What are the responsibilities and job description for the LEAD SYSTEMS ARCHITECT position at Cheddar?
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Job Summary
The Lead Architect - Systems has expertise and responsibility in architectural and system design. Typically, the Lead Architect - Systems is assigned to multiple, enterprise class assignments that are large scale, highly complex, strategic and/or highly visible. Provide strategic level technical leadership in the areas of Unix/Linux, and Microsoft Windows architecture and technologies. In addition, the Lead Architect - Systems Architect must provide strategic direction for Utility computing models, as well as Grid computing, and Virtualization.
Responsibilities
Operational Management
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're on the hunt for enthusiastic professionals to join our team! We understand that connectivity isn't just a luxury anymore – it's a necessity that empowers lives, fuels businesses, and drives innovation. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. We owe our success to our amazing product, commitment to our people and the connections we make in every community.
If you are resourceful, collaborative, team-oriented and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is the Company for you!
Job Summary
The Lead Architect - Systems has expertise and responsibility in architectural and system design. Typically, the Lead Architect - Systems is assigned to multiple, enterprise class assignments that are large scale, highly complex, strategic and/or highly visible. Provide strategic level technical leadership in the areas of Unix/Linux, and Microsoft Windows architecture and technologies. In addition, the Lead Architect - Systems Architect must provide strategic direction for Utility computing models, as well as Grid computing, and Virtualization.
Responsibilities
Operational Management
- Manages technical risk and risk/reward equation
- Delivers timely, quality services that meet or exceed the expectations of management and customers
- Coordinates expectations and deliverables on inter/intra projects and systems
- Provides active technical leadership role in departmental projects and initiatives
- Assures smooth functioning of systems processes and procedures
- Analyzes data, trends or obstacles and present recommendations for solutions or alternative methods of proceeding
- Provides technical leadership for Systems Architecture at all levels of the organization
- Regularly sought out for/contributes expertise into department's technical capabilities
- Develop detailed systems architectures to address emerging business needs and requirements
- Analyze needs and requirements of existing and proposed systems and develop technical, structural and organizational designs and specification
- Define processes and procedures used for managing the enterprise infrastructure entities
- Define, publish and monitor infrastructure systems technical standards
- Provides technical guidance for all design efforts throughout Corporate IS and within IT departments as required
- Coordinates and facilitates cross architectural team meetings to ensure applications and systems are being developed/implemented that meet the business, technical and architectural requirements
- Anticipates and reacts to customers' needs
- Consistently meets or exceeds customers' expectations; maintains customer's confidence
- Knowledgeable about critical success factors for the customer
- Identifies new opportunities to market services to customers
- Explains complex technical concepts to the customer in terms the customer understands
- Participates in the vendor selection process, including support with Request for Proposal development
- Drives the selection of technologies and tools for area of responsibility
- Assists in technical management of vendor during systems implementations and maintenance changes as required
- Fosters environment of continuous improvement
- Documents and presents architectural design project status
- Provides direction/support for the technical aspects of quality deliverables
- Leads, educates, communicates and applies department's methodologies
- Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science or a related field
- Minimum of eight years as a technical leader in telecommunications with demonstrated expertise in operations analysis and quality
- Minimum of five years experience with telecommunications network architecture, protocols, and technologies
- Expertise in OSS platforms such as AlticeLabs, Amdocs, Netcracker, or similar systems.
- Hands on experience with Carrier Ethernet technologies, standards, and protocols.
- Familiarity with TMForum Open Digital Architecture (ODA), Process Framework (eTOM) and Information Framework (SID)
- Strong vendor and stakeholder management experience
- Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills; ability to communicate effectively with internal business partners at all levels
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
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