Enterprise System Architect

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Enterprise Systems Architect. This position is responsible for developing, enhancing, and directing the corporate IT technical architecture, specific functions include planning, coordinating, designing, reviewing and implementing technology standards, processes, and procedures. The person in this position will focus on creating a technical infrastructure that is cost effective, reliable, available, and scalable. ACCOUNTABILITIES Facilitates the establishment and implementation of standards and guidelines that direct the design and utilization of technical solutions. Consults with IT Leadership and business partners identifying uses of information technology for strategic business advantage. Develops technical assessments of systems and networks for product standard assessments. Formulates and recommends standards for achieving maximum productivity and efficiency Assists in the development and deployment of new products and systems to adhere to ITs technical standards and architecture. Manages the development and deployment of the enterprise system infrastructure framework. Promotes integration of present technologies throughout IST for efficient and reliable systems operations. Coordinates technical decisions to ensure overall compatibility between various standards within the approved technological framework. Reviews and assesses proposed vendor products for future consideration within the system architecture. Conducts and coordinates research of leading edge and emerging technologies. Initiates projects using emerging technologies that have an impact on current system architecture. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent educationexperience 10+ years experience in IT infrastructure and architecture Working knowledge with Hybrid Cloud model and Cloud Deployment Experience in Infrastructure as Code, Micro Services Deployment and DevOps technologies Experience with Containers, Container Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm) configurations Expertise in architectural framework development, direction, and deployment across multiple platforms and environments Broad technical knowledge and experience across IT functions and technologies Proficient at system documentation and diagrams Experience in building HA and scalable system solutions Excellent verbal and written communication skills Server and Network hardware experienceknowledge Operating system software experienceknowledge (Unix, Linux, Windows, NT, etc) PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Event Messaging Systems (Kafka, MQ) Infrastructure setup Working knowledge of Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Continuous Deployment Observability Alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) setup NoSQL and NewSQL Database setup Experience within the heath plan management industry andor health care provisioning Relational database knowledge (Oracle, Cache, etc) Experience with a variety of operating systems and platforms including mainframe, client server, midrange systems, PC systems, middleware, networks, database systems, etc. Proven project management skills, preparing multi-year plans for complex implementation Technical trainingcertifications ITIL Foundations