Schwarz Partners has an exciting opportunity available for an
Infrastructure Architect in
Carmel, IN. A Schwarz Partners
Infrastructure Architectis responsible for architect, implement, oversee, and provide subject matter expertise for infrastructure and related projects with a focus on security and best practice. The person in this role will be expected to be a subject matter expert (SME) of all Microsoft technologies with a strong focus on design and implementation of Microsoft related solutions. This role acts as the tier 3 escalation and remediation point for helpdesk and infrastructure teams in the following areas: physical and virtual servers, Azure ecosystem - including Microsoft Entra, M365, Defender, Web Application Firewalls, networking, Dynamics365 backend, and Azure applications, Microsoft Active Directory - including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and Certificate Authorities, device management, and identity management.
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ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: - Act as the subject matter expert for all areas of infrastructure (except networking).
- Design, install, and configure internal and customer-facing services based upon established best practices.
- Proactively manage and maintain the Azure and Active Directory environments.
- Participate in security-related discussions regarding the infrastructure environments.
- Mentor / cross train team members on technologies under your purview.
- Maintain appropriate documentation for technologies listed as specific your responsibility.
- Assist with hardware and software evaluations and recommendations.
- Define and document the best practices, standards, and support procedures.
- Participate in change and problem management.
- Provide after-hours support for infrastructure-related emergencies as well as occasional weekend maintenance.
- Assist with helpdesk tickets and project related tasks.
- Assist other IT teams with tasks related to enterprise infrastructure.
- Ability to understand and incorporate technical requirements into project designs.
- Ability to proficiently communicate technical concepts to people without technical backgrounds.
- Ability to respectfully challenge ideas that do not meet criteria and work to provide an acceptable solution.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: - Degree in IT related field of study.
- Equivalent experience in the job market.
- IT Certifications (Microsoft, VMware, ITIL, ISC2, etc).
PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: - Degree in IT related field of study.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES: - Demonstrable infrastructure related skills at an architect/subject matter expert level of expertise.
- Expertise in Microsoft on premise and cloud based technologies.
- Expertise in identity management.
- Expertise in virtualization technologies.
- Security and network proficiency, preferred.
- Infrastructure as a Service proficiency, preferred.
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