IT Architect

A multinational organization is currently hiring for the position of IT ARCHITECT - CLIENT DESIGN & MANAGEMENT for their Pakistan office. This is a remote job with 2 positions available. A minimum of 8-10 years' experience is required.

Salary Range: 200K to 250K per month. Send your resumes now.

Tasks:

• Integration of clients in deployment and update infrastructures for Windows 10 Enterprise ("Long Term Servicing Branch" (LTSB)) within a closed network - conception of the technical protection of the Windows 10 LTSB clients.
• Planning and conception of the migration of approx. 1600 Windows 7 clients into the new infrastructure.
• Distribution of the clients across Germany and in few sites through small network bandwidths.
• Migration of the scripts for the initial inclusion in the AD domain and the configuration of the Cisco AnyConnect VPN tunnels on Windows 10 LTSB.
• Migration of clients from a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory domain to a Windows Server 2016 Active Directory domain.
• Migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 LTSB.
• Implementation of the migration steps in cooperation with the support team.
• Creation of a rollout concept for approx. 650 clients with a very short changeover period.
• Independent definition and maintenance of target images for software, system and solution architectures that are required to operationalize the business requirements for new services or the expansion of existing services.
• Coordination of the software, system and solution design in the IT projects of the project portfolio and project management in compliance with the guidelines and standards of the solution architecture and the higher-level IT enterprise architecture as well as the technical security architecture.
• Identification of optimization potentials of IT processes from an architectural point of view (cost reduction, quality increase, process rationalization and standardization).
• Review and evaluate IT processes for inconsistencies, redundancies, and dependencies to ensure a consistent IT process architecture.
• Acceleration of standards in IT systems and IT processes as well as recognition and development of automation potentials.
• Ensure regular reporting to team leaders on work progress, risks and issues.
• Participation in all relevant working groups including independent preparation and presentations and decision templates.
• Ensuring a transfer of know-how.
• Performing the role of contact person for customers, departments and teams in the area of responsibility.
• Advising customers on new products, features, innovations and their implementation/solution options.
• Design of new Windows client releases for various application areas, such as office, production, trade fairs and events.
• Plan, design, and develop Group-wide client management and software distribution (Microsoft Endpoint Manager).

Requirements:

• Experience in delivering applications across on-premises and cloud-native infrastructures.
• Experience in designing and further developing the MECM architecture using distribution points/site servers.
• In-depth knowledge of the design, consulting and implementation of Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager and Intune (Microsoft Endpoint Manager).
• Solid knowledge in the development of client releases in complex IT landscapes.
• Relevant experience in dealing with Windows 10 in the enterprise environment (administration, Windows Installer, features, services, GPO, automation).
• Good knowledge of operating systems, networks, servers, Internet and end devices.
• Proven capabilities in modeling application and system architectures, as well as ability to visualize technical concepts and translate them into integrated systems.
• Presence of ITIL Foundation V3 and Microsoft MCTS certificates desirable.
• Very good English skills required, spoken and written.

Location: Information Technology and Services - Islamabad, Pakistan