Job Summary:
The SharePoint Infrastructure Solutions Architect will be primarily responsible for contributing to the delivery of IT solutions targeting or interfacing with EY's enterprise SharePoint 2013 platform. Representing Enterprise Architecture and working closely with Business Analysts, Technical Leads, Project Managers, Information Security, Global Infrastructure Services and other stakeholders, the Infrastructure Solutions Architect will:
Take functional and non-functional requirements, apply architectural acceptance criteria, and produce artifacts describing the logical and physical design of IT solutions scaled for the enterprise.
Develop and apply architecture methodologies, standards and leading practices
Review business requirements, strategic goals and objectives, translating these into an technical delivery plan
The Infrastructure Architect is also expected to maintain an awareness of new and emerging technologies, providing a detailed analysis on capabilities and potential impact on EY's architectural landscape.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) research and development, development and enforcement of patterns and standards and technology evaluation.
Essential Functions of the Job:
Architect systems to meet functional and non-functional infrastructure requirements
Create / review of architecture design packages
Review and approve engineering design packages
Ensure proper oversight for quality assurance of engineering artifacts
Guidance of engineering staff throughout construction phase
Evangelize re-use through implementation of shared engineering assets
Enforce adherence to architectural standards/principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, etc.
Proactively provide feedback regarding infrastructure engineering methodologies, standards and leading practices
Minimize technical exposure and risk on projects
Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:
Understands the art of the possible, compares various architectural options based on feasibility and impact and proposes actionable plans
Demonstrated strong analytical skills and technical problem-solving skills
Ability to analyze and operate at different levels of abstraction
Ability to balance what is strategically right with what is practically realistic
Knowledge and Skills Requirements:
Demonstrates in-depth, technical SharePoint 2013/SharePoint 2016 subject matter expertise
Design and implementation of multiple distributed SharePoint farms
Design and implementation of federated SharePoint services and service applications in a distributed farm architecture
Understanding of how SharePoint 2013 architecture maps onto an Azure IaaS implementation, including best practices (for example, for resilience)
Implementation and best practices for Office 365/SharePoint Online standalone and hybrid scenarios
SharePoint 2013 companion products architecture and infrastructure, including: Workflow Manager, Office Web Apps 2013, BA Insights Longitude Search, ConceptSearch Metadata management tools
Proficient with technical authoring, specifically techniques to describe infrastructure design and architecture (Server, DMZ, Virtualization, Storage, Network, Database, Security)
Familiar with data center facilities, HA, DR and performance testing.
Experience designing and developing solutions dependent on SQL Server 2012 (Database Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, and Integration Services)
Knowledge of IAM technologies and protocols, e.g. Active Directory, CA SiteMinder, ADFS, SAML, WS-Federation, OAuth
Experience designing SSO and federation architectures.
Proficiency with tools for SharePoint configuration and customization, including SharePoint Designer, Napa & Windows PowerShell
Excellent technical architecture skills, enabling the creation of future proof global solutions
Interpersonal communication and organizational skills required to operate as a leading member of global distributed technical teams that deliver quality services.
Knowledge of organizational structure of the firm to facilitate work with groups outside of the immediate technical team.
Knowledge and experience in IT methodologies and life cycles that will be used.
Familiar with infrastructure implementation/management, service/operations management, etc
Maintains awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on service offerings and products provided by IT.
Supervision Responsibilities:
Is part of a global Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture team; works with project managers, infrastructure engineering teams, application architects and/or engineering teams to resolve issues which arise within project; drives project's progress and critical success factors.
Works under supervision of the Program Architect - [portfolio]
Other Requirements:
Overtime and vacation scheduling are dependent upon team priorities and may change during the course of a year.
Position may be eligible for alternative work locations dependent upon team dynamics.
Must be able to communicate fluently in English, both written and verbal.
Position requires accurate and timely tracking of time spent working on projects
Job Requirements:
Education:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalency (CS, CE, CIS, IS, MIS, or engineering discipline)
Experience:
Minimum of 8+ years experiences in infrastructure technologies
5+ years- experience in implementation, security and support of large multi-site MS SharePoint 2010/2013.
2+ years- experience implementing large multi-site enterprise-wide SharePoint technologies.
Prior experience with on premises multi-site and MS 0365 design & architecture is highly desired
Experience in developing Collaboration technical solutions in Microsoft SharePoint 2013/2016 based on industry standards
Demonstrated expert level-knowledge assisting customers in architecting, planning, testing and deploying Microsoft SharePoint solutions.
Experience with any of the following is a plus: Cloud IaaS/PaaS, Azure, O365, Cloud Integration etc.
Experience facilitating meetings with multiple customers and technical staff, including building consensus and mediating compromises when necessary.
Demonstrated ability to understand a customer's needs and articulate messaging technologies to key stakeholders.
Experience with Active Directory, third party solutions integrated with SharePoint and Citrix mobile management tools is a plus+
Experience overseeing (from a technical perspective) multiple projects.
Technical Requirements:
Extensive, real-world experience designing enterprise solutions and defining solution architectures
Experience building and supporting mission critical infrastructure for critical applications, running in a highly distributed manner.
Experience with multi-tier system development for large enterprises
Exposure to infrastructure and application security technologies and approaches
Demonstrated knowledge of industry trends and standards
Experience in development lifecycle management
Experience in project and task planning
Familiarity with various requirements gathering techniques
Certification Requirements:
One of the following additional certification will support the required technology understanding to perform this role:
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (SharePoint 2013)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer: SharePoint Applications (SharePoint 2013)
TOGAF 9 certified
ITIL, MCSE, CCNA, PMP etc.
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