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IT Architect
- Safran (Irvine, CA)
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IT Architect
Job details
General information
Entity
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.
Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.
Reference number
2025-167123
Job details
Domain
Performance and Support
Job field / Job profile
IT - Technical architect
Job title
IT Architect
Employment type
Permanent
Professional category
Professional, Engineer & Manager
Part time / Full time
Full-time
Job description
Job Summary:
The Senior Information Technology Architect will gain organizational alignment for all high-level infrastructure plans related to but not limited to, Private Cloud, Servers, Virtualization, and Storage; and initiate and participate in projects to evaluate technologies and methods for implementing these plans.
•Responsible for designing scalable and adaptive hardware solutions that address business needs and satisfy operational needs within the Enterprise standards
•Create standardized visual design diagrams of logical infrastructure, including platform, storage, and networking information.
•Participate in technical architecture discussions to determine the most-appropriate scalable model, taking into consideration high availability, failover, disaster recovery, and cost.
•Actively participate in project, support, and development initiatives designing solutions to optimally address current and future business requirements and infrastructure plans.
Essential Job Functions:
• Design Networking Solutions that are scalable across the enterprise
• Design a future state network that is compliant with CMMC 2.0
• Project Manage activities that require Safran processes and methods
• Lead and develop “move to cloud” projects that will reduce costs and /or reduce cash out
• Other duties may be assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Knowledge of Network Architecture
• Knowledge of CMMC
• Solution Architect for Cloud environments (preferably AWS, and certified)
• Knowledge and implementation of Network Security Concepts (in compliance with Safran standards)
• Knowledge of Network Routing
• Infrastructure Virtualization management
• Interface with external vendors of service (software and hardware)
• IT Administration
• Ability to identify IT systems needs and to make technical recommendations
• Budgeting (Adapt IT investment and stay within the budget)
• Infrastructure planning/anticipate SI evolution
• Ability to be an internal trainer
• Ability to negotiate contracts with vendors of services
• Project leader
• Continuous Improvement
But what else? (advantages, specificities, etc.)
Travel Specificity:
Potential travel between Irvine, California and other locations up to 15%.
Candidate skills & requirements
Required Competencies:
5+ years related work experience working with infrastructure technologies – support, setup, monitoring and performance testing
•A minimum of 5 years in an Infrastructure Architect role in developing infrastructure design solutions covering network, server, database, application, and reporting domains
•Ability to translate disparate business strategies into comprehensive, pragmatic technology strategies and execution plans (roadmaps) to satisfy business strategy
•Ability to design and deliver solutions that factor in system performance, usability, quality, cross-system interdependencies, scalability while accounting for development and maintenance costs
•Broad technical expertise with the software and hardware components of modern computing environments, including a deep knowledge and understanding of information technology approaches, applications, architectures, tools, and methodologies, as well as a broad-based background in a wide variety of technology platforms
•Has depth and breadth of expertise in multiple related disciplines, such as Windows Operating systems, Unix Operating Systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), server, storage, network, security, virtualization, and cloud technologies
•Demonstrated ability in evaluating and recommending technologies as part of an overall strategic plan, including establishing priorities, developing long-range plans, and managing strategically
•Strong communication skills (written / verbal) with varied audiences
•Experience modeling as-is and to-be architectures based on business requirements
•Solid grasp of the ITIL framework
•Experience with researching/implementing Cloud Based solutions
•Experience explaining difficult concepts to decision makers to help shape technology strategy
•Detailed design knowledge of hardware, networking, database and applications in a large data center scenario
•Active/Active and Disaster Recovery design experience
Education/Experience:
• Master's degree or equivalent; or five to ten years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Annual salary
$155K-$235K
Job location
Job location
North America, United States, California
City (-ies)
1833 Alton Parkway CA 92606 Irvine
Applicant criteria
Minimum education level achieved
Master Degree
Minimum experience level required
More than 5 years
ITAR Controlled Position: Select "Yes" if role requires U.S. citizenship/permanent residency
Yes
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