Senior Architect IT Infrastructure
New York, NY

Job Description

Position Title: Senior Infrastructure Architect

Position Summary

The Senior Infrastructure Architect prepares architectural analysis of projects including preliminary design, calculation, lifecycle costs and equipment selection. This Architect ensures that designs are aligned with the reference architecture standards and framework used to properly deploy infrastructure technology solutions. The Senior Infrastructure Architect excels when working on complex projects, is motivated to deliver results, and exhibits the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Fun, and Passion.

Essential Responsibilities

* Research, evaluate, test, recommend and implement new technology platforms.
* Analyze business and technical requirements to determine system design, potential issues, and related cost for each project request.
* Produce design documents to effectively hand over infrastructure architecture to other Operations departments for successful systems engineering and implementation.
* Drive the creation and adoption of reusable technology assets to improve efficiency.
* Proactively evaluate market trends (industry/technical), research, and influence the introduction of technology solutions to deliver competitive advantage.
* Analyze trends in technology to assess the impact of emerging technologies on the business, and to provide viable solutions that address technology and business needs.
* Initiate and executes proofs of concept and builds prototypes to assess new solution methodologies and technology.
* Expert level knowledge required assisting customers in architecting, planning, testing and deploying technology solutions.
* Contribute to the architectural frameworks and standards to be used by the engineering teams to design technology solutions.
* Ability to articulate architectural differences between solution methods and the challenges and approaches to integrating solutions built on different platforms.
* Identify regulatory risks related to architectural components and develops mitigation strategies.
* Provide the framework that ensures system design and builds practices that are in line with all audit and security requirements.
* Partner in the delivery of the annual IT and business plans to achieve team and department goals, including project oversight, risk mitigation and business partner management.
* Make recommendations regarding scope, timeline or budget for projects.
* Collaborate with other teams in improving communication and teamwork to drive efficiencies and improvements.
* Other duties as assigned

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in related discipline and/or demonstrated capability to perform job responsibilities through previous experience and education
* Four (4) years of experience in a production operations environment.
* Demonstrated proficiency in IT Infrastructure, single sign-on, network, IT security, server types, virtualization, storage area networks, center tools, processes and software.
* Experience with MS-SQL databases and Directory Services
* Experience with application presentation platforms such as Citrix
* Strong understanding of DR and HA solutions and their use.
* Available for overnight travel (up to 10%)
* Able to work flexible hours and be available for emergency response on short notice
* Must pass a ten (10) year background check and pre-employment drug test
* Must be legally eligible to work in the country in which the position is located

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

* Five (5) years of experience in server and data center technologies
* Server and application deployment via automation and configuration management tools
* Designing application infrastructure for private and public cloud environments
* Designing application infrastructure that resides in hosted datacenter environments
* Designing application infrastructure that runs on Linux and or related OS type diverse technical areas
* Possess strong team building interpersonal skills

Crewmember Expectations:

* Regular attendance and punctuality
* Potential need to work flexible hours and be available to respond on short-notice
* Well groomed and able to maintain a professional appearance
* When working or traveling on JetBlue flights, and if time permits, all capable crewmembers are asked to assist with light cleaning of the aircraft
* Must be an appropriate organizational fit for the JetBlue culture, that is, exhibit the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Fun and Passion
* Promote JetBlue's #1 value of safety as a Safety Ambassador, supporting JetBlue's Safety Management System (SMS) components, Safety Policy and behavioral standards
* Identify safety concerns, issues, incidents or hazards that should be reported and report them whenever possible and by any means necessary including JetBlue's confidential reporting systems (Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) or Safety Action Report(SAR))

Equipment:

* Computer and other office equipment

Work Environment:

* Normal Office Environment

Physical Effort:

* Generally not required, or up to 10 pounds occasionally, 0 pounds frequently. (Sedentary)

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the crewmember(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Position Expectations may be subject to change as the needs of the organization change.

JetBlue Airways Corp. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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