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Architect
McGraw-Hill Education
New York, NY, United States
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Do you have a global perspective and are passionate about succeeding? If so, then let’s talk!
At McGraw-Hill Education, we’re accelerating learning to unlock the full potential of every learner. It’s this vision that sets us apart, contributing to a brighter future where the science of learning meets the art of teaching. We’re harnessing technology to enhance learning, both inside and outside of the classroom, deepening the connections between students and educators to empower greater success.
In fact, we also look for ways to better ourselves. As an MHE colleague, you’ll focus on aligning yourself to four Core Competencies to better anticipate customer needs, more fully engage across our organization, execute with agility and create better products for the educators and learners we touch.
If you’re smart, curious, and passionate about education – join us as we open doors. You’ll work in an enriching, collaborative environment where we create opportunities for learners and celebrate successes. Why? Because learning changes everything.
What will you get out of your career atMcGraw-Hill Education?
• You’ll receive a robust compensation package, 401(k) match, medical/dental/optical insurance and more.
• We all need some time to recharge once in a while. All full-time employees are eligible to receive paid time off, in addition to 10 company-paid holidays per year and a generous sick time policy.
• Eager for a personal and professional development fix? Benefit from online educational programs and/or a generous tuition reimbursement program.
• Are you passionate? If so, you’ll be part of collaborative, creative and purposeful teams who have a history of promoting from within.
• Every position at McGraw-Hill Education makes an impact on the future of education.
The Architect will design and architect a wide variety of business and technology projects. This position will report to the Director of Solutions and Database Engineering and will work in close concert with the Solutions Engineers and business team representatives on project activities. The Architect will create and document technical solutions required to support business infrastructure and project needs.
CRITICAL FUNCTIONS:
• Support segment based infrastructure design activities in support of business projects. Partner with the Relationship Manager and Solution Engineering team to define both business and technical requirements.
• Develop buildable and cost-effective solutions to meet business and project needs. Provide cost-effective solutions and continual efficiencies and improvement through the Solutions Design and Implementation process.
• Influence development teams on product lifecycle and standards adoption. Ensure solutions align to McGraw Hill Education product and usability standards. Provide input to product teams for reference architecture and implementation standards.
• Work with the Manager of Solutions Engineering to ensure all solutions are delivered within project timeline and budget. Work with the Lead Architects to ensure all required Quality Gate items are provide and accepted within the Build and Operations Team.
• Develop a detailed Bill of Materials for each engineered solution. Develop a buildable design package for each technical design. Develop all required project documentation including but not limited to solution design package.
• Based on enterprise and product-specific usage and adoption, identify cost optimization and service improvement opportunities. Drive efforts to reduce product footprint across enterprise and improve consistency of utilization. Recommend efforts to correct inconsistent deployment
• Cross Train Peers within the Solutions Engineering Team. Provide input in support of continual improvement to the Solutions Engineering and Implementation processes
The Architect will have expert level knowledge in designing implementing complex technical architectures in support of business needs. The Architect will capture, document and utilize business and technical requirements to support engineering projects from Initiate through production turnover.
Requirements
A successful candidate will have:
• Significant expertise (Three Plus years) in defining, designing, and deploying global business application infrastructures both internally and externally customer focused.
• Strong understanding and experience in application development life-cycle and alternative SDLC methodologies such as Agile.
• Some experience in architecting solutions for Public clouds such as Amazon AWS and Private Clouds such as Openstack, Cloudstack, or VCloud.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure and components in a managed IP environment (VLANS, firewalls, load balancers, routers, switches).
• Experience in proactive systems monitoring
• Experience with EMC SAN and NAS storage technologies.
• Experience with hardware and software products that provide high availability and disaster recovery functionality such as load balancers and clustering.
• Significant experience with solutions development, testing, prototyping proof of concept and migrations.
• Bachelor Degree in computer-related field preferred or equivalent experience.
A successful candidate may have:
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate new concepts, and drive change in process and behaviors.
• Strong analytical focus, results-oriented and execution driven, with the ability to align technology developments with the generation of potential competitive business advantage.
• Strong problem-solving and analysis skills
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly
• Ability to self-manage time, constraints, in a high pressure, rapidly changing technical environment.
• Interacts with and coordinates activities of cross-functional teams, including database administration, network engineering and project management staff
• Strong analytical focus, results-oriented and execution driven, with the ability to align technology developments with the generation of potential competitive business advantage.
• Possesses a clear perspective on product technology integration, interconnectivity, and operability.
• Strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills, with the ability to identify learning opportunities, improve current processes.
• Bottom-line oriented with the ability to push self and team for results.
• Able to identify and elaborate enterprise-wide impact of major business and technology trends
• Has acted within a matrix team providing an engineering focused role to research, develop and implement business infrastructure focused technology projects.
• Effective presentation delivery skills, especially to senior management on technology strategies and standards; able to create and maintain cross-segment relationships and foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and cooperation.
Next Steps:
If you’re interested in this position, submit your resume.
We’ll review your resume, and if you might be a match, we’ll contact you.
After our first conversation, you may be invited to interview with others at McGraw-Hill Education. This is your time to shine!
If you’re eager, dynamic and ultimately a good fit, you’ll be afforded the opportunity to change the future of education.
Join a team of those who want to make a difference in education, are intellectually curious and have integrity! We can offer a means for you to achieve the goals you want to accomplish in your career. Please apply – right now – we can’t wait to meet you!
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