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Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

-Design and develop security-focused architectures for Cloud and Hybrid systems, aligning with business strategies and with appropriate security controls-Architect and design Cloud and Hybrid infrastructure solutions and data protection to provide a high degree of resiliency, reliability, security, performance, scalability, and flexibility-Develop a transformation strategy that modernizes the established on-premises data center environment-Drive modernization of global standards, policies, and procedures related to IT infrastructure-Design and document the framework for deploying, integrating, and supporting Cloud and Hybrid technologies, servers, virtualization, database systems, storage, data protection, security solutions, and identity/access management-Provide the guiding principles to establish the maintenance life cycle for the infrastructure platform, server patching, and security hardening guidelines-Influence technology priorities, decisions, and architecture patterns across the organization-Align with the Cyber Security team on the security solutions, solutions architect, and design details-Collaborate with other teams to provide detailed architecture diagrams for existing/new solutions/upgrades-Provide implementation guidance for security controls configuration and documentation to resolve vulnerabilities across Cloud and Hybrid solutions-Provide guidance and assistance in technical analysis, performance tuning, systems monitoring configuration, and event alerting on server infrastructure, enterprise storage, identity and access management, cybersecurity systems, backups, DR systems, databases, and virtualized systems-Architect, design, and support identity and access management solutions, orchestration, data protection and Disaster Recovery Infrastructure ensuring RPO/RTO targets are met-As required engage in the incident and problem management, change and configuration management-

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

- Design and configure server, storage, data center and Cloud infrastructure solutions, remote site, and Cloud infrastructure providing virtualization of servers, automated workload balancing, identity management, storage, backup, and the technology stack for enterprise solutions- Influence technology priorities, decisions, and architecture patterns across the organization by providing an optimal blend of data center, Cloud, and Edge infrastructure services- Provide inputs to global standards, policies, and procedures related to IT infrastructure- Plan, configure, deploy, & integrate on-premises server infrastructure and Cloud technologies, support Windows Server, VMware servers, Linux systems, and SQL database systems- Implement security controls and research / resolve vulnerabilities across Cloud and enterprise infrastructure solutions- Design, implement, and support Identity and Security Management solutions- Design, implement, learn, and support SAN, NAS, and DAS storage infrastructure, Cloud orchestration, provisioning, load-balancing, and auto-scaling solutions in AWS and/or Azure- Manage Cloud and on-premises backup and DR infrastructure ensuring RPO/RTO targets are met- Lead DevOps infrastructure initiatives and assist in performance and scalability planning to ensure that solutions are technically sound, performance-efficient and aligned with a Cloud-native services architecture model.- Design, implement, learn, and support DevOps tools including relevant DevOps scripting languages- Drive continuous improvement and reduction in manual technical efforts by automating infrastructure deployments and configurations through solutions supporting Infrastructure as Code.- Practice effective incident and problem management, change and configuration management, capacity management, resource scheduling, load testing, and service testing with validation- Resolve incidents escalated from the other IT teams in a timely manner aligning to published SLAs

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

- Provide leadership to IT Infrastructure Engineers and vendor managed services- Support the enterprise systems globally across all 3800 employees through 175 IPL sites serviced by 3 data centers- Architect, configure and optimize data center and Cloud services, server infrastructure, business applications, and SAP environments utilized within IPL sites- Identify and lead data center and Cloud initiatives to ensure that IT management and delivery activities support business objectives and are aligned with IT availability tolerances- Continuous improvement focus applied to all infrastructure supporting employee in order to improve levels of performance at sites.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

-Provide leadership to IT Infrastructure Engineers and vendor managed services-Support the enterprise systems globally across all 3800 employees through 175 IPL sites serviced by 3 data centers-Architect, configure and optimize data center and Cloud services, server infrastructure, business applications, and SAP environments utilized within IPL sites-Identify and lead data center and Cloud initiatives to ensure that IT management and delivery activities support business objectives and are aligned with IT availability tolerances-Continuous improvement focus applied to all infrastructure supporting employee in order to improve levels of performance at sites.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

-Provide guidance and direction to vendor managed services-Support enterprise systems globally across all 3800 employees through 175 IPL sites serviced by 3 data centers and 500+ servers-Architect and configure data center and cloud services, server, and desktop infrastructure, business applications, and backup/recovery utilized within IPL sites-Identify and lead Data Center and Cloud initiatives to ensure that IT management and delivery activities support business objectives and are aligned with IT availability tolerances-Continuous improvement focus and standard of work applied to all IT infrastructures supporting the IT needs of the business.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

- Design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of both internal IT and customer facing solutions.- Coordination and direction of vendors and teammates for select projects to secure successful outcomes.- Ongoing communications with various internal business groups for the maintenance and improvement of IT processes and functions.- IT security process input, design, and audit findings remediation.- All items listed under previous position.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

- Data center and remote site infrastructure management.- Backup, restore, and replication of production data for data integrity and Disaster Recovery.- Antivirus/Malware infrastructure management.- Application virtualization, presentation, packaging, and deployment.- Active Directory management.- Escalation point for Service Desk.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

- Endpoint Management tool ownership and continuous improvement- Endpoint SOE design and deployment automation- End-user issue remediation- Endpoint installation and management- Patching and application management tool administration.- Virtualized application administration.- Active Directory administration.

Postgraduate Degree, Cloud Computing

Linux Servers, Network Routing And Switching, And Database Design And Management