AVP/ VP, Solution Engineer- Infrastrcuture (Banking)- 60-100k

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of infrastructure solution designs for all assigned projects
• Determine business requirements, collaborate with other infrastructure teams to create & lead an end to end solution design that meets bank standards and aligns with organization strategy and meets business requirements
• Manage & optimize the infrastructure footprint to drive operational improvements & cost efficiencies
• Proactively identify risks, come up with possible remediation options & provide governance around infrastructure
• Consultant to the line of business for "non-standard" exceptions and requests across the complete infrastructure stack
• Using knowledge of existing business, applications and infrastructure to pro-actively make recommendations where demonstrable improvements can be made
• Investigating new infrastructure technologies which provide solutions to current problems· Engaging in POC style work
• Keeping up to date with business road maps, technology roadmaps and feeding wider business IT requirements into central infrastructure engineering and strategy teams, including partnering with external vendors/suppliers
• Work closely with the technical project managers within the team and in the wider TI space, to provide effort & cost estimates and for successfully delivery of projects, in time & on budget

Requirements:

• Degree in computers or information technology
• Must have at least 8 years of expert level solution design experience comprising one or more infrastructure areas like Unix, Windows, Middleware, Database
• Must have experience in system/database/middleware administration, design & support in a large scale environment preferably in a financial services industry with exposure to various line of businesses like Equities, Fixed Income & Banking
• Must have good understanding of overall infrastructure domain incl networks and how all the components in the stack are put together to deliver application services
• Experience working on DC migration projects with ability to come up with best design/migration approach to achieve successful results with tight timelines
• Be familiar with the implementation, configuration and troubleshooting of applications hosted on windows & unix platforms
• Good knowledge of ESX/vmware/vSAN and other virtualization technologies/platforms
• Understanding of enterprise automation & orchestration tools like Ansible and have the ability to influence the strategy in this space to meet the organizational objectives
• Ability to identify gaps/opportunities to streamline and automate processes
• Able to handle multiple critical projects simultaneously in a fast paced and demanding environment. Occasional weekend implementations are part of work duties.
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively with peers in other worldwide locations
• Able to work with other departments to implement new solutions
• Be self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership
• Strong interpersonal and problem solving skills
• Be outspoken and show initiatives
• Understanding of technologies like Containers, Openshift, Kubernets, Docker