IT Infrastructure Arch (IBM IAM Sr Administrator)
About This Position
Austin Energy is more than just a power company. We are 1,900 of your friends and neighbors with a mission to safely deliver clean, affordable, reliable energy and excellent customer service — 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Job Description
Purpose
This position proactively and holistically leads and support architecture activities that guide the development and management of solutions, as well as provide the leadership, facilitation, analysis, and conceptual and logical design tasks required for the development of the domain area. Translating department and technical requirements into architectural blueprints and documenting all solution architecture design and analysis are critical to ensure City IT products and solutions meet the needs of constituents and align to a strategy that will prepare the city for future success.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities
Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Develops the vision, strategy, conceptual and logical designs, roadmaps, and other architectural deliverables for the domain area (e.g., business, data, solutions, infrastructure, etc.)
- Defines the principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise in their domain.
- Designs the implementation of a technical architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies, as well as rectify gaps and pain points within the current state.
- Works on high-level projects, ensuring processes align with the domain focused architectural strategy and business strategy.
- Guides project team members in the implementation of the architecture
- Serves as the deepest technology expert in their respective domains and as such, are involved in or lead technology strategy, migration, integration and evolution of the technical infrastructure
- Collaborates closely with other architects and engineers to ensure alignment of domain architectures and activities with the broader enterprise architecture and strategy
- Leads and contributes to the domain technical and business discussions relative to future architecture direction.
- Analyzes the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
- Leads the evaluation and selection of technology and products, as well as the design of standard configurations for given domain.
- Leads and facilitates the domain’s architecture governance process based on Enterprise Architecture’s governance structure.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised
- May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of leading architecture practices and critical architecture deliverables.
- Knowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies (e.g., waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental).
- Knowledge and/or experience participating in architecture governance forums.
- Knowledge and/or exposure to how information and technology has been applied to create value for an organization (regardless of industry). Preferably different types of technologies.
- Knowledge of domain specific processes, procedures, critical supporting activities, and risks.
- Knowledge of computer science, information technology standards and controls, and technology frameworks and trends.
- Knowledge of architecture methodologies (e.g., SABSA, Zachman, TOGAF) and modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).
- Knowledge and experience designing conceptual and logical design and translating work between different levels of abstraction.
- Knowledge of various development languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS).
- Knowledge of various database technologies (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle).
- Ability to lead financial analysis, architecture evaluation, solutions delivery orchestration, project management, road mapping, risk management, interdependency management, agile methodologies, information security, cloud computing infrastructure, data architecture skills.
- Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes.
- Ability to quickly comprehend the functions, capabilities and financial impact of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams, with the proven ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to work effectively with different types of scenarios and challenges and to adapt within a variety of changing situations, while working with individuals and groups.
- Ability to adjust approach based on internal and external dynamics, and an acute perception of the dimensions of business issues.
- Ability to synthesize facts, theories, trends, inferences and key issues and/or themes in complex and variable situations and to recognize abstract patterns and relationships among apparently unrelated entities and situations.
- Ability to leverage intellectual curiosity to inform solutions and innovate.
- Ability to take responsibility for personal growth and acquire strategies for gaining new knowledge, behaviors and skills.
- Ability to adhere to required compliance to all change management policies and procedures.
- Ability to adhere to required compliance to all information security policies and procedures.
Minimum Qualifications
- Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years of experience in a related field.
- Experience may substitute for education for up to four (4) years.
- Graduation with a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field may substitute for two (2) years of experience.
Licenses and Certifications Required
- Valid Texas Driver License depending on assignment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience administering, maintaining, and managing specific IBM products and tools for Identity Access Management, WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSEAL.
- Experience configuring, installing, managing, and supporting Windows and Linux Server Operating Systems.
- Experience and proficiency in SQL for managing data within IBM tools.
- Experience understanding IT integrated hyperconverged (VMware) infrastructure technologies.
- Experience understanding complex Layer2/3 networks and emerging network technologies.
- Experience with effectively communicating and collaborating with positive outcomes with both IT employees and customers.
- Experience working in a public, government or similarly regulated organization.
- Ability to travel to more than one work location.
Notes to Candidate
Austin Energy (AE) seeks an IT Infrastructure Architect to provide systems support for the Technology and Data (IT) Infrastructure team. This position provides 24/7 advanced technical support, management and implementation of both physical and virtualized server infrastructure with both Linux and Windows operating system, and enterprise business continuity solutions. As part of the regular job duties, this position requires on-call rotations and the ability to travel to more than one work location.
Position supports
- IBM Products Linux/ Windows server
- WebSphere Application server
- Authentication protocols
- SQL data management
- NERC/CIP compliance activities
- Monitor infrastructure availability
- Application/System Integrations
- Scripting and XML
The IT Infrastructure Architect will review documents and translate business requirements into recommendations for improvements and enhancements to the client operating environment, develop complex configuration designs to address those requirements, and lead the implementation of solutions, including developing and reviewing test plans, post-implementation maintenance plans and knowledge transfer by creating detailed system policies and/or training documentation.
Additionally, the candidate must have a proven record of providing specific deliverables of complex solutions to customer needs and possess strong communications skills for collaborating within Austin Energy and other City Departments, able to develop strong working relationships with vendors, and present information on emerging technologies to management to meet business needs in compliance with NERC/CIP and other mandated standards.
Work Location
- System Control Center (SCC), 2500 Montopolis Dr., Austin, Texas 78741
Days and Hours
- Monday through Friday. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- 40 Hour Work Week – Hybrid
- Additional work hours may be required to support the 24-hour Utility operations, which may include evenings, weekends, holidays, inclement weather, and emergency closures.
Salary
$89,880.00 - $115,100 annually, depending on qualifications and experience
Work Schedule
This has been designated as a Critical Employee position. Critical Employees are considered necessary and vital and support activities that impact City or department operations. This work can be done while at a designated work site or while working at an alternate work location. Critical employees who are able to work at an alternative work location are required to do so. Schedules may be modified and employees may be reassigned to another area during extraordinary situations or emergency conditions to provide essential services.
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