Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our employees and customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all our employees feel respected, valued, and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Infrastructure Architect Sr of within PNC’s Infrastructure Platform Solution organization. This position is based in either Phoenix, AZ or Pittsburgh, PA or Cleveland, OH or Dallas, TX or Birmingham, AL. The position is primarily based in a PNC location. Responsibilities require time in the office on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager’s discretion.

Successful infrastructure architects are individual contributors who seek to continuously improve the quality and reliability of IT infrastructure. They are experts in all aspects of infrastructure design and architecture and have extensive understanding of related areas such as network, application, and platform architecture. They are progressive thinkers, effective written and verbal communicators, and can influence and drive direction for engineering teams. As necessary, they provide documentation and training to enable engineers and implementors.

• Contributes and assists in developing the organization's technology architecture and plays a leading role in the vision and development of the company's future technology strategy.
• Creates and documents infrastructure designs and ensures upgrades are made in accordance with established standards, patterns, policies, procedures, and software licensing agreements.
• Contributes and assists in interpreting technology requirements and develops scalable infrastructure solutions to solve business problems.
• Develops internal standards and appropriate design artifacts that align with long-term business strategies, and tracks industry changes against current technology and practices.
• Reviews and advises current and future design standards for infrastructure system builds; provides input on risk, scalability, operational/cost efficiency, quality, and impact on the enterprise.
• Researches, identifies, and tests technology products; performs proof of concepts of new technologies to determine if they are a good fit for the company and drives introduction of new technology where needed.
• Creates roadmaps and strategies for progressing the technology footprint.
• Provides leadership, technology guidance, and mentorship within the IT organization.
• Participates in the training and support of engineering and operations groups.
• Consults with vendors and salespeople to evaluate new products and technologies.

Qualifications:
• Expertise in enterprise infrastructure design, including public cloud, networking, Windows/Linux operating system environments, storage area networks, and other related infrastructure components.
• Thorough grasp of virtualization technologies and related concepts, such as storage, compute, network virtualization, HCI, IaaS, container orchestration, automation, and resource planning.
• Hands-on familiarity with next-gen firewalls, implementation of stateful access-control lists, or application segmentation.
• Experience designing and building cloud environments using AWS or Azure.
• Strong understanding of cyber security principles and technologies.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning.
• Familiarity with modern software development and DevOps concepts, workflow management, site reliability, continuous delivery and integration, microservices, RESTful APIs, and common application infrastructure patterns.
• Experience with automation and scripting using tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Ability to work well in both a team setting and independently to meet business objectives.
• Ability to conceptualize, formulate, and present complex solutions to a wide audience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent documentation skills, including experience creating and maintaining architectural governance, process, standards, and policies.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

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