Infrastructure Architect

Candidate profile details:

• Education: Relevant Post- Secondary Degree
• Certifications required: none required. Azure solution cert is a nice to have
• Years of Overall Experience: 10 plus years exp
• Do they have access to customer data?: no
• Preferred Candidate Background
• We are looking for someone to develop and maintain architecture frameworks to support the most efficient, reliable, scalable, and secure options to meet Client’s business and technology strategy needs
• We are looking for a candidate with architectural experience and expertise in designing both on-prem solutions as well as pure public and mixed hybrid cloud solutions. Azure knowledge, hands on experience and certification a plus. Understanding of Microsoft stacks, how version differences affect feature capability and how best to couple stacks, versions and on-prem infrastructure to meet both technology and security requirements using the most secure and cost-effective solution. Understanding of automated deployment pipelines with Microsoft ARM templates and 3rd party tools like Terraform are another plus.
• How will performance be measured: Deliverables
• Selling Points of Position (CVP): Hands on experience with important infrastructure projects for the Bank.

Summary of day-to-day responsibilities:

• Assist in designing and developing architecture framework to govern how solutions will be developed and implemented, including technology domain architecture strategy, policies, guiding principles and standards.
• Work with the team and other technology partners to understand security standards and risks, as well as ratify solution security design.
• Research and analyze business requirements to recommend optimal architecture solutions.
• Review and approve detailed solution architecture and design to comply with architectural and security standards, patterns, and frameworks.
• Contribute to project plan development, offer input, manage projects and initiatives, direct assigned resources, communicate project status and ensure timely issue escalation.
• Participate as an expert and consultant on projects of moderate to high risk and complexity.
• Help develop a Requirement Traceability Matrix for end-to-end traceability (solution to requirements).
• Build consensus, facilitate collaboration and decision-making within and across business units so IT strategy application aligns with architecture framework.
• Internal
• Respect Client’s technology delivery practices, standards, and project management disciplines, including system requirements project documentation creation, cost and scope estimation.
• Support development, documentation, communication and execution of a comprehensive strategy, policies, and solutions.
• Conduct pre- and post-implementation reviews to ensure solutions have met requirements, identify framework gaps, necessary enhancements, potential standards, and patterns for future versions.
• Contribute to the technology standards decision-making process.
• Establish parameters for continued solution investments, provide technical risk analysis and assessment.

Must-have hard skills:

• Infrastructure Architecture exp
• Azure exp
• Linux, Windows
• JBoss, NodeJS, Springboot
• Database – Oracle RAC, OCaC, MS SQL, Mongo, Cassandra
• Storage – SAN, DAS & NAS
• Network – DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls, CDN Technologies
• Security

Nice-To-Have:

• Client Architecture (Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture ) prior experience – strongly preferred
• Azure Solution Architecture Certificate

Interview process:

• 2 round max- at least 1 in person

Please note:

• AI is not used to screen, assess, or select candidates.
• This role reflects an existing vacancy at the time of posting.