IT Technical Architect II (Security Operations)

Michels Corporation•Brownsville, WI

About The Position

Improving America’s infrastructure isn’t for the weak. It takes grit, determination, and hard work to execute high impact projects. Michels Corporation engages 8,000 people and 18,000 pieces of heavy equipment in our insatiable drive to be the best. Our work improves lives. Find out how a career as a IT Technical Architect II (Cloud Operations) can change yours. An IT Technical Architect II is responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of the organization’s technical solutions and will serve as the technical expert on solution design, development, and implementation requirements to address business needs. The IT Technical Architect II works closely with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and IT development and operations teams to develop, maintain, and enhance our enterprise architecture. Critical for success is a deep understanding of enterprise-level software development, infrastructure, and security, as well as experience with modern technologies, public cloud platforms and industry best practices. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and strong communication and interpersonal skills are key. Must be able to work in a team environment.

Requirements

Bachelors’ Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; and 4-6 years of experience as an IT Technical Architect or similar role, or an equivalent combination
Experience with enterprise-level infrastructure design, security, and performance best practices
Experience with security operations platforms, tooling, applications, policies and practices
Experience with project management and life cycle management methodologies
Must be able to work in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with IT service management methodologies, such as ITIL
Experience with cloud technologies, containerization, and microservices architecture
Experience working with Agile methodologies

Responsibilities

Maintain and promote a strong health, safety, environment, and quality (HSEQ) culture for all employees, vendors, subcontractors, and customers to comply with HSEQ policies, procedures, regulations, and continual improvement objectives.
Identify and communicate workplace hazards and risks with a commitment to correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe or nonconforming actions or conditions.
Strong architectural understanding of zero trust network architectures (ZTNA)
Expertise in vulnerability management in an enterprise environment
Experience with incident management and incident response (documentation, research, reporting)
Identity and access management experience (RBAC/least privilege controls/account security)
Understanding of firewall management, policies and controls
Strong scripting skills supporting automation, remediation, or optimization efforts
Strong understanding of DNS, certificate management, domain takedown processes
Ability to articulate security best practices and architectural approaches
Strong documentation and project management skills (design, execute, maintain)
Ability to design and communicate architecture and risk postures to others
Other duties as assigned