INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT Montréal (hybrid mode) 2024-11-08

We are currently looking for a motivated, passionate, and dynamic candidate to serve in an IT Infrastructure Architect to enable the Infrastructure to achieve their objectives through the effective use of technology. This position will report to the Data Center Operations Manager and will be based in Montreal.

IT Infrastructure architect provides strategy and vision for North America system infrastructure including Microsoft components (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, ADFS, Exchange, SharePoint, System Center, hardening) and its evolution to Azure (Public, Private or Hybrid Cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), O365 platform, Virtualization technologies (VMware and Citrix), storage, security and backups technologies.

IT Infrastructure architect is responsible for designing and managing both IT and OT architectures, understanding the unique requirements and considerations of each, and ensuring seamless integration and functionality across both domains.

• Provide project / operations specific architectural and comprehensive technology designs, solutions and implementation plans for Data Center Team
• Review and evaluate solutions and develop optimized infrastructure designs based on rigorous understanding of returned benefits and impact on Business or IT.
• Ensuring the architecture is designed with "Security by Design" principles, including the incorporation of security controls and measures at the design phase, to mitigate potential risks and threats.
• Review and help in choosing the right technology for the context.
• Evaluate entire projects from a technical stance, guaranteeing that the methods and technologies used are practical and correct and fit for purpose
• Validate and challenge the detailed technical infrastructure architectures provides by technology partners, team members and vendors in support of a project or Operation technical solution
• Assist in transition of the project to Operations.
• Act as a final path of escalation within their area of expertise for any Data Center architecture
• Investigate the viability of upcoming and emerging technologies to improve the infrastructure's stability, longevity and adaptability
• Participate in architecture reviews and / or audits
• Secure Infrastructure architecture compliance
• Support overall IT strategy with the relevant Infrastructure architecture
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of total experience in IT with relevant technologies
• 5+ years of experience in the analysis and understanding of the Infrastructure related to Data Center, hardware and systems including servers, network, security, storage and compute for traditional, hybrid or cloud Data Centers
• 7+ Years of experience in deploying and managing virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix, etc.)
• 5+ years of experience in various IT roles and environments up to and including technical or IT team leadership positions
• 5+ years of experience with cloud methodologies (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS), automation, orchestration, cost frameworks, trends and Industry-leading private / public / hybrid cloud vendor offerings and interoperability
• 5+ years of experience in high demand, low fault tolerance environments
• 5+ years of experience in a technical infrastructure design role and demonstration of subject expertise

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Employee will be required to travel less of 10% of the time; Employee may need to occasionally) visit other locations

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