Principal Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Architect - Networking & Infrastructure to join our team at SCA Health. As a key member of our IT organization, you will be responsible for shaping the organization's IT Infrastructure and Network strategy, providing technical leadership, and driving the development of enterprise-wide infrastructure architecture.

• Document and develop in-depth knowledge of existing IT Infrastructure & Network Architecture and Technology portfolio.
• Align the Information Technology (IT) strategy and solutions with the Company's business objectives.
• Build, maintain, promote, and evangelize an enterprise view of the IT architectural blueprint and roadmap.
• Research and champion emerging technologies to enhance infrastructure development efforts, recommending technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and network flexibility in a hybrid environment with both data center and cloud workloads.
• Collaborate with PMO, business users, and stakeholders across various projects to understand functional and technical aspects of projects, ensuring adherence to Enterprise Architecture principles.
• Collaborate and partner with Optum to understand broader roadmap.
• Represent SCA Health and be an influencing voice at the table.
• Analyze the IT Infrastructure & Network environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
• Support developing business case and cost benefit analysis, while reducing project risk.
• Orchestrate, design, and architect solutions that leverage the existing investment made in current heterogeneous IT. Drive to homogenize the technology environment.
• Provide portfolio governance and oversight to drive lifecycle optimization and alignment across all initiatives.
• Present ideas with qualitative and quantitative findings, including developing, documenting, recommending, and communicating plans for investing in IT infrastructure & Network, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.
• Articulate technology solutions and analytical findings to Executive Management, Business leadership, software developers, and end users.
• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce technology standards.
• Influence and guide implementation best practices at the individual performer level, work through technology challenges faced by the team, and provide solutions.
• Contribute to the growth and maturity of the IT department by providing mentorship, fostering development and knowledge transfer, and thought-leading by example.
• Develop, manage and publish Technical Reference Architectures and various levels of Architecture diagrams.
• Monitor and manage Technical Debt within the environment. Define, track, and report accrued value through the life of technology.
• Shares best practices, lessons learned and constantly updates the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current and upcoming vendor products and solutions.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8-10+ years of experience with Enterprise Infrastructure support, with strong focus on Networking (Cisco, Juniper, Arista), Infrastructure (VM Ware, Citrix).
• 5+ years of experience working in an architect or technical leadership capacity, most recent role included in Networking and/or Infrastructure space.
• Solid understanding of interoperability issues in a hybrid environment - traditional data center and cloud (Azure) setting.
• Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and managing large-scale network infrastructures in traditional Data Center and in cloud (Azure). Certifications preferred: CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent in networking fields.
• Knowledge of TOGAF, ITSM and ITIL.
• Excellent design pattern skills irrespective of technology, and willingness to assume total ownership of technology solutions from inception to delivery.
• Fluency in modern-day IT management concepts, including strategic planning, enterprise architecture, capital planning, cloud computing, and IT portfolio management.
• Experience in creating an effective framework and process model for establishing enterprise-wide infrastructure architecture.
• Ability and willingness to document Infrastructure/Network/Security architecture and dependencies for existing platforms, that are currently in use at SCA.
• Understanding and experience implementing the strategic alignment of business and IT.
• Demonstrated competency in communicating the value of enterprise architecture to stakeholders and senior management.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to develop and conduct executive-level presentations.
• Ability to collaborate and influence with various levels of individuals – both IT and business.
• Experience with Vendor management and building vendor relationships.
• Self-directed with the ability to work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Experience with Mergers & Acquisitions, in areas of Diligence & Integrations is desirable.

USD $160,000.00/Yr. USD $170,000.00/Yr.