Infrastructure Solutions Architect
On-siteLansing, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Formulate architectures by conducting requirements discovery, analysis, and solution context formulation for COTS projects supporting the Michigan Department of Transportation. Lead software application projects at the MDOT Agency Services, identifying solution alternatives, assessing technology selection, and configuring systems while providing technical support to team members, vendors, and users. Design and assist with implementation of infrastructure components by collaborating with client architects, senior managers, and project managers to address complex business needs. Administer, implement, and support complex distributed platforms, networking, databases, and high availability systems, including web, messaging, and application servers. Troubleshoot performance issues, tune systems, and create technical design and functional documentation.
Required Qualifications
- 8-9 years of experience in the field
- Proficient at the techniques that go into the formulation of architectures, including requirements discovery and analysis, application of abstraction, formulation of solution context, solution alternatives identification and assessment, technology selection, and architectural configuration
- Extensive understanding and experience in technology areas Distributed platforms, networking, databases, High Availability/Disaster Recovery, and IT security
- Ability to work closely with client/application architects, senior managers, and project managers to design and assist with the implementation of the solutions infrastructure related components
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and complete assigned project responsibilities under limited supervision
- Experience and skills in prevailing industry architecture and engineering methodologies such as ITIL
- Knowledge of and experience with a broad range of application servers, web servers, messaging servers, database servers, and related technologies
- Able to analyze business requirements and define solutions to address complex business needs
- Experience in web infrastructure design and operations including IP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, load balancing, clustering, failover, monitoring, diagnostics, performance tuning, etc
- Possess high aptitude for problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Administering, implementing, and supporting complex systems - 8 years
- Installing and maintaining application software - 8 years
- Technical lead and subject matter expert on a project team - 6 years
- Microsoft server administration - 6 years
- Experience maintaining web servers (IIS/Apache) - 4 years
- Evaluating network and system security - 4 years
- Creating and updating system architect documentation - 4 years
- Creating and reviewing technical specifications for hardware and software systems - 4 years
- Creating technical design documents and functional design documentation
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal, and the ability to lead a meeting
Desired Qualifications
- Database administration and SQL query experience desired
- Application security experience desired
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