What are the responsibilities and job description for the Enterprise Services Architect position at Advizex?
Company Overview:
For 50 years, Advizex has helped businesses navigate the changing landscape of information technology (IT) to find the right solutions to achieve their business objectives. To create true business value our innovative solutions are designed to meet customers' individual business needs. Our people bring deep technical expertise and real-world experience to develop lasting business relationships. Through our deep heritage built from Applications to Infrastructure are essential elements of our approach driving adoption of new innovative solutions. Today, it is the further integration of Applications and Infrastructure that unleashes the power of Software Designed IT Modernization and Cloud Computing with Security requirements as the underpinning of these focused solutions.
We pride ourselves on providing exceptional Managed IT services to our clients. Our team believes that the way to build trust and a long-term client relationship is by ensuring that expectations are crystal clear, making our work transparent, and being great communicators. Advizex brings in-depth and proven expertise to managed services. We view technology holistically, which means we take the time to understand our customers' business environment and objectives before delivering actionable ideas to improve our customers' IT infrastructure and user experience.
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Managed Services Enterprise Architect to lead technical services delivery teams across Storage, Security, Networking, UCS, Routing, Compute, and Cloud environments. The ideal candidate will work cross-functionally with business and technology stakeholders to develop scalable, secure, and high-performing IT management processes that align with organizational goals. The candidate must be capable of understanding the overall architecture for a customer and leading and mentoring services leaders from multiple technology disciplines. The candidate must work closely with program managers, new infrastructure build architects, and account executives to ensure we continuously optimizing customer's network environments.
This role requires deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, hybrid cloud environments, and security frameworks, as well as the ability to drive transformation initiatives in a complex IT landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
Architecture & Strategy:
- Develop and maintain enterprise architecture standards, principles, and best practices across Storage, Security, Networking, UCS, Routing, Compute, and Cloud domains.
- Define long-term technology roadmaps that align with business objectives and emerging technology trends.
- Design management processes for scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise infrastructure solutions, ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery strategies are in place.
- Evaluate and recommend cloud-first, hybrid, and on-premises solutions that optimize performance and cost.
Infrastructure & Networking:
- Oversee enterprise networking and security solutions, including SD-WAN, SASE, Zero Trust, firewalls, and segmentation strategies.
- Define and implement best practices for UCS (Unified Computing System), storage (SAN, NAS, Object Storage), and compute environments.
- Lead routing, switching, and connectivity strategies to support multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
Security & Compliance:
- Develop enterprise security management processes that align with compliance standards (NIST, ISO 27001, CIS, etc.).
- Implement robust IAM (Identity & Access Management), Zero Trust, encryption, and vulnerability management strategies.
- Partner with cybersecurity teams to ensure security best practices are embedded across IT systems and services.
Cloud & Hybrid Architecture:
- Define and oversee the cloud strategy (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), ensuring proper governance, security, and scalability.
- Drive containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and automation initiatives to improve deployment efficiencies.
- Lead cloud networking, storage, and security architectures, ensuring seamless integration with on-prem infrastructure.
Collaboration & Leadership:
- Partner with IT, Security, DevOps, and Business Leaders to develop and execute enterprise-wide technology initiatives.
- Provide architectural guidance to solution architects, engineers, and IT operations teams.
- Evaluate new technologies and conduct proof-of-concept (PoC) initiatives to assess feasibility and impact.
- Develop technical documentation, standards, and best practices for IT teams and stakeholders.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required:
- 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, infrastructure design, and IT strategy.
- Strong expertise in Storage (SAN, NAS, Object), Security, Networking (SD-WAN, Routing, Switching, Firewalls), UCS, Compute (VMware, Hyper-V), and Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience designing high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-cloud architecture.
- Deep understanding of enterprise security frameworks, IAM, and Zero Trust models.
- Proven ability to architect and deploy, or manage, hybrid cloud and on-prem solutions.
- Strong knowledge of IT governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks (ISO, NIST, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, etc.).
Preferred:
- Certifications such as AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, CCNP/CCIE, CISSP, VMware VCP, or TOGAF.
- Hands-on experience with automation, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and DevOps practices.
- Experience with orchestration tools like Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong leadership skills with experience in driving large-scale IT transformation projects.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement savings plan with company profit sharing
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements:
- Remote Position
- Proximity to Nashville Required
- Ability to travel 25% of the time
- Generous paid time off and holiday
- A career with a company where you will be challenged, respected, and valued.
- A career with a company where most people of 10 years of tenure and have deep subject matter expertise.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to lead enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives.
- Work with cutting-edge cloud, networking, and security technologies.
- Collaborative and innovative environment with strong leadership support.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for managing enterprise solutions across storage, security, networking, compute, UCS, and cloud, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply now and be a part of our innovative technology team.
This position is currently accepting applications.
