Job description
▶︎ Job Details:
• Job Title: Infrastructure Solution Architect
• Client: IT Services
• Working Location: Remote
• Salary: $80,000 – $120,000/year
• Benefits: Full Benefits
• Visa Support: No
• Language: English/Japanese
▶︎ What will you do:
The Infrastructure Solution Architect willneedto involve and manageallaspects of developing solutions for a particular requirements in the area of information technology infrastructure including networks, servers, IaaS and hardware to logical design. The Infrastructure Solution Architect is also responsible of the quality of the service and assist the project team including theproject manager, engineers and vendors in the technical aspects of the project as needed. The Infrastructure Solution Architect musthaverichexperiencemanagingenterprisenetworks, architecturedesign,implementation,migration,andoperationmanagement,whichmayinvolvethefollowingtechnologies:LAN,WAN,Wireless, Cloud Infrastructure like Azure, AWS and GCP, AudioVisual,Voicesystems,Server/Storage/Backupsystems,etc.
Thesuccessfulcandidatemust demonstrateexpert-levelMSOfficeskills withtools suchas Word,Excel,andPowerPoint.Knowledgeor expertisein MS Project and/or Visio is aniceto have.They also must beableto gather IT requirements,buildandmanageschedules,coordinate withstakeholders,andcreatestatusreports.
EssentialFunctions:
- Develops infrastructure design and prepare the documents to present for the expected project.
- Develops andmaintains productiveworkingrelationships withproject sponsors,stakeholdersandkey Businessusers.
- Facilitateefficientcommunicationacrossalllevelsofaproject&stakeholdersinvolveensuringconsistencyinreachingtheproject’sgoal.
- Works closely withtheusers andtechnology workstreams to identify requirements.
- Preparescostestimatesforhardware,andservicecosts(i.e. LAN, WAN,Internet,voicecircuits,etc.)
- Providetechnicalinsights andadviceto project and customer stakeholders for theprojectʼs planning&execution.
- Supervisestechnicalresources,includingcontingentworkers,associates,and3rdpartyvendorstaffasappropriate.
- Perform site survey and oversee installations on-site (may require travel)
- Providedecision support for project sponsors,decision-makers,andstakeholders involvedin relatedprojects.Define&maintain roadmaps detailingworkstreamsforcontinuousimprovement.
- Prepareclosingdocuments,andensuresmoothtransitionstoOperationsTeamsandlocalISTeams
▶︎ Required Qualifications & Skills
• 10+years of hands-on work within large-scale enterprise networking environments.
• Fundamentals ofNetworkinganddemonstratedexperience supportinglarge-scaleenterprisenetworkenvironments.
• GoodlevelunderstandingofTCP/IProutingandswitching,alongwithnetworkdesignbestpractices(CCNPLevel)
• Goodlevelunderstandingofdynamicrouting(OSPF, EIGRP,BGP,etc.),NetworkSecurity,SwitchingtopologiesonbothWired/Wireless networks,andCloud/Virtualnetworking.(CCNPLevel)
• Experience developing and writing technical specifications and design documents.
• Abilitytointerfacewithbusinessareasandeffectivelytranslatebusinessneedsintotechnology-basedbusinesssolutions.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to keep abreast ofnew technologicalandor/proceduraldevelopments anddemonstrateknowledgeandexpertisewithsoftware tools and an ability to evaluate solutions.
• Ability to deal with and resolve ambiguity.
• Strongleadership,planningandprojectmanagementskills.
• Excellentwrittenandverbalcommunicationskills
PreferredQualifications:
• CiscoCertifiedNetworkProfessional(CCNP) or above
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Japanese/Englishbilingual
