**Req ID**: 267016
We are currently seeking a Technical Solutions Arch. Sr. Specialist to join our team in Heredia, Heredia (CR-H), Costa Rica (CR).
**Infrastructure Solution Architect**
**Responsibilities**:
- Develop comprehensive infrastructure designs that incorporate strategic target state architecture and standards to maximize performance, capacity, and minimize total cost of ownership.
- Translate complex and sometimes ambiguous business requirements into sound technical solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and be responsible for developing components of, or the overall systems design.
- Develop or update comprehensive DR strategies by recommending specific tools strategies, and solutions that meet internal or regulatory requirements.
- Keep up to date with emerging technologies and recommend business directions based on these technologies.
- Educate the business representatives, engineering teams, build, and support teams on standards, processes, and tools.
- Drive client satisfaction by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives while ensuring compliance of solutions to operations roadmap.
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients, and assets.
**Qualifications**:
- Experience providing technical leadership in the design of highly complex systems across on-prem, 3rd party hosted, and Public Cloud platforms.
- Proficiency with various UNIX and Windows OS, and the underlying infrastructure they can run on.
- Knowledgeable about HP and Dell x86 platforms.
- In-depth understanding of a variety of Storage technologies such as SAN, NAS, Scale IO, Object Storage.
- Experience with performance modeling, capacity analysis, and capacity planning.
- Familiar with container platforms and management; Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with web platforms: IBM IHS/WAS, OHS/WebLogic, Tomcat, Ngnix, Apache HTTPD variants.
- Experience with infrastructure requirements for Oracle RAC, SQL Server AlwaysON, MongoDB.
- Understanding of data platforms that provide for structured and unstructured data, fault tolerance and high availability.
- Familiar with integration technologies like Kafka, IBM MQ, ActiveMQ and Rabbit MQ, Solace, Tibco.
- Experience working on complex infrastructure requirements across multiple platforms.
- Background in technology and infrastructure provisioning preferred.
- Experience working with Infrastructure as a Code.
**Critical Competencies**:
- Strong and effective communication skills to guide meetings, provide direction, conduct presentations, while interfacing with business sponsors.
- Ability to enforce the architecture solution by influencing decisions through advice, counsel, or facilitating services.
- Team player with ability to collaborate and take the initiative to master new technologies.
- Demonstrate composed analytical thought to resolve issues in high pressure situations.
- Clear and concise English written and oral communication skills.
- Must be able to analyze the financial aspects of technology.
**Education**:
- Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of Technical Architect and/or Solutions Engineering and/or Infrastructure Design or Architecture experience.
- Foundational knowledge of TOGAF, Zachman, ITIL, PMI/PMP, SDLC.
- Technical certifications are a plus to show continuous professional development.
**About NTT DATA Services**
**NTT DATA Services is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regarding to race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter so that we may connect you with the appropriate team.