Information Technology Architect

Job #: F00917

Location: Syracuse, NY

Pay Range: $86,000 - $95,000

Hours: Standard University business hours. 8:30am - 5:00pm (academic year) 8:00am - 4:30pm (summer) Hours may vary based on operational needs.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Description:

Administers the integration of the IT infrastructure and provides direction and engineering of IT architecture. Based on overall enterprise plans, proposes solutions, architecture, and integration for all infrastructure, including on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure solutions. Designs information systems using industry best practices and following all applicable standards, especially in the areas of security and integration. Leads, manages, and trains others during large-scale project implementations. Provides leadership and guidance to three IT personnel. Possesses in-depth knowledge of operating systems, cloud computing technologies, enterprise storage backup technologies, programming/scripting languages, enterprise hardware, and time series databases.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of experience in computing technology or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Experience in integration of on-premises and cloud-based computing infrastructures.

Job Specific Qualifications:

Skills and Knowledge:

• Scripting/Programming languages (PowerShell/C# preferred).
• Knowledge of GRAPH/REST APIs.
• Understanding of datacenter network technologies including LACP, load balancing and SDN.
• Hands on experience system administration of Windows/Linux distributions, storage, virtualization, information security technologies, data center and network infrastructure.
• Knowledge of type 1 hypervisors and related enterprise features (VMware/Hyper-V preferred) and/or cloud infrastructure technologies.
• Enterprise data protection methods (NetApp platform technologies preferred, e.g., SnapMirror and SnapVault).
• SAN technologies including multi-pathing, replication, snapshots, and fiber channel/NFS (NetApp storage experience a plus).
• Demonstrated experience conducting root cause analysis.
• Azure AD/Active Directory.
• SAML/OAuth/OpenID Connector identity integration providers.
• Time series database experience.
• Multi-Factor Authentication technologies (Microsoft MFA/SSO preferred).
• Cloud Computing Providers (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud).
• Knowledge of information security best practices.
• Experience with enterprise scaled solutions.
• Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting server hardware.

Responsibilities:

• Propose, engineer, integrate, and automate the IT virtual and storage infrastructure.
• Provide critical university-wide infrastructure services that require expertise in architecting, automating, and maintaining computing infrastructure.
• Collaborate with team members on deploying new hardware and decommissioning existing hardware to ensure supportability, uptime, and capacity.
• Propose, engineer, integrate, and automate the backup and disaster recovery environment.
• Coordinate the off siting of University data with a tertiary datacenter to ensure resilience and prevent data loss in a recovery scenario.
• Perform regular backup audits and take appropriate actions to guarantee successful protection for all systems.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance of three IT personnel within the CIS Infrastructure team.
• Develop procedures and document the virtual, backup, and disaster recovery environments.
• Provide technical advice and direction to IT professionals across campus.
• Independently develop and maintain automation to enhance security, efficiency, and consistency.
• Implement custom reporting and monitoring to ensure environment security, stability, and sustainability.
• Provide support for the development, maintenance, and reliable operation of the University's research computing environment, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of faculty, researchers, and academic projects.