Accountable for architecting and designing infrastructure solutions that meet business requirements in support of a given project or initiative. The Infrastructure Architect will be accountable for partnering with the Solution Architect to create infrastructure solutions that are aligned to UPS’s architecture standards and principles, leverage common solutions, services, and processes, and meet the financial targets (cost and benefits). Within the systems development lifecycle, this role will be accountable for determining infrastructure requirements and early-phase project estimates which contribute to the business case, and high level design. They work with the individual infrastructure providers to spec out the appropriate infrastructure architecture to meet the solution needs. They will provide consulting during the detailed design, build, test and deploy phases.-Functional/Business CompetenciesDeep understanding of development and project management processes and methodologies including common roles, responsibilities, and key deliverablesDemonstrated ability to work with business customers, business analysts, and senior management from a business perspective, while communicating the salient technology implicationsAbility to advocate the business positions and requirements with technology teams-Technical CompetenciesBroad technical knowledge across the infrastructure discipline Very deep technical expertise in one or more infrastructure areasUnderstanding of the architecture discipline, processes, concepts and best practicesSuccessfully designed and implemented infrastructure architectures Understanding of how to leverage services, components, and architectural artifactsDemonstrated ability to work in a complex organization to determine information systems needs and to lead the design and integration of infrastructure components to meet those needs