IT Architect

UL, LLC; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

UL Solutions is seeking a seasoned IT architect to lead enterprise architecture initiatives across global teams. You will shape scalable, secure designs, evaluate emerging technologies, and drive standards for cost-efficient computing resources.

Applicants should have a deep background in solution architecture, data and security design, with hands-on experience in cloud environments and large-scale enterprise implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline required.
• 10+ years of directly related IT experience and project leadership.
• Proven expertise in solution architecture, systems design, and enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities

• Leads IT architecture projects with UL IT managers and global teams.
• Defines scalable, secure enterprise designs aligned with business goals.
• Evaluates new technologies and advises on value delivery and risk.
• Maintains cost-effective, standardized computing environments for enterprise use.
• Interacts with external service providers for planning system resources.
• Translates business requirements into architectural roadmaps and strategies.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cloud architecture

Security design

Data architecture

Networking fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related

Tools

Unix/Linux

Windows Server

Oracle RAC

EMC/NetApp storage

Cisco networking

Job description

• Recommends innovative approaches to leverage new and existing hardware, software, and other technologies as necessary.

• Identifies, researches, and designs supporting infrastructure that provides services to ULs staff and clients worldwide.

• Develops business-focused requirements for the technical architecture, evaluates alternative technologies, and recommends appropriate solutions that fit current enterprise architecture.

• Determines optimal mix of key service levels in technical designs.

• Defines key aspects of architecture and design (e.g.

• scalability, availability, manageability, security, performance).

• Evaluates new technologies and determines how they could be used or applied in the delivery of IT Services.

• Communicates cost effectiveness of migration or deployment.

• Ensures a consistent and standardized environment for computing resources that will ensure cost effective application delivery for the enterprise.

• Evaluates service level agreements for business and quality of service (QoS) elements when designing solutions (i.e.

• security, performance, reliability, availability, manageability, etc.).

• Advises Business/IT management on IT enterprise architecture issues.

• Participates in the IT Standards, IT Performance, and Capacity Management processes.

• Maintains and applies current knowledge of information technology.

• Researches new and emerging technologies through industry journals, conferences, and various information sources such as Gartner, Meta, etc.

• to help determine if and how they can be used to add value to the business.

• Leads projects with UL IT managers to develop and maintain three-year technology roadmaps in all technology areas and with UL Application and Information Management.

• Ensures the technology infrastructure and direction meets the current and forecasted needs of the application portfolio.

• Engages all external service providers in the planning and provision of system resource requirements.

• Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.

• Performs other duties as directed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, with 10+ years of directly related experience.

• Proven experience leading complex IT projects and programs, including managing technical teams and driving enterprise technology initiatives.

• Deep expertise in solution architecture, systems design, and enterprise application architecture, with the ability to design scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions that align with business objectives.

• Strong knowledge of integration architecture, including APIs, messaging platforms, event-driven systems, and enterprise data exchange patterns.

• Experience designing and supporting cloud-based architectures, particularly within Microsoft Azure environments.

• Solid understanding of infrastructure and networking fundamentals, including highly available 24x7 environments, n-tier architectures, grid and blade server infrastructures, and enterprise networking technologies.

• Expertise in security, compliance, and secure transaction design, including firewalls, DMZ architectures, and enterprise security best practices.

• Strong knowledge of data architecture, information flows, and system interoperability, ensuring effective data management and governance across platforms.

• Experience designing for performance, scalability, resiliency, and business continuity in enterprise environments.

• Detailed knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices for computing infrastructure and enterprise architecture.

• Operational understanding of service-level agreements (SLAs), service-level metrics, and the tools used to monitor and measure operational performance.

• Working knowledge of project lifecycle methodologies and enterprise solution delivery frameworks.

• Hands-on experience with enterprise infrastructure technologies, including Unix, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, Red Hat, IBM, Windows, SAN/NAS storage platforms, EMC and NetApp solutions, backup and recovery technologies, load balancing, Oracle RAC, and networking technologies such as Cisco.

• Ability to translate business requirements into architectural roadmaps, technology strategies, and delivered solutions while providing technical leadership and guidance across global teams.

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:

Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.