Key Responsibilities
Provides support to GDT clients across their enterprise infrastructure and management platforms to ensure realization of optimal and efficient systems utilizing established standards, procedures and methodologies.
A principal architect is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of GDT clients’ solutions made up of data, networks, services and tools.
Principal architects will be responsible for overseeing, improving and updating enterprise technologies, capabilities, tooling, hardware, software and licensing.
This role requires complex thinking and strategizing to ascertain which legacy systems can be optimized, what software or hardware functionality can be modernized, and which services or products will support current/future state business strategies across each department.
Principal architects work across the organization, determining the needs of a range of client operations and processes.
It’s a role that requires strong communication and analytical skills to ensure that GDT solutions have the solution elements - holistically assembled - to drive client and GDT success.
Principal architects will provide financial and operational improvement metrics for Clients, demonstrating improved business outcomes and impact.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Demonstrated successful enterprise architect must have and combine communication, analytical, leadership, teamwork and complex problem-solving skills.
Experience with multiple technologies (subject matter experts on at least two or three technology areas and a broad understanding of many more).
Ability to translate GDT client strategies (business, financial and technical) into optimal, efficient scalable and measurable solutions that empower the client business; including the ability to provide solutioning with the tenants of an end-to-end solution delivering objective outcomes, while satisfying business requirements.
Other skills and expertise include business concepts, system architecture, strategy development and enterprise solutions.
Demonstrated ability to solve solution challenges through the solutioning and pursuit lifecycle to create business-aligned deal-winning architectures.
Proven experience supervising and provide technical guidance to other GDT's architects.
Experience in preparing and presenting solutions to all levels of client leadership including C-Suite.
Education: Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Security or the equivalent in experience.
Experience: Strong IT and technology expertise inclusive of broad knowledge in most areas of GDT's portfolio (network, collaboration, data center, cloud, security and CX) and expect level subject matter experience in two or more areas. Likely to possess deep knowledge of multiple industries or verticals based on experience.
Certifications
Possesses a variety of OEM and Industry entry-level, professional, specialist and expert certifications spanning multiple vendors and technologies. Examples include Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCDP/CCIE/CCDE, NetApp NCTA/NCDA/NCSE/NCHCA, Fortinet NSE 1 - 8, Juniper JNCIA/JNCIP/JNCIS, etc.
Also possesses professional certifications in other/cross-functional areas such as (ISC)² certifications, EXIN ITIL, Enterprise Architect Certifications (i.e., TOGAF), etc.
There are many certifications, technologies and learning/certification tracks and options to satisfy this requirement, and the examples above are ONLY indicative examples.
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