_{27th January, 2025}

Infrastructure Solutions Architect #1015129
Job description:
The Infrastructure Solutions Architect will perform a combination of both Infrastructure and Application Architect responsibilities related to MDOS Elections, Financial, and Legal departments. The Infrastructure Solutions Architect will also lead the efforts of those performing Business Analyst duties and executing tasks as defined in our Project Management Methodology (PMM) as well as the Systems Engineering Methodology (SEM).
 
Specific tasks may include but are not limited to:

• Analyze and recommend architecture solutions
• Lead developers in development of system in accordance with defined architecture.
• Ensure compliance with standards (defacto and dejure)
• Analyze and recommend solutions for Web and mobile applications
• In a Lead Role analyze business practices and processes to determine best practice strategies to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency.
• Assist with Strategic planning, including applications integration and legacy application strategy
• Analyze hardware and software to assist in the standards determination and setting of processes
• Analyze application development processes and tools
• Recommend changes in hardware, storage, network systems, operating systems, COTS software, security and software design to meet future growth and improve system performance.
• All recommendations are to be approved by us.
• Assist with the development of Business Process Models
• Assist with architecting the integration of various vendor technologies including COTS
• Support technical teams with implementations
• Assist with the coordination of architectural change in both technical and business environments
• Assist with architecting diverse solutions into a cohesive and manageable environment
• Recommend solutions for technical architectures of web content management applications
• Assist in the development of solution architectures from business requirements, information architecture, and technical architecture
• Analyze market trends so as to relate business needs with technical opportunities.
• Participate in technology test plan development and execution
• Create and modify appropriate documentation deliverables that exist within the Systems Engineering
• Methodology and are required for our standards.
• Lead and review BA efforts and gathering for completeness.

 
Serves as the communication bridge between non-technical business users and technical solution developers. The Solutions Architect has a depth of knowledge in business analysis and design processes including knowledge of methodology, tools, and techniques. This individual is an active participant in aspects of department assessment, visioning, and reengineering. Perform Cost analysis and modeling to assist in the assessment of the return on investment for projects and computer.
 
Skill Set - Required/Desired - # of Years

• C# - Required – 10 years
• SQL Server - Required – 5 years
• Message queuing (Redis, RabbitMQ, or similar) - Desired – 3 years
• Azure Technologies - Desired – 3 years
• NoSQL (MongoDb, DynamoDB, or similar non-relational database) - Desired – 2 years

 
Experience - Required/Desired - # of Years

• Software Development – Required – 10 years
• Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines – Required – 3 years
• Using common cloud providers such as Azure or AWS – Required – 3 years
• Creating and maintaining applications using containers and container orchestration tools – Required – 3 years
• Configuring cache and message queuing systems with tools such as Redis or RabbitMQ – Required – 3 years
• Creating and maintaining security plans and disaster recovery plans – Required – 3 years
• Azure DevOps – Desired – 3 years
• Creating and maintaining .NET applications – Desired – 5 years
• Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines – Desired – 5 years
• Creating and maintaining applications using containers and container orchestration tools – Desired – 5 years
• Using common cloud providers such as Azure or AWS – Desired – 5 years
• Configuring cache and message queuing systems with tools such as Redis or RabbitMQ – Desired – 5 years
• Experience transitioning teams from on-prem hosting to cloud hosting – Desired – 2 years

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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