Sr Staff Architect

Responsible for multiple projects in a technical domain as a technical expert or internal consultant. Will work on highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge of two or more specialized architecture areas. Will across multiple technical or functional domains. As part of the GE Aerospace Infrastructure separation workstream, the Sr Staff Architect - Tools & Automation, is a temporary role that will support the separation of GE Aerospace into an independent, investor-grade company.

**Roles and Responsibilities**

In this role, you will:

- Help drive tools strategy which sets the state for a comprehensive tools & automation strategy.
- Conduct troubleshooting, diagnosing, and solving hardware, software, and other issues affecting the network and devices
- Implementing disaster recovery environments and networks, DR procedures, and testing
- Perform on-going assessment and analysis of the company’s data communication needs of the identify and recommend solutions to ensure the underlying architecture of all networks (LAN/WAN, WLAN, SDN) results in maximum performance and functionality
- Install, configure, and manage network tools and solutions within Aerospace Network ecosystem
- Conduct ongoing IT infrastructure monitoring to ensure SLA uptime, analyze issues and problems across the network infrastructure, providing technical solutions and resolving issues affecting the operation and performance of the network
- Assist with identification, implementation, and operating the infrastructure and security monitoring tools
- Stay up to date with technology industry changes performing technical reviews of new technologies and upgrades to assist in keeping the organizations infrastructure up to date and optimized to provide the best support for the customer
- Work with IT team to help develop, make recommendations, and conduct research on emerging cloud technologies and cloud networking to support infrastructure development efforts
- Develop, maintain, and enhance documentation of the network infrastructure and security including design documents, operations documents, troubleshooting guides and training materials
- Support, monitor and maintain SSO / SAML compliance, VPN, APIs, and other tools
- Analyze customer or vendor solutions for security and standard compliance

**Required Qualifications**:
Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 5 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 8 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 10 years of professional experience

Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Distinct Area of Work (DAW) or IT

Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

**Eligibility Requirements**:

- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or Great Britain is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment

visas, now or in the future, for this job ( If Visa Sponsorship is No)
- Must be willing to travel up to 20%.

**Desired Characteristics**:

- 8 years of proven experience in the tools & automation space.
- Deep understanding of network architecture designs with In-depth knowledge of DNS, NTP, IPAM, BIND, and DHCP
- Knowledge on network management and monitoring platforms
- Install, configure, and manage network tools and solutions within Aerospace Network
- Recommend network improvements, including cost/benefit analysis, to meet changing business requirements
- Experience in protocols such as TCP/IP, STP, SNMP, DHCP, BGP, OSPF and IPSec
- Knowledge about Distributed Systems, SDN/NFV, Public/Private cloud technologies
- Experience using DevOps tools such as Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Splunk
- Hands-on programming experience with scripting languages like Python, GoLang & web-frameworks such as Flask, Django, HTML/CSS
- Experience with centralized device monitoring and management tools such as Solarwinds, Netbrain, OpenNTI
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations and utilize troubleshooting skills, systems and tools, and creative problem solving abilities under pressure
- Experience with firewall policy orchestration tools
- Sharp troubleshooting faculties, deductive reasoning, and careful attention to detail
- Independent and self-directed work ethic when participating in a collaborative environment
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written to develop technical documentation
- Dedicated commitment to service availability and quality user experience
- Must be results driven with a strong sense of urgency
- Ability to consult customer on alignment of outcomes and desired technical solutions at an enterprise level
- Ability to Analyze, design, and develop a software solution roadmap and implementation plan based upon a current vs. future state of the business.
- Working knowledge of configuration choices and related cost implications; Experience with complex solution configurations.
- Knowledgeable of full range of solution catalog