Lead Architect responsibilities shall include but not be limited to:

• Represent the service architecture to multiple different audiences from highly technical to more service/business oriented
• Meet with internal customers to discuss current challenges with the service as well as current and future business requirements
• Identify and partner with key Service stakeholders to capture and interpret functional, business and operational requirements to meet the full range of needs for the bank.
• Partner with the Build and Operate teams supporting the Service to understand and address challenges.
• Define, produce, maintain and drive the Service Strategy and Roadmap, including both service and infrastructure components.
• Research and advance technologies, solutions and products that will continue to improve the Service and expand the Service offerings to meet the changing business and operational needs.
• Work with SME teams, to coordinate solutions for the  Service offerings considering all aspects of the end to end Service - resource allocation, request & fulfillment, capacity, monitoring, etc
• Oversee and provide architectural guidance for the design and implementation of feature/functionality from requirements gathering, design, engineering, testing, and implementations and thru operational feedback to continuously improve the Service offering.
• Maintain a clear understanding of the end to end solution and the impact of changes to the components that make up the Service.
• Focus on continuous improvement of the Service offering with an ability to successfully prioritize based on multiple, sometimes competing stakeholders.
• Must be prepared to learn P-Series and AIX virtualization and management concepts

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED:

• Minimum 5-10+ years of engineering and architecture experience in large, complex IT environments. 
• Minimum 3-5+ years working with heavily virtualized environments,
• Current and demonstrable experience with ESX operating on x86 platforms
• Strong technical knowledge of clustering concepts in large enterprise environment
• Strong technical  of automated provisioning concepts
• Strong technical knowledge of software distribution concepts across Linux and Windows Platforms
• Must be able to demonstrate track record of delivery in both automation and software distribution space in a large complex global environment.
• Must be able to demonstrate track record of producing complex infrastructure designs that have been implemented
• Working knowledge of Cisco UCS compute fabric
• Thorough understanding of networking including: network topology, vlan, trunking etc.
• Deep understanding of boot/build concepts such as PXE,kickstart etc
• Deep understanding of LDAP/AD and user namespace concepts
• Strong understanding of enterprise SAN storage technologies including: general understanding of enterprise array's, SAN fabrics and switching concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to gather and interpret both technical and business requirements
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills, again must be able to demonstrate examples
• Ability to provide strong technical and developmental guidance to team members.
• Ability to understand and assist Project managers in planning efforts
• Proven ability to work in a highly matrix'd organization to accomplish target goals
• Personal pride in the quality and thoroughness of deliverables
• Strong communication skills - written and verbal

HIGHLY DESIRED:

• Educated in a technology discipline - formally or equivalent informal experience
• Familiarity with ITIL v3 framework