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Company Description
Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. is a leading provider of consulting and managed outsourcing services. We provide the complete spectrum of integrated technology and process-related business services ranging from management consulting to design and implementation of ERM, CRM, SCM solutions, and management of IT infrastructures from the data center to end-user devices. With North American headquarters in Norwalk, CT, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. provides coverage through over 50 locations in major metropolitan markets, employing approximately 5,000 professionals. We are a top 10 global e-business and IT solution provider employing more than 36,000 professionals who provide services in over 88 countries. Our parent company, Siemens AG, is a global electronics and engineering powerhouse with more than $91 billion in annual sales and 430,000 employees.
Job Description

Planned Data Center Practice Development to support Internal Initiatives and Clients

The Professional Services – Consulting and Integration business of Siemens IT Solutions and Services is focused on improving the competitiveness of our clients through the effective use of technology. We provide consulting services across the Consult / Design / Build continuum; offering a wide range of “HIGH VALUE” consulting services and solutions across the distributed computing spectrum. We are seeking a DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION ARCHITECT – DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION for our strategic team. We consider the position to have a flexible location: National – USA (Home Based – Virtual Office) with proximity to a major airport. This position has a travel component of greater than 50%.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSITION DESCRIPTION:
As a Data Center Architect you will contribute strategic vision as a trusted advisor and integrate a broad range of ideas regarding Technology Architecture related to data center operations and management. This is a senior architect role and you must be recognized for expertise and thought leadership in the industry in data center architectures, concepts, operations and management and generally sought out as a resource for resolution of unique or complex problems. You will undertake the most complex projects involving multiple disciplines which may impact multiple business units. Work as a team member with the cross-functional architectural disciplines to identify requirements and subsequently leading subordinate Infrastructure Technologists in the implementation of the local solution. The Data Center Architect may have subordinate reports with specialized infrastructure technology expertise. The Data Center Architect reports to a Practice Director and will provide support for account development activities, presales presentations and will be generally viewed as a subject matter expert resource in support of these activities. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Apply “best practice” operational design concepts to Data Center Transformation projects, i.e. ITSM/ITIL/Disaster Recovery/Security
• Lead complex consulting engagements
• Articulate at a strategic level IT operational frameworks and how they apply to Data Center Transformation initiatives
• Integrate both the business operations and IT operational requirements into the solution design, including necessary interfaces with supplier communities
• Build, develop and document infrastructure processes with a focus on technology growth, performance, reliability and security.
• Understand the financial modeling components and concepts associated with data center consolidations
• Maintain industry awareness and knowledge with the latest tools and technologies to support server virtualization, consolidation and application migrations on an enterprise scale
• Drive costs out of the infrastructure without sacrificing supportability and stability, and maintaining an innovation around data integrity.
• Design and implement processes and solutions for infrastructure monitoring for use as a 24x7x365 Worldwide Network Operations Center (NOC).
• Build in-depth relationships with customers; leverage that relationship to further advance the technical vision and strategy.
• Lead and mentor assigned subordinates in implementing infrastructure projects
• Work with customers and project teams to integrate new systems into the end-user environment.
• Understand competitive market dynamics

REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• 10+ years of Information Technology experience including technical infrastructure and security experience, including team lead and trusted advisor roles.
• Senior Consulting and project delivery skills.
• Strong project planning and project management skills.
• Has proven and verifiable project experience with data center consolidations and optimization, preferably across a global footprint and with multi-million dollar budget oversight
• Must have verifiable background experience in all phases of engagement lifecycle from requirements to implementation as well as the ability to translate a strategy into a tactical, transformational work plan
• Competency engagement development experience (Minimum 8 years experience in a combination of): Data Center Redesign / Consolidation; Server Consolidation / Virtualization; Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity; ITIL; Security; Applications & Data Migrations to new platforms (.Net, VMware, Linux)
• Experience collaborating with software development teams.
• Experience with software development processes, methodologies, and environments.
• Process improvement, workflow, benchmarking and/or evaluation experience preferred.
• Experience with VMware in large scale production environment. Migration experience.
• Knowledge of virtualization tools such as PlateSpin, CiRBA, VMware capacity planner. Focused and action-oriented; pragmatic and self-disciplined; good at team motivation and delegation.
• Self-driven and resourceful to achieve goals independently as well as work well in groups.
• Flexibility to adjust to changing requirements, schedules and priorities.
• Excellent communication, writing, meeting facilitation and presentation skills including presenting technical design, technical solutions and enterprise architecture solutions to executives and customers.
• The ability to socialize ideas, make recommendations and gather team consensus to move forward.
• Ability to have extensive travel (at times greater than 80%) to support our clients.

DESIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Bachelors or Master degree in Information Technology area.
• Key experience within IT Rationalization / Transformational areas are preferred.
• Advance training or Certifications like: PMP, ITIL, Six Sigma, COSO-COBIT, Cisco, Microsoft, SANS

This position has flexible locations: National – USA (Home Based – Virtual Office) with proximity to a major airport.
ABOUT US:
Siemens IT Solutions and Services is a Global leader in providing highly integrated Information Technology solutions. We are a part of Siemens AG one of the world’s largest industrial companies

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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

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  Maintain a neutral, unbiased presence on the official website while addressing user issues.
• Document all customer interactions and issues.
• Assists other members of the community team with community-related tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience in the administration and/or moderation of an online message board
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of Internet message-board browsing, use, and etiquette
• Strong customer service ethic
• Must have the ability to work with a minimum of direct supervision
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Demonstrated initiative and positive spirit in a rapidly changing environment
• Must be able to work from home; full and part-time positions available
• Scheduling flexibility including weekend and holiday hours

Due to the volume of applications we receive for our job postings, we are unable to respond personally to telephone inquiries regarding the status of an application. Only candidates being considered for interview will be contacted at this time.