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Protiviti · 10 hours ago

Infrastructure Solutions Architect Associate Director

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$153K/yr - $260K/yr

9+ years exp

Protiviti is a global consulting firm seeking an Infrastructure Solutions Architect Associate Director to join their Technology Strategy & Architecture team. This role involves managing client relationships, developing technology strategies, and overseeing project work while mentoring team members.

ConsultingRisk Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements

You'll partner with our strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology

You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods

You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market

You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans

You enjoy working across infrastructure, networking, and cloud platforms to build integrated solutions

You are passionate about building trusted relationships with C-level executives and providing exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work

You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership

You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members

You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities

You enjoy discovering prospective project work with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions

You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities

You view client challenges as opportunities to add value and can translate that into new project proposals and sales

You are seen as a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams

You have interest in managing a diverse portfolio of clients across industries

Demonstrated experience with: Designing and implementing IT systems spanning multiple operational domains (infrastructure, applications, network, cloud/on‑prem)

In depth understanding of current enterprise design patterns and norms for basic networking capabilities/concepts (e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLAN segmentation, routing and switching, wireless)

Proven ability to document and rationalize complex or undocumented environments, including creation of dependency maps, architecture diagrams, and system inventories

Conducting application rationalization and dependency mapping initiatives

Recent hands-on experience administrating both Windows Server and Linux operating systems

Designing, implementing, or administering enterprise backup, replication, and continuity solutions for servers, storage, and applications

Skilled in capacity planning, performance analysis, and VM/server right sizing

Familiarity with SMB-scale, on-premises infrastructure technologies

Working familiarity with hypervisor platforms (e.g. VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, or others)

Strong enterprise network design, deployment, and administration experience

Background working with major enterprise networking and security vendors such as Cisco, Meraki, HPE/Aruba, Juniper, Extreme, Brocade, Palo Alto, and Fortinet

Ability to translate business, compliance, vendor, and partner requirements into actionable technical solutions and system configurations

Experience converting business continuity and disaster recovery requirements into technical architecture and implementation plans

Integrating IT systems in post‑merger or acquisition environments

Coordinating with and managing third‑party hardware, software, and service vendors

Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives

Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele

Ability to translate and communicate issues, risks or challenges to client personnel, including executives

Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate

Qualification

Infrastructure solutionsCloud platformsNetwork designProject managementWindows ServerLinux operating systemsEnterprise backup solutionsCapacity planningVMware vSphereCisco networkingBusiness developmentMicrosoft OfficeThought leadershipTeam leadershipCommunication skillsMentoring

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience delivering technology or consulting solutions

9+ years working in professional services or related field

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access

Demonstrated experience with designing and implementing IT systems spanning multiple operational domains (infrastructure, applications, network, cloud/on‑prem)