MS Cloud Infrastructure Architect

About GTT:

GTT is a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, simply and securely connecting people and machines to data and applications – anywhere in the world. We serve thousands of organizations, bringing together the right people, partners and technology to reduce the burden on IT teams and solve the most pressing networking and security challenges. Built on our top-ranked global Tier 1 network, GTT Envision is a single global technology platform to connect, orchestrate, virtualize and automate enterprise networks, enabling customers with consumable solutions to achieve business missions and meet ongoing demand when, where and how needed. Our portfolio includes SASE, SD-WAN, security, internet, voice and other connectivity options, complemented by a suite of professional services and exceptional sales and support teams in local markets around the globe. We partner with our customers to deliver Greater Technology Together. For more information, please visit www.gtt.net.

Role Summary:

This role is key to develop and maintain the underlying infrastructure platforms required to support GTT’s Managed Services portfolio. Its main function is focused on the evaluation, design, deployment and maintenance of infrastructure solutions that host the centralized components of GTT's Managed Services portfolio.

Job Scope/Supervision:

The MS Platform Architecture team reports to the VP of Engineering in the Product and Technology organization.

This team works closely together with the product architecture and automation organizations to build new central infrastructure capable of supporting components of GTT’s Managed Services portfolio.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and development of GTT’s Managed Services infrastructure platforms
• Continuous improvement of the existing infrastructure platforms
• Last escalation points for operational support of infrastructure platforms

Required Experience/Qualifications:

Advanced knowledge of designing and implementing central hosting solutions based on the supporting technologies listed below:

• Virtualization (KVM, ESXi, Kubernetes)
• x86 server hardware (Dell, HPE)
• Layer2/3switching solutions (Cisco Nexus, Nvidia Mellanox, Aruba CX)
• Storage solutions (Netapp, Ceph)
• Backup technologies (Veeam, Netbackup)
• Linux (RHEL & Debian based distributions)

Desirable Experience/Qualifications:

Advanced level of expertise in the following:

• Public Cloud Providers: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Private Cloud orchestration solutions (Cloudstack, Kubevirt)
• Automation of infrastructure deployments and configuration (Ansible, Python, Golang)

Core Competencies

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Effective Communications: Understanding effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective self-management practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
• Virtualization Services: Knowledge of the issues, regulations, business practices, and operations of virtualization services; ability to create and support a virtual environment that separates the physical infrastructure from the logical processing.

Universal Competencies

• Continuous Improvement: Knowledge of transformation initiatives to drive fundamental changes, enhance responsiveness and efficiency to core business practices. Ability to drive cultural changes from best effort to results oriented.
• Customer First (Non-Customer Facing): Knowledge of internal customer interactions, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and partnership. Ability to build an environment supporting internal customer value creation at every level.
• Operational Excellence: Understanding the system-driven processes for consistency and scalability. Ability to re-focus processes and systems from integration activity to maximizing a positive customer impact and anticipating future trends.