City of Austin · 1 day ago
IT Infrastructure Architect, ATS, MRC
Wireless Communication Services Division (WCSD)
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$85K/yr - $115K/yr
4+ years expThe City of Austin is a vibrant community dedicated to shaping one of the nation's most dynamic cities. They are seeking an IT Infrastructure Architect to lead and support architecture activities that guide the development and management of technology solutions, ensuring alignment with the City's IT strategy and future success.
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Responsibilities
Develops the vision, strategy, conceptual and logical designs, roadmaps, and other architectural deliverables for the domain area (e.g., business, data, solutions, infrastructure, etc.)
Defines the principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise in their domain
Designs the implementation of a technical architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies, as well as rectify gaps and pain points within the current state
Works on high-level projects, ensuring processes align with the domain focused architectural strategy and business strategy
Guides project team members in the implementation of the architecture
Serves as the deepest technology expert in their respective domains and as such, are involved in or lead technology strategy, migration, integration and evolution of the technical infrastructure
Collaborates closely with other architects and engineers to ensure alignment of domain architectures and activities with the broader enterprise architecture and strategy
Leads and contributes to the domain technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction
Analyzes the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement
Leads the evaluation and selection of technology and products, as well as the design of standard configurations for given domain
Leads and facilitates the domain’s architecture governance process based on Enterprise Architecture’s governance structure
Ensure compliance with security policies, procedures, and adherence to NIST standards
Administer and build network security systems
Administer routing and switching, logging and security event analysis, and firewalls
Lead compliance duties such as security patch assessments, quarterly cyber access reviews, and verification of electronic access privileges
Administer modeling software and review business rules for access
Troubleshoot advanced systems/topologies/storage and support critical customers in a utility environment
Provide collaborative input to infrastructure planning and design
Provide leadership and guidance (mentoring) to junior team members using motivational and collaborative skills
Qualification
Required
Knowledge of leading architecture practices and critical architecture deliverables
Knowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies (e.g., waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental)
Knowledge and/or experience participating in architecture governance forums
Knowledge and/or exposure to how information and technology has been applied to create value for an organization (regardless of industry). Preferably different types of technologies
Knowledge of domain specific processes, procedures, critical supporting activities, and risks
Knowledge of computer science, information technology standards and controls, and technology frameworks and trends
Knowledge of architecture methodologies (e.g., SABSA, Zachman, TOGAF) and modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate)
Knowledge and experience designing conceptual and logical design and translating work between different levels of abstraction
Knowledge of various development languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
Knowledge of various database technologies (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle)
Ability to lead financial analysis, architecture evaluation, solutions delivery orchestration, project management, road mapping, risk management, interdependency management, agile methodologies, information security, cloud computing infrastructure, data architecture skills
Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes
Ability to quickly comprehend the functions, capabilities and financial impact of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models
Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams, with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders
Ability to work effectively with different types of scenarios and challenges and to adapt within a variety of changing situations, while working with individuals and groups
Ability to adjust approach based on internal and external dynamics, and an acute perception of the dimensions of business issues
Ability to synthesize facts, theories, trends, inferences and key issues and/or themes in complex and variable situations and to recognize abstract patterns and relationships among apparently unrelated entities and situations
Ability to leverage intellectual curiosity to inform solutions and innovate
Ability to take responsibility for personal growth and acquire strategies for gaining new knowledge, behaviors and skills
Ability to adhere to required compliance to all change management policies and procedures
Ability to adhere to required compliance to all information security policies and procedures
Graduation with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years of experience in a related field
Experience may substitute for education for up to four (4) years
Graduation with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field may substitute for two (2) years of experience
Valid Texas Driver License depending on assignment
Preferred
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in design of a highly available and scalable network using Juniper devices for a large enterprise consisting of multiple data centers and customer sites
Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing a complex network architecture adhering to local IT architecture guidelines, firewall policies, network diversity, working with various vendors, and ISPs
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in analyzing and identifying solutions to resolve issues impacting high availability of network communication systems with enterprise and broadband networks, ISP connectivity, and Radio Frequency (RF) network
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing disaster recovery and fault tolerant solutions and documenting a detailed disaster recovery plan for networks and systems
Benefits
Medical
Paid leave time
A great retirement plan
Training opportunities
Company
City of Austin
An award-winning employer, the City of Austin has a Council-Manager form of government and employs 13.8K employees.
10001+ employees
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