve the desired objectives and future infrastructure state
• Communicating and presenting the infrastructure strategy to the CIO and ICT teams
• Consulting and collaborating with the ICT teams, define the objectives for the infrastructure architecture for the next three years

Requirements

• Minimum a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Hold relevant certifications, such as TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Microsoft Certified
• At least 10 years of experience in infrastructure architecture with a focus on strategy development and planning
• Excellent knowledge of industry standards & technologies and best practices for infrastructure architecture and strategy development
• Advanced sys-admin skills, including VM and container management / deployment in Linux and Windows environment, with experience on latest and emerging technologies
• Extensive knowledge of the cloud-native paradigm and the AWS and/or Google Cloud and/or Azure solutions
• Proven experience in designing, delivering complex solutions and managing services from leading cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud; solid experience in cloud migration and proven analysis and implementation capacity of fit for purpose solutions in relation to specific infrastructure needs
• Good knowledge of Infrastructure and multi-cloud environment and expertise in developing and deploying scalable infrastructure & cloud technology solutions
• Experience with infrastructure automation and orchestration tools, such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. Furthermore, the incumbent must have great knowledge of CI/CD to manage integration and deployment pipelines for applications
• Knowledge of networking protocols, networking architectures and security principles, including IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing and firewalling
• Solid knowledge of secure system and OWASP base security principles
• Clear understanding of information security attacks and defense
• Experience in managing and supporting applications and infrastructures integrated with a 2-Factor Authentication system
• Significant experience in SIEM management and planning and deployment of monitoring infrastructure
• Good knowledge of English language