Hiring: Infrastructure Solutions Architect 5 - Hybrid (Lansing, MI)

Infrastructure Solutions Architect 5 Location: Lansing MI - Hybrid
Duration: 12+ Months
Only for MI candidates
Top Skills & Years of Experience:

Five (5) or more years of experience in Cisco Nexus & Catalyst. Experience with Cisco Nexus Data Center products, Unified Computing Systems, Cisco ACI, Catalyst switches and VMware NSXFive (5) or more years of experience and expertise in data center networking and operational system fundamentals.Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) certificated.
Project Objective
The objective of this project is to obtain a resource with the experience, knowledge and skillsets needed to provide senior support of the State’s data center network upgraded infrastructure. This project engagement will be for a one-year period (10/1/2023 – 9/28/2024) up to 1984 hours with the option to increase or extend if agreed to by the SOM.

Scope of Work
This position is responsible for supporting the SOM data center network upgrade, optimization and quality assurance for implementation and management of the Cisco network infrastructure.

This position is also responsible to provide junior level staff with mentoring and transfer of knowledge. Will assist daily support, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

This position requires an extremely high degree of technical skill, initiative, and creativity and must keep current with new and emerging theories, regulations, standards, technologies, and practices in tools, software, networking, operating systems, and hardware in order to provide for the needs of the State. Responsibilities also include end-to-end facilitation, validation, and the roll out of new technologies for enterprise data center network.

This position also involves mentoring, coaching, coordinating, and consulting with fellow systems administrators and architects within the Enterprise Architecture, Michigan Cyber Security, and other