SYSTEMS ENGINEER 5– ENTERPRISE IT INFRASTRUCTURE

Position Overview

Job Summary: This position contributes to developing the technical vision and leading transformative enterprise-wide solutions development and implementation. This senior engineering role combines deep technical expertise with a broad understanding of the technology landscape, empowering the organization to adopt cutting-edge solutions while addressing business and security challenges. The Solution Architect acts as a critical partner to executive leadership in defining and implementing the firm’s IT strategy and roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform independent research and collaborate closely with executive management and key stakeholders to evaluate operational needs, improvement opportunities, and constraints aligned with the company’s long-term strategic objectives and regulatory compliance priorities, particularly in areas like cloud-native services, AI-driven operations, and advanced security frameworks.
• Develop conceptual architecture and design alternatives for enterprise-wide IT solutions, conduct technology research, establish technical requirements, and set criteria for platform or technical architecture selection to guide large-scale infrastructure investments, ensuring alignment with business risk, scalability, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Lead technology and solution architecture evaluation, develop the implementation roadmap, identify risks and mitigation approaches, and develop, test, and refine technical plans to support solution roll-out.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders, cybersecurity teams, service desk leadership, and other critical functions to ensure seamless roll-out of new solutions and provide escalation-level operational support.
• Work with enterprise IT and cybersecurity leadership and other stakeholders to evolve governance frameworks ensuring IT infrastructure adheres to regulatory standards and best practices for cybersecurity, data governance, and operational resilience.
• Serve as a mentor to senior engineers and emerging leaders, nurturing the next generation of technical expertise within the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise IT architecture, infrastructure engineering, or a related field, with at least 5 years in a senior technical leadership role.
• In-depth knowledge and extensive working experience with IT infrastructure, collaboration and communication, application delivery, data management, and software development solutions across two or more distinct technology stacks.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud solutions (multi-cloud strategy, hybrid cloud architectures), advanced security protocols (Zero Trust, Advanced Threat Protection), and large-scale data governance.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, capable of influencing and guiding decisions at the executive level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced Microsoft, AWS, or comparable advanced IT solution architecture and engineering certification.