IT Infrastructure Architect

We are looking for IT Infrastructure Architect for our client in Pittsburgh, PA

Job Title: IT Infrastructure Architect

Job Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Pay Range: $85.82hr - $93.28hr

Essential Duties:

• Lead the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential use-cases and impact on the enterprise as well as on the existing technology architecture.
• Partner closely with business representatives, process owners and subject matter experts from other facets of IT to contribute to the design of efficient and value-adding business solutions.
• Proactively review infrastructure related technology roadmaps and evaluates them against both the internal and external environment to maintain a clear technology direction.
• Guide technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive value-added business outcomes while ensuring nonfunctional requirements are met.
• Lead analysis of the technical environment to detect critical deficiencies and opportunities for improvement, then uses this information to recommend solutions designed for flexibility and scalability.
• Help the enterprise define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
• Maintain awareness of both business and IT strategy to ensure that technical architecture is aligned to future needs and growth.
• Understands technology trends and the practical application of new, existing and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
• Assist with designing the governance and standards activities associated with ensuring technology architecture compliance of projects and products.
• Oversee and consults on technology changes, updates and implementations.
• Document and maintain artifacts such as architecture diagrams, policies and standards within the infrastructure space.
• Change agent mindset, adept at delivering better business results by bringing in new approaches and perspectives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, information technology, system analysis or a related field.
• Minimum five years of design and implementation experience in IT, with a deep knowledge in a minimum of three of the following (or similar) technical disciplines: operating systems, servers and storage, network design fundamentals, clustering technologies, virtualization, and Active Directory and related protocols.
• Strong understanding of lifecycle management, configuration management, impact and risk analysis.
• Ability to take account of technical and architectural debt.
• Knowledge of many, if not most, components of an enterprise architecture as well as system security, backup and recovery systems and disaster recovery best practices.
• Knowledge of IT standards and controls.
• Strong project management skills; highly organized with the ability to manage time, multiple priorities and complex issues efficiently.
• Exceptional communication skills to convey information effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Capable of interpreting and evaluating information objectively to influence and guide senior leaders in decision-making.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, capable of quickly building trusting relationships, collaborating effectively cross-functionally, and influencing without direct authority.
• Business acumen of manufacturing processes, supporting systems, and data types collected during the process.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills; can swiftly assess risks, analyze complex situations and determine next course of action.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master s degree in computer science, information technology, system analysis or a related field.
• Knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
• Understanding of cloud technologies and architecture.
• Understanding of database operations.
• Experience with modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).
• Experience with NIST 800-171, DFARS, Export Control or CMMC 2.0 requirements.