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Senior Director of Infrastructure
City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, UAE
Full Time
Director
Onsite
3 weeks ago
Enterprise ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureMicrosoft Product StackDisaster RecoveryBusiness Continuity PlanningAWS
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About the Role
The City of Philadelphia seeks a Senior Director of Infrastructure to lead enterprise and solution architecture, manage a team of architects, and align technology roadmaps with business strategy.
Key Skills for This Role
Enterprise ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureMicrosoft Product StackDisaster RecoveryBusiness Continuity PlanningAWS
Responsibilities
- Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and governance
- Create and maintain comprehensive enterprise architecture models
- Develop and maintain technology roadmaps
- Evaluate and recommend technologies and oversee integration into enterprise architecture
- Oversee daily activities of Enterprise & Solution Architects and related staff
- Direct day to day operations including creating strategies, plans, policies, and procedures
- Manage project budgets, timelines, and resources
- Train, coach, and mentor employees
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and design
- Proficiency in architecture modeling tools and languages
- Strong knowledge of relevant technologies, frameworks, and design patterns
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong knowledge of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning best practices
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft product stack
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Organization Overview
- The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia.
- OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City.
Job Description
- The Senior Director of Infrastructure reports to the Chief Technology Officer.
- Responsible for leading enterprise and solution architecture functions.
- Manages a team of enterprise and solution architects.
Principal Responsibilities Architecture
- Establish and enforce architectural principles, standards, and governance.
- Take a holistic view of the organization.
- Create and maintain comprehensive enterprise architecture models.
- Develop and maintain technology roadmaps.
- Evaluate and recommend technologies and oversee integration.
- Consider reliability, scalability, flexibility, and security in architecture decisions.
Principal Responsibilities Infrastructure
- Oversee daily activities of Enterprise & Solution Architects and related staff.
- Provide direction and supervision to a cloud support team.
- Direct day to day operations for areas within purview.
- Evaluate new technologies and tools.
- Identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Collaborate with IT Security & Governance.
Principal Responsibilities Platform Engineering
- Manage project budgets, timelines, and resources.
- Train, coach, and mentor employees.
- Participate in or lead hiring processes.
- Collaborate with leaders from various departments.
- Provide guidance to product, solution architects, and development teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and design.
Required Skills and Abilities
- Proficiency in architecture modeling tools and languages.
- Strong knowledge of relevant technologies, frameworks, and design patterns.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and business needs.
- Strong knowledge of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning best practices.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft product stack.
Additional Suggested Skillsets
- Security and HIPAA compliance in networked solutions.
- Experience with monitoring and alerting software tools (SolarWinds, What's Up Gold, PagerDuty).
- Understanding of AWS/Azure Virtual and Cloud environments.
- Data Center design, maintenance and support.
- Knowledge of common Hypervisor technologies (VMware, Azure Local, Nutanix).
Salary Range
- $140,000 $158,000 per year.
- Salary cannot exceed $158,000.
Work Setting
- In person (onsite).
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