The Infrastructure Architect: * Provides technical input to projects, and monitors conformance to technical standards * Serves as technical infrastructure expert to project teams from idea through to deploy * Aligns infrastructure architecture to pragmatic and strategic solutions; promotes re-use * Participates in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy * Communicates and validates infrastructure architecture with the wider architecture team, program / project manager, executive level stakeholders * Oversees infrastructure portfolio support Key Activities: Global Tech and Ops (GTO) - Infrastructure Support: * Delivers infrastructure support to meet evolving business requirements, cost effectively * Leads infrastructure initiatives * Reviews impact of new requirements/ acquisitions/projects on infrastructure * Creates necessary deliverables required to support infrastructure purchase/deployment * Conducts quarterly planning reviews Project Support: * Provide Infrastructure support/knowledge to business unit solution architects * Creates necessary deliverables required to support infrastructure purchase/deployment * Drives vendors to produce deliverables for review and provides oversight direction * Contributes to the the project process by providing the necessary approvals at each stage of a project * Attends project and tollgate meetings * Provides positive direction to influence vendors * Contributes to product selection process Platform Standards: * Works with architects to ensure compliance to standards and long term strategy * Monitors project conformance and reports deviations * Review Disaster Recovery compliance and impact on new deployments or upgrades Infrastructure Architect Qualifications: * 5+ years experience in a technical solutions role * Broad knowledge of IT infrastructure architecture * Proven experience of delivering IT solutions within a set budget and within a set timeframe * Ability to work at all levels of the organization * Excellent communication skills, written, oral and presentational * Innovative in approach to problem resolution * Previous experience in the role, preferably in a multi-national organization * HP-UX, Solaris, AIX and Wintel disciplines desired * Pro-active problem solver, adept at getting to the root cause of problems and executing a workable solution * Ability to travel as needed * Self starter