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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are a technical recruiting firm in California.
Our client is a major firm and they are looking for an infrastructure architect
for a long term contract.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please let me know if you'd be interested. You'll
be joining a team of architects that provides internal consulting services on
architecture and infrastructure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Looking forward to hearing from you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ashraf</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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class=906122020-21102008></SPAN><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING
GROUP</B><BR><SPAN class=906122020-21102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>SENIOR
SECURITY </FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN><STRONG>INFRASTRUCTURE</STRONG>
<B>ARCHITECT</B><BR><BR>As a senior member of the Technical Infrastructure
Architecture & Engineering Team, the A&E <B>Architect</B> is responsible
for understanding current and future business needs and defining the product
strategy to achieve new IT capabilities. This position relies on a broad
knowledge of IT technologies including systems, security, network, storage,
database, and enterprise tooling and works in conjunction with other A&E and
Solution Architects to fully support each business portfolio. The incumbent will
demonstrate the ability to communicate and establish effective relationships,
prepare and present briefings on complex / controversial issues, communicate
complex technical requirements to non-technical personnel, and play a key role
in gaining approval of requests for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:City></st1:place> wide IT initiatives. <BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><BR>Qualifications:</B><BR>Minimum 12 years
of aggregate IT experience in a large-scale environment <FONT
size=1>to <SPAN class=906122020-21102008>include</SPAN><SPAN
class=906122020-21102008> </SPAN><B>infrastructure</B></FONT> design and
optimization, strategic technology planning, large-scale system integration,
global <B>infrastructure</B> support and administration, business continuity
planning and execution<BR>Minimum 8 years in a senior level technical role<FONT
size=2><SPAN class=906122020-21102008><FONT color=#0000ff
size=1> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=906122020-21102008><FONT size=1>in
Network Security</FONT> <FONT size=1>with a solid understanding of Risk and
Compliance.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=906122020-21102008></SPAN>Minimum 5 years in
the retail industry preferred<BR>BS/BA in Engineering<SPAN
class=906122020-21102008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>,<FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=1> Computer
Science </FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=1>or related<BR></FONT>Results
oriented, willing to take responsibility and accept accountability for
action<BR>Genuine desire to provide superior customer service<BR>Strong
communication and leadership skills with the demonstrated ability to lead and
influence technical professionals across the enterprise<BR>Comfortable with
ambiguity as needs change on a regular basis with a high degree of initiative
and sense of urgency<BR>Excellent oral and written skills with the ability to
interact with senior management, technical subject matter experts, and business
customers are essential in this role<BR>Ability to work on multiple,
simultaneous initiatives of which he/she will apply their applicable business,
technical and system functionality background<BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Technical Skills:</B><BR>Possess working
knowledge of a wide range of technologies and related best practices, with
in-depth knowledge of 3 or more areas, including but not necessarily limited
to:<BR>Server: Unix (AIX, Solaris), Linux (SUSE, Red Hat), Windows,
VMWare<BR>Network / Security: Router, Switch, Firewall, Load Balancers, VPN,
TCP/ IP, DNS<BR>Storage: SAN, NAS, Fiber Channel, Enterprise Backup<BR>Database:
Oracle,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SQL Server, DB2
UDB<BR>Directory: Active Directory, LDAP, RACF, Sun Identity and Access
Management<BR>Application Server: J2EE (WebSphere, JBoss, WebLogic), .NET
(ASP.NET, IIS)<BR>Enterprise Tooling: <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Infrastructure</SPAN> Monitoring and Event
Management (BMC Patrol, BEM), Network Automation (NetCool Precision, HP NNM),
Remedy ITSM / CMDB, End to End application monitoring, <A name=OLE_LINK2></A><A
name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2">BSM and SLM
solutions</SPAN></A><BR>Strong understanding of ITIL service support and service
delivery<BR><BR><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Key Responsibilities
include, but are not limited to:</B><BR>Continuously drive the conception of
innovative programs and processes across the department and with the business
community whilst maintaining a big picture view of technological plans and their
benefits to business services<BR>Cultivate an organizational culture that
provides for high performance, high morale, integrity, and teamwork among the
design engineers, implementation engineers and support engineers<BR>Maintain
knowledge of IT enterprise architecture standards and practices, and ensure
these are consistently applied across the organization<BR>Support the delivery
of a specific business unit and ISP <B>infrastructure</B> projects within IT and
provide consultation for impact to business and application portfolios; ensure
alignment to corporate <B>infrastructure</B> architectural standards and
strategy<BR>Provide consultation for multiple areas of technology to project
efforts within various IT areas and/or external service providers<BR>Ensure that
<B>infrastructure</B> architectures are flexible and support the business needs
by maintaining an understanding of business strategies and <B>infrastructure</B>
capabilities<BR>Identify existing IT software assets for new opportunities
through project and program involvement and provide direction for exploiting
current assets <BR>Provide consultation for broad areas of technology to project
efforts within various IT areas and/or external service providers<BR>Define the
<B>infrastructure</B> architectural standards and practices by applying industry
best practices and technology developments<BR>Interact with contacts across the
enterprise for providing and receiving consultations<BR>Act as a role model and
change agent by providing technical leadership to design engineers,
implementation engineers, support engineers, software architects, and
application developers</SPAN><SPAN
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<DIV>Ashraf<BR>916-753-7432</DIV>
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<DIV>Ashraf Seddeek<BR>Managing Director<BR>Fremont Consulting</DIV>
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