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Infrastructure Architect

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CalOptima

Infrastructure Architect

Orange, CA
Full Time
Paid
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  • Responsibilities

    DEPARTMENT(S): IS- Infrastructure & Operations REPORTS TO: Director, Information Services (Infrastructure & Operations) FLSA STATUS: Exempt SALARY GRADE:  P - $117,000 - $165,000

     

    JOB SUMMARY

    The Infrastructure Architect is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for the design, development, and implementation of scalable and cost-effective infrastructure solutions. The incumbent will provide strategic technical insights and direction for the planning and deployment of infrastructure and application services in a scalable hybrid-cloud environment. The Infrastructure Architect will provide solutions that address challenges from a holistic application and technology portfolio perspective that align with industry best-practices and industry trends while contributing to the operational performance of CalOptima’s Information Services (IS). The incumbent will also be responsible for working with cross-functional architects, application developers, business analysts, and diverse technical teams to ensure the seamless integration and interoperability of application services within CalOptima’s technical landscape. 

     

    POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Owns infrastructure architecture, identifies design gaps and risks, recommends enhancements, and mitigates strategies (immediate, short, and long-term).
    • Evaluates existing infrastructure and operations technologies and processes; develops scalable and automated solutions to define gaps; and ensures alignment between infrastructure architecture and the overarching IS landscape.
    • Designs and develops the architecture for CalOptima’s cloud, storage, networking, mobility, IS management, and communication systems and platforms.
    • Leads architecture review planning meetings as well as documents and communicates technical architectures and system design standards.
    • Provides subject matter expertise around CalOptima’s technology architecture, including operating systems, networking, database management, communications, mobility, and cloud platforms.
    • Develops, designs, and creates the reference architectural standards and supporting documentation for CalOptima’s IS landscape.
    • Develops application mapping to infrastructure systems and platforms.
    • Advises CalOptima’s Information Security on infrastructure security challenges and solutions that account for sensitive data such as Personal Health Information (PHI) and Personal Identifiable Information (PII).
    • Provides architectural design and support towards Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) solutions.
    • Develops and transitions workloads to cloud-based/scalable test and Quality Assurance (QA) platforms.
    • Communicates infrastructure architecture roadmap, standards, and practices to executives and the IS organization.
    • Hires, trains, reviews, manages, and sets goals for assigned staff.
    • Other projects and duties as assigned.

     

    POSSESSES THE ABILITY TO:

    • Establish standards, best-practices, and roadmaps for infrastructure systems and services.
    • Promote and support CalOptima’s strategy to standardize, simplify, and automate technology solutions, where possible.
    • Transform IS towards agile cloud platforms.
    • Have a deep understanding and experience with modern infrastructure, operating systems, networking, and databases
    • Design and develop solutions with hardware, software, cloud, and mobile platforms.
    • Understand the dependencies and relationship with core system integrations (with internal and external applications).
    • Work independently and proactively, with established hands-on technical skills as needed.
    • Lead and execute on assigned infrastructure projects and initiatives.
    • Provide leadership and technical guidance, mentoring CalOptima’s IS department.
    • Lead, influence, and improve assigned staff’s dynamics.
    • Have exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
    • Challenge the status quo, emulate, and support a culture of innovation and curiosity.
    • Extensive experience with networking technologies, database management systems, cloud/hybrid-cloud platform, and mobility solutions.
    • Have solid fundamentals of security design (Cloud and on-premises) and best-practices.
    • Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
    • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with CalOptima leadership and staff.
    • Utilize computer and appropriate software (e.g., Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and job specific applications/systems to produce correspondence, charts, spreadsheets, and/or other information applicable to the position assignment.

     

    EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant field or the equivalent combination of education and/or experience required.
    • 5 years’ IT experience (at an engineer or architecture-level) supporting and managing operating systems, databases, scripting, and networking responsibilities required.
    • 3 years’ experience with cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure or other cloud platforms architecting, designing, building IaaS, SaaS, or PaaS solutions required.
    • 3 years’ progressive leadership experience, including direct supervision of staff, in engineering roles on information systems teams required.
    • Experience with identity frameworks, including but not limited to OAuth, OpenID, SAML, AZURE AD required.
    • Experience designing and implementing disaster recovery (DR) solutions, supporting enterprise BCP plans required.
    • Advanced Certifications required in Networking (CCNA), or Microsoft Certification, and/or Cloud Foundational Certifications (Azure, Google, or AWS) required.

     

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
    • 10 years of Infrastructure Architecture or technical engineering experience preferred.
    • Experience in the healthcare sector preferred
    • Experience securing and handling sensitive data (PII or PHI) preferred.
    • Hands-on experience with Windows Server, Linux, databases (SQL, MySQL, Oracle), scripting languages (Powershell, PERL, Python), Virtualization (VMware), and networking technologies preferred.
    • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Architecture (The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) preferred.
    • Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) foundations certification or ample experience preferred.
    • DevOps experience preferred.

     

    KNOWLEDGE OF:

    • Network-based security experience, including Network systems design and Firewall security.
    • Expert level knowledge in network protocols (including TCP/IP, SDN, SD-WAN) and expertise with network security solutions (Next-Gen Firewalls, Load Balancers, WAF, Proxies, VPN), as well as SEIM, CASB, and Mobile Security, NAC, MFA
    • Cloud security, especially with Microsoft Azure and secure Microsoft 365 environment.
    • Modern Infrastructure operational and monitoring toolsets.
    • Cloud architecture and security, especially with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 environment.

     

     

     

     

    CalOptima is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit. CalOptima wants to have qualified employees in every job position. CalOptima prohibits unlawful discrimination against any employee, or applicant for employment, based on race, religion/religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transitioning status, age, sexual orientation, immigration status, military status as a disabled veteran, or veteran of the Vietnam era, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. CalOptima also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived as having, any of those characteristics._ _

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