Infrastructure Architect Los Angeles/ San Diego, CA

 

 

Job ID: Job-2417

Job Title:      Infrastructure Architect

location:       Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA

Jobtype:        Permanent

Rate:   $130K - $145K

 

Required:

 

Bachelor's in computer science or a technology related field

Minimum of 10 years of experience designing, building, and supporting large IT enterprise environments

Minimum of five years of experience utilizing tools for high availability and redundancy with concentration in virtualization and cloud environment

Practical working knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems

Storage platform expertise with IBM, NetApp, Dell, Hitachi HDS

Experience with SAN fabric background with Brocade

Backup familiarity with CommVault

Enterprise monitoring experience with hands-on involvement at the application performance level

Working knowledge of database management systems and optimal storage configurations

Understanding of security best practices

Proven expertise with:

VMware vSphere 4 & 5, vCenter, Ops Center, vCloud, vCAC, HA/DRS clustering

Fiber Channel, NFS, FCoE, and iSCSI storage protocols

Server and storage virtualization

Virtualization resource management

Business continuance and disaster recovery solutions

Cloud services such as AWS and Azure

Strong project management experience including planning, coordination, tracking, and management of issues

Excellent communication and presentation skills including the ability to articulate technically complex concepts to non-technical and managerial audiences

Solid interpersonal and relationship building skills

Proven troubleshooting and problem solving abilities

 

Full relocation provided along with full health coverage and generous 401K contributions

 

Responsibilities:

 

Design production, staging, development, and disaster recovery environments

Establish standards, policies, and procedures within the infrastructure architecture domain

Analyze technical requirements to determine systems design, potential issues, and cost for projects

Examine the risks and benefits associated with a solution

Lead the development and on-going maturity of The Company's virtualization and cloud computing strategy, including but not limited to hypervisor, virtual desktops, application virtualization, networking, storage, backup, replication, DR, systems monitoring and management

Enable orchestration and automation to build a private cloud platform with a public cloud connection to enable hybrid cloud functionality including scalability, DR, and cost management

Build and establish a world class infrastructure to support the implementation of Infrastructure-as-a-Service and service catalogs for compute, storage, and backup

Create and maintain Infrastructure Reference Architectures

Provide input and recommendations for the following services: servers, storage, backup, monitoring, disaster recovery, and operational readiness

Create reports and present key infrastructure metrics to IST leadership

Provide support for business critical escalations as needed

 

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