IBM Global Services (April 2011 to Date): Technical Solution Manager / Solution Architect
As the Solution Architect, my key responsibility is to assist my client to drive value for money through the use of appropriate infrastructure architecture/services and analysing the business strategy and intended goals, and defining the strategic direction to deliver the desired outcomes.
Achievements and Responsibilities include: • Work within a cross-functional team to provide technical expertise in the design, planning and implementation of data center infrastructure and customer applications, middleware and databases. In this regard, I collaborate with the client on IS/IT vision, strategy and architecture; work with business unit/ organization to establish and influence their IT strategy and help to develop strategies and roadmaps that meet the business visions and objectives.
• Lead the Infrastructure solution and proposal covering ICT hosting, End user Workstation services, Data Centre Management including storage, network operations, Data & Voice, Mobile Telecoms
• Definition, design and interpretation of technical architecture artefacts taken from user requirements specifications or in direct discussions with the business, to create solutions architecture that meet business requirements.
• Performs design authority and provide an assurance role, ensuring that all architecture activities and deliverables (in-house and external) are produced to a high quality and are consistent with existing IM architectural standards, policies and strategies or have dispensation agreed by the appropriate parties
• Architecture and Design of client's Wintel Platform consolidation / centralisation project, which includes: the Centralisation of all File and Print, Active Directory and Messaging (MS Exchange) infrastructure into 2 Data Centres, using VMware and Blade technology for space optimisation and reduction in cost of ownership.
• Delivery of cloud technology and Cloud Advisory service for clients in UK and Europe; this includes cloud and hosting strategies including SAAS, PAAS, and IAAS.
• Delivery of Enterprise Security Infrastructure (Antivirus, Patching, Firewalls, IPS/IDS, Certificates, Secure file transfer) for IBM clients in the UK and Europe
• Disaster Recovery (DR) Solution & Design. Produced DR Design and Option paper for client's consideration including Recovery Point Objective (RPO); Recovery Time Objective (RTO); Network Recovery Objective (NRO); Critical Application Server and Services Recovery priority.
• Strategy and Planning - contributes to the defining and maintaining the technical road maps, and IT technical standards for all technology within the customer environment.
• Carried out due diligence on a major client's proxy services and emails systems. The outcome was a recommendation and implementation of an externally managed internet facing email and content solution that stopped viruses and spam, blocked inappropriate content, enforced policy and provided secure off-site email storage. The project delivered significant cost savings, performance and security.
• Produced a Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance Solution for a major Financial Services company, encompassing Data Security Standard, servers, workstations and network perimeter standards.
• Development of enterprise architecture artefacts including current state architecture, target state architecture, architectural roadmaps, referential architecture patterns and technology standards.
- Company industry:
- IT Services
- Job role:
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Architecture
