Infrastructure Architect - Artech LLC
PITTSBURGH, PA 15222-2722
About the Job
Infrastructure Architect Sr.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Cleveland, OH / Dallas, TX / Birmingham, AL / Phoenix, AZ / Philadelphia, PA / Cincinnati, OH / Kansas City, KS / Jacksonville, FL
9-5 EST Core Hours
Length of Assignment: 5-6 months with possible conversion
Needed to support each individual line of business to collect and communicate solution architecture specific requirements for the Infrastructure and Platform Solutions space under Randy Crowder.
Key responsibilities:
MUST BE ABLE TO BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE TEAMS AND INTERPRET BETWEEN BOTH SIDES AND THEN PRESENT TO ENTIRE ORG.
As an Infrastructure and Platform Solutions Architect, you will be part of the Infrastructure and Platform Architecture team under the office of the CTO. Your will work with Solution Architects in the business MIS teams to help them design and deliver solutions that are aligned with approved delivery patterns and reference architectures. In addition, you will work with enterprise architecture and engineering teams to help engineer and align infrastructure and platform solutions with business MIS team requirements. As a trusted partner, you will consult, co-create, and document architecture designs that meet business and enterprise requirements. Teams will count on you to identify, document, and recommend improvements to proposed designs. Recommendations, tradeoffs, and opportunities for architecture enhancement, new technology, and reuse will be presented to architecture review forums and senior leadership as applicable.
Due to the nature of the position, we prefer candidates who have prior solution architecture experience. Preferred candidates will possess strong critical thinking skills, have broad technology experience, and demonstrate a high aptitude about solution design and architecture.
Must have technical skills/experience:
Advanced & Experienced solution architecture
infrastructure engineering
Flex Skills:
Client ESX
Converged Hyperconverged infrastructure
Storage technologies
Application integration technologies (Kafka, message queuing)
Kubernetes
Modern microservice development
Service Bridge
API Gateways and Management
Education: Bachelors Degree
ITIL Cert a plus
TOGAF Cert a plus
Years of experience: 10+ years
Pre-Screening Questions:
1. Describe a situation where you have helped a team analyze and determine the best architecture for a solution. What were some of the key design considerations?
2. Describe what you think a reference architecture or design pattern consists of. How would you document it.
3. Describe a situation where you have had to reconcile multiple potential design options. How did you come to the best possible design?
Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Cleveland, OH / Dallas, TX / Birmingham, AL / Phoenix, AZ / Philadelphia, PA / Cincinnati, OH / Kansas City, KS / Jacksonville, FL
9-5 EST Core Hours
Length of Assignment: 5-6 months with possible conversion
Needed to support each individual line of business to collect and communicate solution architecture specific requirements for the Infrastructure and Platform Solutions space under Randy Crowder.
Key responsibilities:
MUST BE ABLE TO BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE TEAMS AND INTERPRET BETWEEN BOTH SIDES AND THEN PRESENT TO ENTIRE ORG.
As an Infrastructure and Platform Solutions Architect, you will be part of the Infrastructure and Platform Architecture team under the office of the CTO. Your will work with Solution Architects in the business MIS teams to help them design and deliver solutions that are aligned with approved delivery patterns and reference architectures. In addition, you will work with enterprise architecture and engineering teams to help engineer and align infrastructure and platform solutions with business MIS team requirements. As a trusted partner, you will consult, co-create, and document architecture designs that meet business and enterprise requirements. Teams will count on you to identify, document, and recommend improvements to proposed designs. Recommendations, tradeoffs, and opportunities for architecture enhancement, new technology, and reuse will be presented to architecture review forums and senior leadership as applicable.
Due to the nature of the position, we prefer candidates who have prior solution architecture experience. Preferred candidates will possess strong critical thinking skills, have broad technology experience, and demonstrate a high aptitude about solution design and architecture.
Must have technical skills/experience:
Advanced & Experienced solution architecture
infrastructure engineering
Flex Skills:
Client ESX
Converged Hyperconverged infrastructure
Storage technologies
Application integration technologies (Kafka, message queuing)
Kubernetes
Modern microservice development
Service Bridge
API Gateways and Management
Education: Bachelors Degree
ITIL Cert a plus
TOGAF Cert a plus
Years of experience: 10+ years
Pre-Screening Questions:
1. Describe a situation where you have helped a team analyze and determine the best architecture for a solution. What were some of the key design considerations?
2. Describe what you think a reference architecture or design pattern consists of. How would you document it.
3. Describe a situation where you have had to reconcile multiple potential design options. How did you come to the best possible design?
Source : Artech LLC