Infrastructure Architect

Location: Bridgeport, PA Salary: 150k+ Description: Our client is currently seeking an Infrastructure Architect for a Direct-Hire opportunity!This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Responsible for the architectural design of infrastructure including data center, networking, servers, storage, and security.
• Collaborate various IT teams and projects by providing key technical consulting and advisory services to ensure that systems solutions are in line with the architecture direction and business strategies
• Development and communication of overall technology vision and roadmap.

• This position requires a strong knowledge across all areas of infrastructure.
• Advanced experience in IT enterprise infrastructure design, including data centers, servers, SAN, and networks
• Application integration, including integration of client-server and /or web solutions, middleware, and mobile technology
• Proven success with IT infrastructure transformation and datacenter migrations.
• Wide background experience with multiple operating system environments, Windows, Linux, Mac, IBM running on various hardware platforms (ex. HP, Cisco UCS)
• Full understanding of multi-tiered, load-balanced, redundant infrastructure architectures.
• Experience with clustered environments for database and application servers
• Virtualization using VMware and Citrix Virtual data center and cloud technologies
• SAN and Storage technologies, de-duplication, caching technology, replication, backup and restoration
• Highly experienced managing external partners and vender relationships
• Ability to drive major changes via formal and informal influence
• Excellent, demonstrated creative and practical problem-solving and issue resolution skills
• Ability to anticipate and design around potential problems that could impact user experience, scalability, security and reliability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills