Enterprise Architect

Location: Huntsville AL
Required Clearance: SECRET
Required Education: Bachelors degree in computer science information technology systems engineering engineering or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
Required Experience: Senior-level enterprise architecture and systems engineering experience designing secure highly available infrastructure virtualization storage backup/recovery and disaster-recovery solutions in large or mission-critical environments.

PingWind is seeking an Enterprise Architect to provide architecture leadership for PAE Fires enterprise systems virtualization storage backup/recovery and continuity capabilities. This role will translate mission security interoperability availability and recovery requirements into scalable architectures and technical roadmaps that support secure 24/7 operations resilient infrastructure and successful disaster recovery and COOP execution.

Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:
Develop and maintain enterprise and system architecture recommendations spanning ESXi hosts virtual machines/appliances Red Hat OpenShift VDI Windows/Linux platforms storage applications backup/recovery and supporting infrastructure dependencies.
Perform system analysis and design and provide architecture guidance for establishing and sustaining virtual infrastructure and highly available enterprise services.
Architect scalable backup and recovery solutions compatible with Linux NFS Windows SMB the existing Enterprise SAN Cohesity Dell PowerProtect Data Manager VMware Replication and vSAN environments.
Define integration patterns for policy-driven protection and recovery services including vProxy DD Boost NDMP REST APIs S3-compatible object storage VMware vCenter/vSphere and application-aware protection for platforms such as SQL Server.
Establish architecture approaches that support defined Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) service-level expectations enterprise growth and long-term retention requirements.
Lead or support Business Impact Analysis risk management contingency planning continuity planning and disaster-recovery architecture recommendations across the enterprise.
Recommend high-availability and redundancy strategies appropriate to system impact levels including load balancing data mirroring replication and recovery/restoration approaches.
Support development review testing and continuous improvement of contingency business continuity disaster recovery and COOP reconstitution plans; document findings and recommendations in required technical products.
Ensure architecture recommendations align with applicable Army IM&T and cybersecurity standards and contingency guidance including AR 25-1 AR 25-2 AR 500-3 and applicable NIST guidance.

Demonstrated enterprise architecture or senior systems engineering experience in mission-critical IT environments requiring high availability and 24/7 operational support.
Strong architecture knowledge of VMware ESXi/vCenter/vSphere/vSAN virtual machines VDI Windows Server Linux/RHEL and container or OpenShift platforms.
Experience designing enterprise storage SAN backup replication recovery and long-term retention solutions across physical and virtual workloads.
Hands-on knowledge of enterprise backup/recovery platforms such as Cohesity and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager including interoperability with NFS SMB vProxy DD Boost NDMP REST S3-compatible storage and application-aware agents.
Experience defining and validating RPO/RTO targets high-availability patterns redundancy failover restoration testing and disaster-recovery/COOP capabilities.
Ability to produce architecture diagrams technical recommendations standards roadmaps and decision support for Government technical leaders and cross-functional teams.
Working knowledge of Army/DoD security continuity and system-management requirements applicable to enterprise infrastructure.
SECRET security clearance.

TOGAF DoDAF or comparable enterprise architecture experience or certification.
VMware VCP/VCAP Red Hat storage or enterprise backup/recovery certifications.
Experience supporting Army/DoD continuity planning Business Impact Analysis disaster-recovery testing and COOP reconstitution.
Experience architecting infrastructure across classified and unclassified environments.

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