Desired Skills and Experience

  • Responsible for complete IT infrastructure design, systems analysis, data centre operation, network & voice communication in our firm/
  • Acts as expert for infrastructure in the plan, design, and delivery of IT solutions
  • Advises team members of IT technology standard requirements, methodology and processes.
  • Drives short & long term architecture strategy for the overall IT project portfolio for key business segments.
  • Participates in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy.
  • Conducts end-to-end technical plan design.
  • Provide support in developing long-term strategy for historical data retention and archival plan for storage needs.
  • Provide support in defining data retention, backup, and recovery methods and plans.
  • Acts as expert for the development of enterprise standards to ensure compatibility and integration of multi-vendor platforms.
  • Designs and develops infrastructure blueprints for the implementation of new solutions.
  • Responsible for impact analysis and design modifications to existing systems to support new solutions.
  • Develops specifications for interfaces from existing to new systems.
  • Maintain a common documentation library of standardized procedures and configurations
  • Provide third level support for incidents and problems in designated areas of expertise.
  • Communicate and collaborate with local IT staff as well as colleagues in other parts of the world for configuration, troubleshooting
  • Effectively interact and communicate with business partners
  • Can consolidate requirements and translate them into IS deliverables
  • Understands and adheres to company’s quality management processes and practices
  • Familiar with quality evaluation methods such as user acceptance testing (UAT), unit and integration testing, etc.
  • Can participates in quality control activities
  • Working knowledge of quality assurance methods, tools and techniques
  • Can describe and interpret quality indicators relevant to own unit or function
  • Has a 5+ years’ experience in a production IT environment managing enterprise IT infrastructure, hardware, hosting service and network areas.
  • Ability to write architecture design documents or review design documents provided by others.
  • Knowledge and understanding of industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs.
  • Operates independently
  • Is able to handle complex projects (technically complex and/or multiple stakeholders & involved teams)
  • General network knowledge (TCP/IP, routing, VLANs, DNS/DHCP, VPNs…)
  • Strong working knowledge of VMware or other virtual software
  • Strong knowledge in disc storage technologies
  • Strong Project Management skills
  • A broad architecture domain knowledge (vision, design, projects, implementation)
  • Ability to keep a holistic overview but at the same time can take a deep dive into technicalities when required
  • Strong communication skills – both written and verbal
  • Effective negotiation skills, able to facilitate collaboration between stakeholders with differing opinions
  • Strong team building skills, with emphasis on collaboration and “getting teams” aligned
  • Great presentation skills