- Company Name
- Ventures Unlimited Inc
- Job Title
- Infrastructure Solutions Architect
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Infrastructure Solutions Architect
**Role Summary:** Lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise data, network, and application infrastructure, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and data integrity requirements.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver architecture designs that meet security, scalability, and cost‑effectiveness goals.
- Facilitate collaboration among project managers, data stewards, developers, and operations teams.
- Provide technical guidance during system integration, migration, and consolidation initiatives.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Coordinate with Project Managers to develop project plans and deliverables.
- Design, document, and enforce data classification policies and metadata repositories.
- Create and validate system‑level designs and enterprise information architecture models.
- Define, document, and apply data standards, security controls, and data management practices.
- Develop and maintain statewide data models and configuration management standards.
- Evaluate and recommend software fixes; lead application environment consolidation, migration, and integration efforts.
- Gather and track requirements; drive implementation of IT solutions.
- Advise developers on software integration and provide data modeling guidance.
- Conduct technical design reviews, validate architectural integrity, and revise specifications as needed.
- Recommend infrastructure changes based on feasibility and cost assessments.
**Required Skills:**
- ≥3 years Network Administration, ≥5 years RHEL, ≥5 years Windows Server, ≥3 years SQL.
- Experience creating, updating, and maintaining systems documentation.
- Proficiency with architecture tools (Visio, Lucidchart, Draw.io).
- Administer/architect IIS, Apache, WAF; familiarity with WebLogic/Websphere/JBoss.
- Design and deploy redundant, scalable databases (Oracle, MSSQL).
- Secure network, web applications, and databases.
- Knowledge of programming (C#, Java, Python, Bash, PowerShell).
- CI/CD tools: Ansible, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, Veracode.
- Architecture for native/hybrid cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP); IaaS/PaaS/SaaS.
- IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation); container orchestration (K8s, OpenShift).
- Experience with Cloudflare.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Relevant certifications preferred: Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or equivalent.