Infrastructure Solutions Lead - BI & DW

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Job Description

Our client has a requirement for a Infrastructure Solutions Lead BI/DW for a 3 month contract opportunity. The position is located in Toronto.

 

What makes this Special

Our client has a prestigious reputation and excellent work environment. This position offers an opportunity for personal learning and to contribute to important initiatives that make a difference. Our client is actively screening resumes and scheduling interviews to fill this position, so let one our professional resource managers represent you to the client, promote your skills, and help you prepare.

 

Role & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager of Infrastructure Solutions, the purpose of this role is to be principally accountable for the successful design and implementation of infrastructure solutions for projects supporting our clients enterprise systems.

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the translation of technical requirements into solutions that align to our clients architectural standards as well as our strategic business focus.
• The position requires in-depth knowledge of Infrastructure Technologies as well as project management principles in order to effectively design and deploy stable, efficient solutions.
• Additionally, the role is responsible to provide high level solution assessments to support early business decisions.
• The Infrastructure Solution Lead will be a key member of the Infrastructure Engineering team; responsible for providing development and integration of new and existing service offerings.
• This includes assisting and supporting Infrastructure Roadmaps and Technology Architecture for our Infrastructure Domains.
• Overall the Infrastructure Solution Lead will partner with the Portfolio Architect to provide end-to-end.
• Lead large scale Infrastructure projects related to the design, selection, acquisition, and implementation of infrastructure systems.
• Develop infrastructure solutions and design such that they align to the current IT Standards
• The Infrastructure Solution Lead will develop a fluent understanding of the business systems associated with their assigned portfolio infrastructure landscape
• The role must provide a fully integrated Infrastructure Solution inclusive of; Platform Compute, Enterprise Storage, Network Technologies, Enterprise Monitoring, Messaging & Collaboration, Desktop & Remote Access, and Middleware & DB Technologies.
• Working with the Project Manager, perform the solution development process from concept stage through to delivery. This includes:
• Requirements Analysis and Validation
• High Level Design & Technology Cost Model preparation
• Develop and support Proof of Concept & Pilot phases
• Detailed Design & Deployment Planning
• Lead the execution of the Deployment for Non-Production and Production environments
• Includes representing the implementation plans through change management
• Support Technology Team Build Documentation
• Consult on go-live efforts of non-production & production environments
• Carry out Project Post Implementation Reviews in order to provide continuous improvement
• Develop and execute implementation plans, risk matrixes, resource requirements, and budget estimates.
• Acts as the technical lead on complex solutions, conducts technical reviews, develops the integrated solution model
• Accountable for all infrastructure documentation associated with the assigned Portfolio
• Identify the need for new processes & artifacts associated with the infrastructure solution development process. Focus on building process efficiencies into each stage of the design & delivery cycle
• Exploit existing technology standards where possible and identify the need for new ones where necessary
• This role will exercise governance over infrastructure based vendors to ensure that their solution or service aligns to the clients technology standards and expectations
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of computer systems technology (in their specific LOB domain) and determine how advances in this technology can be utilized within our client
• Develops and delivers presentations to all levels if the organization, including the IT executive level
• Along with other Infrastructure Solution Leads, contributes to the development and maintenance of the Infrastructure Assessment Model
• Interpret and analyze changes within the portfolio environment in order to assess impact to the existing infrastructure landscape

 

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience developing high level and detail design documentation specific to Infrastructure solutions
• 8 + or more years experience with Platform, Storage, Monitoring, Network, Data Centre, & Desktop technologies
• 3 + years experience with retail infrastructure technologies & deployment architectures
• Experience with middleware applications servers as well as Enterprise Database technologies
• 5+ years experience developing complex Infrastructure Bill of Materials / Cost models inclusive of hardware, software & labor
• Industry related experience in a IT consultant/technical lead role within the Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing (DW) and MDM Areas.
• 3+ years exposure to organizations that have deployed solution development methodologies based upon Architectural Frameworks such as TOGAF 3 + years experience collaborating with technology subject matter experts for creating complex solution designs
• University Degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience

 

 

Keywords: Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Architectural Frameworks TOGAF

 

How to Apply

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