Principal IT Systems & Storage Architect needed in WHITE PLAINS, NY

04/21/11 4:57 PM

Hello Lou, my name is Jeff Davidson and I am a technical recruiter with The Computer Merchant, Ltd.

I am contacting you because I'm recruiting on an exciting position with a prestigious client. Below you will find the job description detailing the preferred specifications that our client is seeking in the ideal candidate for this position. If you are available and meet the requirements please respond with your updated resume in a Microsoft Word formatted document.

In addition, I want to extend my apologies in advance should this position not be an ideal fit for your experience and qualifications at this time. Should this be the case we will keep you in mind and informed when other suitable positions are available.

Lastly, if you know of anyone that would be an ideal fit, please forward my information along to them.

Areas of Focus and Responsibility

Technical Architecture

Responsible for staying current on current and future market trends for the systems, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms.
Define, refine, and evangelize THE CLIENT architecture standards for the systems, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms.
Where appropriate, provide project sponsorship including requirements definition, solution evaluation, business case validation, etc.
Business Operator
Cost center responsibility for annual operating expense associated with the hardware / software vendors in the systems, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms.
Operations & Engineering "Coach"
Define, refine, and evangelize THE CLIENT architecture standards for the systems, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms to THE CLIENTS outsourced Operations and Engineering teams.
Partner with THE CLIENTS Service Management and Governance organization to continually evaluate and provide feedback on the performance of THE CLIENTS outsourced Operations and Engineering teams.
Where appropriate, provide QA on key project deliverables from THE CLIENTS outsourced Operations and Engineering teams.
Where appropriate, evaluate Production Change Control requests for appropriate test plan, risk mitigation, and possible operational impact.

Requirements

Minimum Education - Four-year college or technical training
Course of Study- Computer science, Engineering or a related Information technology degree
Must Have - 5-7+ years experience with large Enterprise IT implementations.
Must Have - Expert working knowledge of Server/Storage hardware, OS software and virtualization technology
Nice to Have –Data center consolidation/migration experience
Nice to Have - Utility or Cloud Computing concepts and design
Nice to Have - Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), VMWare VCP Certified in ESX, 3.5 or later IBM Certified Infrastructure Systems Architect.

Founded in 1980, The Computer Merchant, Ltd.(TCM), is a veteran privately-owned professional services staffing firm specializing in Technology Consulting, Enterprise-Wide Staffing, and Project Solutions. Our solutions over the years have been successfully delivered by our centralized technical recruiting organization staffing Information Technology professionals with our clients nationally. TCM's mission is to be recognized as a leader in our industry; deliver outstanding services and solutions to our customers; and be viewed as a partner to our consultants & clients.

I'd like to speak with you at your earliest convenience and can be reached at 1-800-617-6172. If you prefer to contact me via email my address is jdavidson@tcml.com. If you'd like, please also visit our website, www.tcml.com. It will be very helpful in having you learn more about us. If you are not qualified for this position, please accept my sincere apologies. However, if you know someone who is qualified and would be interested in this position, please pass this message along; I would be very grateful for the referral. I look forward to speaking with you soon.

Sincerely,

Jeff Davidson 1-800-617-6172 ext 4335

jdavidson@tcml.com

MIS Ntwk Assoc Mtg Dates:

April 19th - Tues Reg Mtg - 6 pm - Berman Larson Kane Offices, Paramus - DO NOT use GPS for directions - Bring 15 copies of your resume

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