Job Summary:
Centre Technologies is expanding and seeking a new Solutions Architect to join their team. The role involves gathering requirements, assessing current systems, and overseeing implementation teams to develop IT infrastructure solutions that meet customer business needs.
Responsibilities:
โข Being an integral part of a team to identify and qualify business opportunities and develop the strategy to resolve technical matters. (Immediate team will consist of a partnership with Sales and IT Consulting)
โข Build deep, consultative technical relationships with your customers, effectively becoming a trusted adviser.
โข Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and working with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it.
โข Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have.
โข Providing updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs, and budgets.
โข Recommending integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms and application infrastructure required to successfully implement a complete solution using best practices.
โข Articulating the Enterprise vision on technologies and solutions towards the Client; positions Enterprise as thought leader on key technological developments.
โข Leading prioritization of Customer solution / technical requirements and champions resolution of solution / product gaps internally (also towards Product Groups).
โข Developing individual skill set and expand product knowledge to maximize value and to deliver quality services to our clients.
โข Traveling to Client sites, conferences, and other related events as required.
โข Other duties as assigned are as follows but not limited to guiding and assisting the Project Services teams on maintenance and upgrade of infrastructure including servers, storage, routers, switches, firewalls, remote access systems, and network management systems in accordance with Centre Technologies methodologies as determined by infrastructure architects, support or other dependencies.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข 4+ years in a technical role (Sr. System Administration, Infrastructure, Cloud, etc.)
โข Experience with the Microsoft Stack
โข Office 365 โ MCSA Office 365
โข Microsoft Intune
โข Microsoft Windows Administration tools (AD Users and Computers, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Sites and Services, etc.)
โข Microsoft Active Directory
โข Microsoft Exchange 2010/2013/2016/Office 365
โข Experience with Meraki & CISCO
โข Virtualization Experience - VMware Technologies & CITRIX
โข Experience managing on-premises and hosted data center environments
โข Experience in Infrastructure and Operations services
โข Experience in Enterprise Cloud Migration and Transformation
โข Intermediate knowledge of Cloud Economics and Optimization
โข Experience with a Managed Cloud service supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
โข Experience with public and private cloud solutions
โข Bachelorโs degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Preferred:
โข Previous experience with managed service providers, operational management, and ongoing continuous improvement preferred
โข Certifications Types
โข Microsoft Expert level in server, cloud, M365, etc
โข Cisco networking, or similar
โข VMware
Company:
Local IT company delivering modern IT services across Texas and Oklahoma, from IT consulting and IT support, to cybersecurity and cloud. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Houston, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.