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Cloud Solutions Architect

Perm Role

$130,000-$150,000

This employee will be responsible for building enterprise solutions and architecting the platform for hosting these solutions.  We offer both Public Cloud services (multi-tenant) and dedicated Private Cloud services that need to be built and maintained for our customers.  Candidates must be experts in all the technologies used to build an enterprise cloud platform including VMware, enterprise storage (SANs, NAS), virtual networking, capacity planning, cloud security, desktop virtualization, and application delivery.  The candidate must be well versed in enterprise data center configuration, remote management, and remote monitoring solutions needed to build totally fault tolerant and highly available solutions for our customers.  Points of failure need to be eliminated and platforms must be architected to meet 100% uptime SLAs.  New systems must be built with local and geographic redundancy.  Responsibilities  Visionary in the pursuit of cost effective, high availability solutions.  Monitor the market and evaluate new cloud products, services, and appliances from leading vendors such as VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, Cisco, HP, Dell, and Juniper  Work with Executive Mgmt to develop products that can be monetized at high margin  Document and diagram cloud solutions.  Capture all specific requirements needed to support the platform and systems.    Provide team lead support and guidance to Tier 3 (Senior) Engineers and rest of engineering team  Evaluate customer requirements on large enterprise deployments to provide architectural guidance, experience, and approval  Responsible for all the technical aspects of our solutions at the core, structural level.  Participate in frequent training in order to bring cloud industry best practices to iCore's solutions.  Earn vendor and industry certifications  Design, build, support, and train at all layers of the cloud platform's architecture including: - Core physical components; servers, network, and storage.  Capacity & performance thresholds - Virtualization layer - pros and cons of each vendor's solution - Virtual networking and connectivity - Security design, implementation, and monitoring - Application layer - public, private, hybrid cloud solutions  Provide consultation and support (business and technical) to users and other technical units  Personally or oversee installation and configuration of all cloud hardware and software.   Skills and Requirements  Demonstrated ability to design, build, and support cloud solutions for 100,000+ users  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills  At least three to five years of experience managing large scale production data center environments.  Enterprise Storage experience (Equalogic, NetApp, HP, IBM, etc)  Unique technical understanding of the product development lifecycle, including being able to  identify opportunities to provide new solutions to customers.   Demonstrated experience building products from concept phase to robust solutions launched in production many times over  Experience as a technical consultant, senior engineer, system architect, and sales engineer  Demonstrated ability to incorporate automation into all aspects of cloud solutions.  Scripting and development used in automating design, delivery, monitoring, and support of the cloud platform  Deep understanding of Microsoft and most popular Linux operating systems  WAN architecture  - experience with MPLS, Site-To-Site VPNs, and SSL VPN, and WAN acceleration.  At least 2 years experience as a system architect  At least 5 years experience as a Senior engineer in both server and networking disciplines  Strong background with Microsoft Windows Server 2003/08/12, Active Directory, Exchange Server 2003/2010, Lync Server 2010, Sharepoint, Terminal Services, and SQL Server.  At least 7 years total experience.  Experience with scripting; batch, VB script, or Powershell  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline  Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities

Additional Skills Desired  MCSE, CCNA, VMware, and SAN manufacturer certifications  Experience implementing and managing environments with VMware vCloud Director  Management experience, such as experience as project leader or senior member of a successful project team  Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline  Familiarity with Juniper Networks vGW virtual security appliance

Trainer / Technical Writer Qualifications and skills:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience;
• Sound understanding of the principles of training and business development;
• 2+ years of experience in training and/or technical writing;
• Demonstrated experience to work on multiple assignments at a time;
• Flexibility to work as needed to meet deadlines ;
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office and Adobe products;
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Strong command of the English language and grammar/publication styles;
• Ability to rework technical test for a broader audience;
• Experience in working with technical teams to create user manuals/guides/documentation is a MUST;
• Understanding of programming concepts, operating systems and/or networking;
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle Process;
• Creative and innovative;
• Good attention to detail;
• Team player.

Why Veredus?

Candidates work with a professional recruiter whose average experience is eight years in the industry. That means they have intimate knowledge of the Information Technology industry and market trends-who is in demand now and who will be next. Your Veredus Recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and desires. They also counsel their candidates in resume writing, interviewing, and career planning so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it. Additionally, Veredus provides the following benefits:

o Medical Benefits
o Consultant Lunches and Outings
o Dental Benefits
o Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit)
o Vision
o ATOP-Accrued Time Off Program
o 401K
o Consultant Web-Site
o Name Plates
o Care packages/Survival packs
o Dedicated Consulting Services Representative