Senior Infrastructure Architect

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About the Job

Our client has a requirement for a Senior Infrastructure Architect for a twelve month contract opportunity.  The position is located in Toronto.

What makes this Special

Our client is one of the largest Banks in North America. With exponential growth and millions of customers and clients who are served through our various businesses: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, U.S. Personal and Commercial Banking, and Wholesale Banking. Being part of this company is being part of a better Canadian service.

Role

The core role of this position is to provide senior infrastructure architecture leadership and enterprise level consulting to the organization on the development and management of a highly available, quality, integrated and rationalized infrastructure environment across the company. The primary focus will be to work with the Service and Platform Owners in Integrated Technology Services to assist with advancing the efficiency, effectiveness and availability of those services. The position also acts in a consultative role to ensure appropriate use of services and to ensure that solutions meet the required levels of quality and compliance to standards.

Responsibilities

Key accountabilities include:

• The creation and maintenance of infrastructure architecture strategies, blueprints and standards required to define the roadmap of change for these platforms
•  Work closely with Platform Owners to define strategic direction for the technology and ensure alignment with overall Enterprise Strategy
• Provide architectural guidance to Platform Owners on changing business needs – link between business requirements and ITS capabilities
• Provide consultation and guidance to solution designers
• Participate in QA and governance processes as required
• Engage in solutioning for line of business projects as needed.
• The candidate must possess excellent communication and influencing skills to interact with Senior Executives, Solution Design, Operations and Solution Support functions, thus ensuring that objectives are clearly defined, infrastructure options articulated and the overall target infrastructure provides a robust and comprehensive platform for the business going forward.

Requirements or Qualifications

Qualified Candidates will have:

• Specific knowledge of the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) platform and related technologies are essential for the current position.  Specific knowledge in infrastructure technologies/domains and skills related to:
• ESB Technologies (IBM DataPower, WESB, WSRR)
• Service Orientated Architecture 
• IBM WebSphere Products (WAS, MQ, BPM/WPS, Portal, Message Broker) 
• PureApplication Systems, Cloud Technologies 
• ITCAM (SOA, DP) 
• AIX, Linux, 
• IBM Power and Mainframe hardware 
• Security
• Knowledge of concepts, philosophies and tools behind the design of applications, information and underlying information technologies
• Thorough knowledge of the organization's IT environment including vendor software and relationships
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, demonstrating an ability to interact effectively with both technical experts and senior executives.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment and manage multiple deadlines and priorities
• Highly organized, self-motivated, customer oriented; able to work within a team and independently
• Able to communicate complex and sensitive issues in a confidential and professional manner
• Proven ability to adapt to various technologies.
• Graduate Level education with 6+ years of relevant experience. 

How to Apply

OnlineTo apply for this and other suitable exciting opportunities with Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd., you can register and apply online at www.ZylogCanada.com.
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