Enterprise Infrastructure Architect – Aptiv
Job Description
This role is within the EDS segment, and you will be joining that segment as it becomes its own entity. Aptiv is a global leader in low and high voltage power and signal distribution systems, enabling the next generation of electrified, automated, and connected vehicles with a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and engineering excellence.
Important Company Update – Please Read Before Applying. On January 22, 2025, Aptiv announced its decision to separate its EDS division to form two independent companies.
Summary of Position
The Enterprise Infrastructure Architect supports delivery teams implementing technical solutions for global projects that meet our business requirements. The role is involved from the initial shaping of the solution, creating designs and developing them into a High Level Design deliverable with associated cost estimations for execution and steady‑state operations.
Responsibilities
- Author architecture artifacts including ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude), HLD (High Level Design) & BRD (Business Requirement Document) for programs, projects and initiatives.
- Own the solution end‑to‑end, incorporating input from other Solution Architects, Enterprise Architects, business partners, SMEs and vendors.
- Highlight areas of risk and dependency with associated mitigation proposals.
- Oversee all technical aspects of implementations end‑to‑end.
- Maintain in‑depth knowledge of the organization’s technologies and architectures, including cloud, on‑premise hosting and networking.
- Develop logical, conceptual and physical architectural models.
- Communicate solutions, architectural decisions, plans and goals to project teams and business functions.
- Support business and IT strategic planning.
- Support the Enterprise Architecture Governance processes.
- Review new and existing program/project architecture for compliance with IT standards, policies and architectural plans.
Candidate Qualifications
The Enterprise Infrastructure Architect will be an effective communicator and leader, possessing energy, a flexible approach, creative thinking, and the ability to develop value‑added service definitions and lead change.
- 10+ years relevant work experience with at least 6+ years as an Enterprise Infrastructure Architect.
- Knowledge of operating systems, virtualization, Hyper‑Converged Infrastructure (HCI), backup & storage and infrastructure tooling.
- Knowledge of AWS, Azure or GCP cloud platforms.
- Develop and implement physical data center, office and manufacturing network designs focused on redundancy, high availability and fault tolerance.
- Ability to multitask across several projects simultaneously.
- Clear thinker who anticipates and develops strategies for future consequences and trends on application and infrastructure components.
- Works collaboratively with multiple levels to develop innovative creative solutions to meet business requirements.
- Knowledge of current and future IT technology trends.
- Comfortable dealing with concepts and complexity.
- Effective communicator and presenter in formal and informal settings.
- Self‑motivated and team‑oriented.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or information systems.
- Industry IT certifications are a plus.
Technology Skills
- VMWare and virtualization technologies
- Hyper‑Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
- Wide experience with Storage technologies:
- Dell Storage
- CommVault Data Protection
- VMware vSAN
- HPE Storage: Alletra, EVA, 3Par
- Wide experience with server hardware, but not limited to:
- Good experience working with networking, specifically Cisco routing and switching.
- Good experience working with wireless technologies.
- Good experience working with server operating systems including Windows and Linux.
- Experience with security technologies (encryption, access & authentication, network segmentation, firewalls).
- Experience with infrastructure monitoring and tooling.
- Experience working with and architecting solutions in the Cloud:
Application and Database experience considered advantageous.
Apply today, and together let’s change tomorrow!
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