Technology Architect

SUMMARY OVERVIEW Serves as highest technical escalation within competency (Network, Systems, Desktop) for services and support issues within enterprise. Leads and drives technical strategy of business initiatives to Project Managers, business partners and vendors.



ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SPECIFIC SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:
Experience with EMC storage and HP Server Hardware.
Knowledge of Windows and Linux Operating Systems (Red Hat and Suse)
Must have experience with Microsoft and Veritas Clustering

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
?Seeks out and evaluates initiatives based on business needs, performance trends, efficiencies and capitol investments.
?Performs financial analysis, business case and justification for initiatives.
?Identifies and evaluates business partners who can provide improved technical solutions and benefits to our enterprise.
?Owns providing documentation of processes, standards and baselines across enterprise environment.
?Creates, drives and evaluates test criteria thorough evaluations and pilot tests.
?Evaluates skills and training gaps of resources based on business requirements.
?Reviews metrics and trends for content follow up and closure.
?Performs routine audits on sites and data centers.
?Ensure entire architecture landscape will work together effectively with continued focus on functionality and cost solutions
?Perform periodic system performance reviews and trend analysis.
?Maintain and develop documentation for responsible area.
?Maintain a thorough knowledge and in-depth field experience regarding emerging or job technologies required to fulfill the job, this could include formal or self paced professional development.
?Support customer focus and priorities through effective project management.
?Prepare project plans and schedules.
?Provide status updates of assigned projects.
?Recommend/conduct training.
?Maintain positive relations with all employees encouraging them to suggest ways of improving IT systems.
?Maintain a good working relationship with customers and vendors.
?Ensure 100% adherence to all IT and department policy, processes and procedures.
?Participate in the exchange of ideas and information within the department.
?Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style.
?Ask questions; encourage input from team members.
?Provide regular updates to appropriate managers.
?Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).
?Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management.
?Assure that procedures and work instructions are efficient and not redundant.
?Offer new ideas and suggestions for improvement. Identify and implement new practices and processes that are ?best in field?.
?Demonstrate a commitment to customer service; anticipate, meet and exceed expectations by solving problems quickly and effectively; making customer issues a priority.
?Confer with reporting manager on complex or unusual situations.
?Establish new measurement systems if/where possible.
?Exchange knowledge and information with other Jabil facilities to ensure best practices are shared throughout the Jabil organization.
?Ensure 100% adherence to all company policies and procedures (i.e. Health, Safety and Quality)
?Maintain discretion and confidentiality in all areas pertaining to data and proprietary information, whether internal to Jabil or customer specific.
?Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
?Understand and embrace the business and IT strategic direction.
?Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
?Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.





JOB REQUIREMENTS


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems preferred, or minimum 3 to 5 years experience, or equivalent education and experience. Ability to work additional hours as needed. Ability to travel. (Some extensive travel may be required.)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Individual will be required to use computer keyboards or other equipment for extended periods of time.
Individual may be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision for reading and studying technical materials and use of computer monitor screens a great deal of the time. Specific physical abilities required by the job may include walking, reaching carrying and lifting up to 25 lbs, with some occasional lifting up to 50lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Individual?s primary workstation is located in the office area, with some time spent on the manufacturing floor. The noise level in the work environment ranges from low to moderate.



ADDITIONAL INFO


Jabil Circuit is an EOE Employer.