Senior IT Architect: Enterprise Infra & Cloud Solutions

Socket.dev; Connecticut; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Unisys is seeking a Principal IT Architect to support enterprise infrastructure engagements for managed services clients, covering pre-sales scoping, solution design and project delivery. You will contribute to knowledge of best practices and help customers plan around emerging initiatives.

The role requires deep expertise in virtualization, operating systems, databases, networking, and hybrid cloud with hands-on leadership of diverse projects and strong communication with technical and

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, a Principal Architect needs to be conversant across virtualization, compute, storage, operating systems, databases, networking, and other technologies to design a coherent solution supported by subject matter experts in specific technologies.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise virtualization (VMware/vSphere,) server hardware, SAN, etc.
• Familiarity with both Unix/Linux as well as Windows Server administration

Responsibilities

• Support pre- and post-sales technical scoping, contribute to ROM estimates for infrastructure engagements
• Design and delivery of technical solutions across virtualization, server, storage, database, network, and other platforms
• Own assigned projects from design through delivery, including client-facing technical and non-technical communication
• Serve as an execution-level owner on initiatives such as datacenter migrations, disaster recovery, cloud migrations
• Set realistic but achievable expectations with clients on scope, timeline, sequencing, prioritization
• Work with project resources to extract task breakdowns, hours estimates, planning input
• Proactively monitor and follow-up with assigned project resources to keep work on track
• Adapt to variability in project scale from single-server builds to large multi-phase engagements
• Operate effectively in a fluid client environment undergoing rapid growth
• Provide project management support and structure to keep engagements on track
• Adhere to internal Solution Architecture standards, runbooks, documentation
• Provide technical escalation support as needed
• Work across core enterprise infrastructure, both cloud-based and on-premise including: VMware/vSphere, server hardware, Oracle and SQL databases, RHEL/Linux, Windows server
• Assist customers with technology planning conversations including emerging technologies and strategic initiatives
• Advise account delivery teams on managed services best practices to promote high-quality outcomes

Skills

VMware/vSphere

Unix/Linux

Windows Server

Networking fundamentals

Oracle

Microsoft SQL

Tools

VMware/vSphere

Oracle

Microsoft SQL

Unix/Linux

Windows Server

Job description

Unisys is seeking a Principal IT Architect to support enterprise infrastructure engagements for managed services clients, covering pre-sales scoping, solution design and project delivery. You will contribute to knowledge of best practices and help customers plan around emerging initiatives.

The role requires deep expertise in virtualization, operating systems, databases, networking, and hybrid cloud with hands-on leadership of diverse projects and strong communication with technical and