Infrastructure Solutions Architect Senior Manager

Protiviti • Houston, TX

3d • $137,000 - $219,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Senior Manager to join our growing Technology Strategy & Architecture team. As a Senior Manager, you’ll partner with our clients to identify and manage risk. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.

Requirements

• Enjoy working across infrastructure, networking, and cloud platforms to build integrated solutions.
• Motivated to learn and interested in all things related to modern infrastructure architecture, including the latest trends and developments.
• Passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences.
• Inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
• Promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• Create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
• Interest in contributing to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business.
• Excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
• Interest in working with a diverse portfolio of clients across industries.
• Demonstrated experience with designing and implementing IT systems spanning multiple operational domains (infrastructure, applications, network, cloud/on‑prem).
• In depth understanding of current enterprise design patterns and norms for basic networking capabilities/concepts (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLAN segmentation, routing and switching, wireless).
• Proven ability to document and rationalize complex or undocumented environments, including creation of dependency maps, architecture diagrams, and system inventories.
• Conducting application rationalization and dependency mapping initiatives.
• Recent hands-on experience administrating both Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
• Designing, implementing, or administering enterprise backup, replication, and continuity solutions for servers, storage, and applications.
• Skilled in capacity planning, performance analysis, and VM/server right‑sizing.
• Familiarity with SMB-scale, on-premises infrastructure technologies.
• Working familiarity with hypervisor platforms (e.g. VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, or others).
• Strong enterprise network design, deployment, and administration experience.
• Background working with major enterprise networking and security vendors such as Cisco, Meraki, HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Extreme, Brocade, Palo Alto, and Fortinet.
• Ability to translate business, compliance, vendor, and partner requirements into actionable technical solutions and system configurations.
• Experience converting business continuity and disaster recovery requirements into technical architecture and implementation plans.
• Integrating IT systems in post‑merger or acquisition environments.
• Coordinating with and managing third‑party hardware, software, and service vendors.
• Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Ability to translate and communicate issues, risk, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience delivering technology or consulting solutions.
• 7+ years working in professional services or related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Certification such as Azure Solutions Architect, ITIL or similar strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing IT systems spanning multiple operational domains (infrastructure, applications, network, cloud/on‑prem).
• Documenting and rationalizing complex or undocumented environments, including creation of dependency maps, architecture diagrams, and system inventories.
• Conducting application rationalization and dependency mapping initiatives.
• Administering both Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
• Designing, implementing, or administering enterprise backup, replication, and continuity solutions for servers, storage, and applications.
• Capacity planning, performance analysis, and VM/server right‑sizing.
• Enterprise network design, deployment, and administration.
• Translating business, compliance, vendor, and partner requirements into actionable technical solutions and system configurations.
• Converting business continuity and disaster recovery requirements into technical architecture and implementation plans.
• Integrating IT systems in post‑merger or acquisition environments.
• Coordinating with and managing third‑party hardware, software, and service vendors.
• Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Translating and communicating issues, risk, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
• life and accident insurance
• adoption and fertility assistance
• paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• short/long term disability
• company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time
• 11 paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior