Solutions Architect

Salary Range : $160,000.00 To $200,000.00 Annually

This role is located in New York City and will require a hybrid work schedule of at least 2 days in office per week.

Position Overview :

Fully knowledgeable on the day-to-day activities, resolves complex issues where expertise is required to interpret policies, guidelines, and practice. May be considered a subject matter expert for one or more functions or processes. Focus on operational execution and occasional broader planning within areas of expertise. May have direct report subordinate staff.

This position is for a VP level candidate.

Your Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provides all levels of production support, as part of the team, for Windows server, storage, VMware vSphere ESXi, Amazon AWS, VDI, and other utility systems.
• Engineers and implements new infrastructure solutions.
• Provides technical support for the network, security, and monitoring systems.
• Documents project requirements, proposes solutions, conducts budget and ROI studies, manages project plans and execution, and reports project status from start to finish.
• Manages the remediation of the network and security environment issues on a regular basis in order to meet all the business requirements.
• Acts as the subject matter expert for assigned back-end IT systems.
• Performs administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting for the HPE NonStop System.
• Trains and mentors other members of the IT department as necessary.
• Participates in daily system and backup checks.
• Evaluates and tests new software before deploying to production
• Performs upgrades, patches, and maintenance activities.
• Updates procedures and documentation based on system changes.
• Helps to plan and operate disaster recovery tests.
• Identify areas of improvement such as automation candidates for repetitive work procedures and the integration of systems processes (rest API, etc.).
• Help to design the Hybrid Cloud architecture to migrate certain workloads from on-premise to Amazon AWS.
• Assists with hardware and software inventory processes
• Participates in the maintenance and coordination of various security systems administration
• Liaises and manages the relationship with vendors and contractors
• Helps with coordination and preparation of various system audits and examinations
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

Your Qualifications :