IT/Technical Architect

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare•Tallahassee, FL

22h

About The Position

Principal IT advisor to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) for acquiring and developing emerging technologies. Responsible for the technology direction supporting the strategic planning effort. Recommends technological infrastructure standards necessary to achieve strategic imperatives. Responsible for planning, designing, and implementing the acquired hardware and/or software components for new technology projects. Utilizes security measures to safeguard access to IT assets. Works within and across departments to design leading-edge, cost-effective technology or application solutions. Conceptualizes, architects, designs, implements, and supports integrated solutions to satisfy the institutional business requirements while conforming to defined IT standards and regulations. Creates and delivers proposals and gathers quotes needed to provide total ownership costs for solutions. May act as manager responsible for scheduling other architects and/or technician assignments and assessing budgetary needs. May conduct computer support colleague evaluations. May coordinate future direction on technical issues, such as obsolete software. Interfaces extensively with senior management team (e.g., IT directors, department heads, etc.) on business, systems architectural, and technical issues. Advises, analyzes, researches, designs, installs, and implements products or complex technology or application solutions for a business unit or the entire enterprise. Demonstrates extensive knowledge of industry, technology, and strategy trends for data, voice, and their convergence. Responsible for the complete integrity of a solution. Develops the integrated technology requirements project plan. Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious program/project delays, and failure to achieve critical organizational objectives and affect the image of the organization’s technological capability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or applicable experience on a 1:1 basis
Five (5) years of experience in infrastructure architecture and engineering

Nice To Haves

Two (2) or more industry standard certifications/credentials, including (but not limited to) Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), Certified Novell Engineer (CNE), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), and Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
Five (5) or more years of experience documenting policies, procedures, and systems architecture
Six (6) or more years of experience in network or operating systems technologies
Experience in testing automation and configuration management
Experience with Citrix load balancers and cloud load balancers (such as Azure Load Balancer (LB) and F5)
Experience with cisco network equipment, including Cisco Nexus/Catalyst Switches and firewalls
Experience in disaster recovery technologies, such as Zerto, Microsoft Automated System Recovery (ASR), VMWare Site Recovery Manager (SRM), and data replication
Strong understanding of web security
Good understanding of application authorization (AuthZ) and authentication (AuthN) patterns
Familiar with protocols such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS), and Domain Name System (DNS)
Knowledge of database technologies including Non-Structured Query Language (NoSQL) and Microsoft Structured Query Language (MSSQL)
Knowledge of infrastructure, network, and applications security standards and best practices
Knowledge of telephony/wide area network (WAN) communications networks and protocols (Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)/Session Initiation Protocol (SIP))
Knowledge of software-defined wide area network (SDWAN) concepts, products, and technologies
Knowledge of WAN acceleration products and technologies
Skilled in data center technologies, including converged/hyper-converged infrastructure
Skilled in cloud architecture, including hybrid cloud, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS)
Skilled in networking protocols and technologies, including (but not limited to) Internet Protocol (IP), Ethernet, virtual private network (VPN), broadband, Layer 2/3, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), and DNS
Skilled in local area network (LAN)/WAN technology, including softwaredefined network (SDN), SDWAN, and WAN acceleration

Responsibilities

Acquiring and developing emerging technologies
Providing technology direction supporting strategic planning
Recommending technological infrastructure standards
Planning, designing, and implementing acquired hardware and/or software components for new technology projects
Utilizing security measures to safeguard access to IT assets
Designing leading-edge, cost-effective technology or application solutions
Conceptualizing, architecting, designing, implementing, and supporting integrated solutions
Creating and delivering proposals and gathering quotes for total ownership costs
Scheduling other architects and/or technician assignments
Assessing budgetary needs
Conducting computer support colleague evaluations
Coordinating future direction on technical issues
Advising, analyzing, researching, designing, installing, and implementing products or complex technology or application solutions
Developing the integrated technology requirements project plan