Enterprise Solution Architect- Boston, New Jersey, New York or North Carolina preferred

Ensono; Providence (RI); Remote; USD 151,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Health plan options

401k with company match

Dental, vision, disability, life

Fertility/adoption support

Sabbatical leave

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Ensono is seeking an Enterprise Solution Architect in a remote United States setting. The role focuses on designing comprehensive technology solutions aligned with client goals, spanning cloud, storage, virtualization, servers, and security.

You will partner with sales teams and clients to identify needs and develop fully costed architectures. The ideal candidate has deep experience across enterprise infrastructure and governance, with proven ability to translate business needs into technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 5 years with a Master’s.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and hybrid solutions.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture principles and governance practices.
• Experience translating business objectives into technical strategies; engaging executives.

Responsibilities

• Organize and define work for complex or ambiguous situations.
• Provide consultation, training, and knowledge sharing to associates.
• Create and maintain reference architecture for Ensono infrastructure solutions.
• Define infrastructure solutions and ensure design meets requirements.
• Develop cost estimates for solution implementation and production support.
• Communicate recommendations through client presentations and proposals.

Skills

Executive stakeholder engagement

Solution architecture

Cloud architecture

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

VMware

IBM Power Systems

Windows/AD/SharePoint

Job description

Enterprise Solution Architect- Boston, New Jersey, New York or North Carolina preferredRemote - United StatesJR014250

Enterprise Solution Architect

At Ensono, our Purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things ! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business. These five traits are the key to achieving our purpose:

Honesty, Reliability, Curiosity, Collaboration, and Passion.

Role Summary

The Enterprise Solution Architect is responsible for designing comprehensive technology solutions that align with client business goals and technical requirements. Leveraging broad expertise across cloud computing, storage, virtualization, server and mainframe technologies, operating systems, networking, business applications, and security infrastructure, this role partners closely with sales teams and clients to identify needs, address solution gaps, and develop architectures utilizing Ensono’s offerings. The Enterprise Solution Architect recommends innovative technologies and approaches, develops fully costed solution architectures, maintains accurate customer solution documentation, and clearly communicates recommendations through client presentations, collaborative discussions, and proposals.

What You Will Do

• Brings prior experience to organize and define work for complex or ambiguous situations.
• Provides consultation, training, and knowledge sharing to associates
• Actively contributes to domain body of knowledge
• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of reference architecture for Ensono infrastructure solutions
• Responsible for the infrastructure architecture of one or more client environments and are to be considered the subject matter expert for the entire environment within the datacenter
• Responsible for working with the client to obtain the solution requirements for the infrastructure
• Responsible for written design of the infrastructure solution that meets or exceeds the requirements utilizing a reference architecture
• Responsible for being the technical subject matter expert for the implementation and ensuring the implementation adheres to the proposed design
• Responsible for providing cost estimates for the solution implementation process and ongoing production support of the solution
• Engages in project communications with the client using a consultative approach, anticipates obstacles, and recommends solution options to mitigate.
• Participates as member of the internal Architecture Review Board for solution proposals
• Ensures infrastructure solution design fulfills functional and technical requirements and can consistently meet progress against service level agreements (SLAs.)
• Accountable for the accuracy, process, integrity, quality and stewardship of client infrastructure solutions

We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That’s why we’ve outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it’s important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 5 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent work experience.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and hybrid solutions.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, solution design methodologies, and technology governance practices.
• Experience engaging with executive stakeholders and translating business objectives into technical strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop solution estimates, business cases, and technology roadmaps.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading complex technology initiatives across multiple disciplines and stakeholder groups.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understands the competitive landscape from both a business and technical perspective
• Foundational:
• o ITILv3
• o ITSM
• Mainframe:
• o IBM (Power systems a plus)
• Open Systems:
• o Server Hardware Vendors (HP, Dell, IBM, Cisco)
• o Physical Servers and Blade Technology
• o Unix (RHEL, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, LDAP)
• o Microsoft (AD, Windows, Sharepoint, DNS)
• o Symantec (Endpoint Protection, Netbackup)
• o Storage Platforms (EMC, IBM, Hitachi, Netapp, Dell)
• o Brocade
• o VMWare
• Monitoring (BMC, CA, Shavlik, LANSweeper)
• Network & Security:
• o Cisco Nexus
• o Checkpoint
• o Bluecoat
• o Load Balancer (F5, Cisco)

Why Ensono?

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.

We are a client-facing business, but we do encourage clients to allow us to work remotely most of the time so if you are not required to be on a client site, you can choose to work from home or in our Ensono offices.

Some of our benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Days Off
• Three health plan options
• 401k with company match
• Eligibility for dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• Family Forming Benefit including fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
• Paid childbearing and paternal leave
• Education Reimbursement, Student Loan Assistance or 529 College Funding
• Sabbatical leave
• Wellness program
• Flexible work schedule

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this role is $151,000 to $205,000 annually based on a full-time schedule. Please note that placement in the range may vary based on numerous factors including but not limited to skills, experience, internal equity, and business needs. In addition to base salary, other compensation programs, depending on eligibility, include a role-based, sales-incentive plan, and an equity grant under our Associate Equity Appreciation Program.

Ensono is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing equal employment to our Associates and building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Pay transparency nondiscrimination statement/posting OFCCP’s pay transparency policy can be found on OFCCP’s website (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) .

If you need accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email [e-mail]

JR014250