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Nouria · 4 hours ago

Information Technology Infrastructure Architect

Worcester County, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Nouria is seeking an Infrastructure Architect responsible for designing, implementing, and managing enterprise infrastructure systems. The role involves strategic planning, operational management, and ensuring business continuity within a hybrid IT environment.

EnergyRenewable EnergyRetail

Growth Opportunities

Hiring Manager

Annie Keegan

Responsibilities

Perform and execute network designs for campus, WAN, and colocation datacenters, including capacity planning

Interact and negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services

Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of IT procurement and development efforts

Planning and development of long-term strategic goals for enterprise storage and backup systems

Implement and optimize storage architectures that utilize industry best practices including Information Lifecycle Management and data classification

Install, configure, support and optimize Enterprise SAN Technologies, backup systems, and corresponding software

Implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of storage appliances and stored data assets

Communicate and enforce, through system procedures, data storage retention policies

Follow change control, incident response, and testing processes for modifications to storage appliances and software

Research, recommend, and design IT Infrastructure products and services, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts

Design and implement disaster avoidance strategies and impact reduction strategies

Work closely with department heads to define effective business continuity strategies

Implement and management of SIEM logging tools

Design and Manage Windows, VMWare, and Linux servers and related data center technology, including backup systems, and their associated operating systems and software

Work with the IT security team to design and Manage security solutions, including firewall, anti-virus, and intrusion detection systems

Design and Manage network hardware and equipment, including routers, switches, access points, UTM devices, and UPSs

Assess and administer equipment, hardware and software upgrades and patches

Conduct network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information

Administer and maintain end user accounts, permissions, and access rights as needed

Work with IT Security team to perform server and security audits and log reviews

Work with IT Security Team to implement security policies and remediate vulnerabilities

Create and maintain a disaster recovery plan; Manage and coordinate recovery plan implementation and efforts, including initial emergency response, recovery procedures, and business resumption processes

Collaborate with Cloud Solutions Architects and M365 Engineers to support integrated hybrid environments

Refine and document system backup and recovery processes, including regular testing

Perform system backups and recovery

Perform and manage SQL server backups and recovery

Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports

Recommend, schedule, and perform network improvements, upgrades, and repairs

Patch and security management of servers and infrastructure devices

Create and maintain clear documentation regarding all system configurations

Provide technical support and guidance to users and other IT staff

Other duties, as assigned

Qualification

Network designStorage architectureDisaster recovery planningWindows Server managementVMWare expertiseSQL Server optimizationFirewalls managementBusiness continuity planningVendor managementPowerShell scriptingTechnical supportProject managementTeam collaborationDocumentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field with 10-15 years of systems/network/storage administration experience required

Following certifications required: Microsoft MCSE/MCSA, VMWare VCP

Strong experience managing Windows Server, SQL Server, and Active Directory, and various infrastructure tools for backups, security, and systems monitoring, etc

Experience with Microsoft Visio, creating network and server diagrams and documentation

Strong experience working with and providing technical support to manage, M365 tenants including Active Directory, Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, and Azure

Experience with the administration of on-premise Active Directory and Active Directory Federated Services / Directory Synchronization

Strong PowerShell scripting skills and experience

Proven working knowledge of data security standards, best practice, and compliance requirements

Experience with telecommunications technologies and carriers

Proven ability to create and maintain standard operating procedures and documenting system processes

Strong desire to work within and support a team environment

High level of personal accountability

Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. and perform physical activities on a regular basis

Preferred

Extensive knowledge and experience working with Firewalls (Fortigate or Sophos Experience a plus)

Experience optimizing SQL server environments

Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring, and supporting storage servers and management software, including Exagrid, Dell EMC, and PURE storage

Hands-on iSCSI SAN/NAS/DAS troubleshooting experience

VMWare Expertise (VCP Certification)

VEEAM Backup and Recovery Experience

Experience with network and server monitoring solutions using WMI and SNMP

Experience with vendor management and contract negotiation

Business Continuity Planning

Experience working within an Azure hybrid environment

Experience with Wireless Networking Optimization

Project management experience

Retail technology-related experience a plus