Senior Architect and Consultant

Summary:

As a Senior Architect within our consulting practice, you will design, deliver, and manage complex IT solutions in a team environment to satisfy client's business challenges. You will utilize your extensive development, implementation and consulting skills to deliver state of the art systems while providing technical and project management leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Performing architectural review and researching for internal and external solutions
• Facilitating the definition of standards for delivery and process
• Publishing and auditing the use of implemented standards
• Working as an integral part of the delivery model and enable the strategic direction of client's technology services
• Facilitating research efforts in new or upgraded products, services and technology including Service Oriented Architectures, Infrastructure products, systems management solutions
• Researching existing technical or business systems to understand and leverage unrealized capabilities
• Designing and reviewing conceptual solutions for projects. This would include total cost of ownership, time-lines and integrated technology designs
• Researching marketplace changes to technology integrated to the future demands and direction of the business
• Facilitating the definition of standards, working with a variety of technology groups within a client's organization
• Publishing and communicating standards
• Researching best practices within the industry and information technology to continuously improve quality, costs and delivery time-lines
• Auditing standards and technology solutions through the design, construction and implementation phases of projects
• Assisting in the creation of a central component architecture library to ensure re-use, quality and speed to market

Types of Projects:

• Large-scale enterprise infrastructure design
• Complex system deployments
• Migration planning projects
• Architect, design, and plan for enterprise deployments utilizing any or the entire current Microsoft server, back-office and desktop applications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience acceptable
• A minimum of 7 years practical experience working in a technology environment
• Experience in research and development efforts, design responsibilities, or systems analysis in an infrastructure or application related capacity
• Proven ability to facilitate major project design across multiple internal and external companies/solutions
• Detail oriented with excellent analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to deal with situations where information is difficult to obtain, complex or ambiguous
• Solid leadership abilities
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork and negotiation skills
• Ability to multi-task and work to tight timelines
• Preference made for individuals that possess experience and education in the following disciplines: Citrix, Exchange products, VMware, Network, Hardware/System Software configuration and implementation
• Managing/Administration of distributed environments
• Design experience integrating external companies technologies into a seamless solution
• Experience in effectively applying computing technology to a wide range of business solutions
• Experience in all aspects of business redesign, organizational and workflow analysis, and change management
• Proven requirements analysis experience
• Process and data modeling experience
• Certifications including:
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Preferred Experience and Technical Skills

• Microsoft - Windows Server 2003 / 2008
• Microsoft - Windows Desktop Operating Systems (XP/Vista)
• Microsoft - Active Directory (AD)
• VMware Server and Desktop Virtualization products
• Citrix Presentation Server
• Microsoft Virtual Server
• Storage Area Networks
• Tape Backup Software
• Routers and TCP/IP Schema
• Microsoft – SharePoint Server 2007
• Citrix XenServer / XenDesktop
• Novell Netware, GroupWise and ZENworks Suite
• Lotus Domino Server and Notes client
• Symantec Ghost
• UNIX (Sun, IBM, Linux variants)
• Document Management Solutions
• Fax Server Solutions
• Network Management
• Virus Protection Software
• Firewall Servers
• Print Servers
• LAN Management and partitioning
• Server Hardware (HP, IBM, Dell, Sun)
• Remote Access Solutions
• Microsoft - SQL Server 2000/2005
• Microsoft - Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2006
• Microsoft - Internet Information Server (IIS)
• Technical Documentation
• Microsoft Office specifically Visio and Project
• Application Development Programming (i.e. Java, VB, C)
• Scripting (KIX, ASP, Lotus, VB)

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Email your cover letter and resume to:
careers@equilibriuminc.com

Equilibrium IT Solutions, Inc is an equal opportunity employer.