Miracle Software Systems

Job Responsibilities:

The Network Design Engineer proactively and holistically leads and supports architecture/engineering activities that guide the development and management of technical and infrastructure solutions. These solutions enable the organization's future-state business capabilities and drive the organization’s targeted business-outcomes. Technologies include data center, infrastructure, cloud, mobile, AI, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, edge computing and immersive experiences technologies.

Should provides the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks required for the development of an enterprise's technical and infrastructure architecture. The Network Design Engineer creates deliverables that help develop target-state guidance (reusable standards, guidelines, individual parts, platforms and configurations) for evolving the technical infrastructure across the enterprise, to enable business strategy and deliver targeted business outcomes. He/she facilitates and orchestrate the delivery of targeted business outcomes through facilitating and making technical decisions.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The following duties are essential to the successful and satisfactory performance of this job. Other duties may be assigned.

Derives Future State Technology Architecture

• Reports straight-line or dotted line to the VP Infrastructure/Operaions.
• Works with peers (e.g., enterprise, business, information, solutions and security architects) to analyze enterprise business context (business strategy and trends), as well as change requirements in other enterprise architecture viewpoints (such as business, information and solution) to derive the future state technology architecture. This includes defining the requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise.
• Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement. In addition, leads the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture.
• Coaches, mentors and collaborates with technical subject matter experts and peers to develop technology architecture that enables and drives new business capabilities and operating models.
• Drives digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base and IT estate.
• Defines high-level migration plans to address the gaps between the future and current state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes.

Analyzes and Evaluates Technology

• Understands technology trends and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.
• Guides technology investment decisions based on analysis and evaluation to drive targeted business outcomes.
• Helps the enterprise architect define metrics to measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
• Assists with designing the governance, assurance and standards activities associated with ensuring enterprise technology architecture compliance of projects and products.
• Oversees and facilitates the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
• Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures and culture) and financial impact of the enterprise technology architecture.
• Understands, advocates, and augments the business and IT strategies — and, more specifically, architecture development and service delivery.
• Leads and Collaborates to Deliver Business Outcomes
• Oversees, or consults on, technology implementation and modification activities.