Title: Architect  

Location: Pleasant Prairie, WI (On-Site)

Job Summary:

This role is a senior, hands‐on IT Architect responsible for designing and delivering highly available, reliable, and cost‐effective hosting solutions across a global enterprise. The position gathers requirements from business and IT stakeholders, leads architectural design and proof‐of‐concept efforts, and establishes standards, policies, and best practices for hosting services. The architect will work across VMware, Windows, Linux, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), automation, scripting, networking, containers, middleware, and modern software architectures, while driving risk management, disaster recovery readiness, and continuous improvement. This position requires a bachelor’s degree and extensive experience in architecture, engineering, and modern infrastructure technologies.

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

• Architect, design and deliver highly available, reliable and cost-effective hosting solutions. 
• Obtain requirements from end users, department heads or other IT discipline teams.
• Provide guidance, leadership and technical expertise for all IT Hosting Services initiatives.
• Architect, solution and perform POC (Proof of Concept) testing and documentation.
• Work with other teams to create an architectural model before moving forward with POC.
• Document, implement and review IT Hosting Services policies, procedures and solutions.
• Initiate, facilitate and promote activities to foster IT Hosting Services architecture discoveries.
• Initiate, facilitate and promote activities to foster effective Risk Management awareness, including disaster avoidance, change and problem management.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle and essential functions of the position and shall not be construed as the only duties that may be assigned for the position.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree. 
• 8+ years experience with VMware, SAN, Windows, and Citrix.
• May require travel to branch and international locations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage in a matrix and global organization.

·       Knowledgeable in modern software architectures like Microservices, n-tier architecture, Distributed Computing, Cloud, etc.

Benefits:

• Complete health insurance coverage and 401(k) with 6% employer match that starts day one!
• Multiple bonus programs.
• Paid holidays and generous paid time off.
• Tuition Assistance Program that covers professional continuing education.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are proud to foster an inclusive and diverse workplace culture. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We value diversity and believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to drive innovation, foster creativity, and achieve success. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to ensuring a fair and equitable recruitment and employment process for everyone.