Windows/Unix Enterprise Architect

Massachusetts  ‐ Onsite
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Windows/Unix Enterprise Architect

DETAILS
Location: Waltham, MA
Position Type: Contract - 3months +
Hourly/Salary: BOE!

ABOUT THE POSITION

GTN Technical Staffing is currently seeking am Enterprise Architect to join a progressive and innovative company. You will shape enterprise-level technical solutions and validate application design across architecture disciplines while ensuring the effective interoperability of end-to-end (hardware, software, networks) solutions and compliance with architecture and technology standards. This role will drive innovative solutions that work in complex business situations, leveraging existing investments and emerging technology. You will establish the enterprise architecture and technology direction to enable the IT community with their business partners to consistently build solutions into the broader enterprise, as well as lead domain experts to develop the portfolio of tools that enable the enterprise capabilities

DUTIES

  • Support or lead development of policies, standards, and guidelines that direct the selection, development, implementation and use of information technology within the enterprise
  • Work with stakeholders, both leadership and subject matter experts, to build a holistic view of the organization's strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets and align the business goals with its IT strategy
  • Perform infrastructure capacity planning and ensure system environments are adequately scalable for anticipated growth and availability
  • Promote shared infrastructure and applications to reduce costs and improve information flows, and ensure that projects do not duplicate functionality or diverge from business and IT strategies
  • Manage risks associated with information and IT assets through appropriate standards and security policies
  • Perform application architecture assessment and prepare recommendations for improvements
  • Conduct and lead design activities including application architecture, server topology, and environment placement
  • Manage or coordinate environment implementation in close cooperation with multiple related teams to gain consensus and establish policies and standards

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
  • Eight or more years of experience in application development, with a strong foundation in software engineering principles
  • Advanced knowledge of distributed, heterogeneous (Windows, Unix, etc) scalable systems design
  • Advanced knowledge of Internet, Intranet, and Extranet systems design (security, content management, eCommerce, web, and application Servers)
  • Advanced knowledge of high availability/fault-tolerant systems design and transparent application fail-over
  • Advanced knowledge of relational and spatial database design, logical and physical system architecture, and object-oriented analysis and design
  • Advanced knowledge of replication, backup, and disaster recovery design
  • Advanced knowledge of SOA concepts and related frameworks
  • Advanced knowledge of system sizing, capacity planning and performance tuning, and storage and area network architecture
  • Strong understanding of EA tools (eg, Troux- Metis), COTS applications, and user interfaces
  • Strong understanding of system infrastructure and server topology
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may understand
  • Knowledge of IT governance and operations
  • Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering
Start date
ASAP!
Duration
3months + Full Time
(extension possible)
From
GoTechNow
Published at
16.08.2012
Project ID:
407742
Contract type
Freelance
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