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Desktop Services and Solutions Architect (ID: 3191) Don't show me jobs with titles like this
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- Cisco Systems Don't show me jobs from Cisco Systems
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- Permanent
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- Full time
General Summary The Mobility Solutions Design & Engineering Team is a global team responsible for desktop computing, mobile smartphone and tablet solutions. The team is focused on delivering an agile and secure computing architecture, developing innovative client solutions to help improve client productivity and enabling a client environment to support future computing industry trends. We have an excellent opportunity for a keen, enthusiastic and experienced IT engineer/architect to join an established team in a major blue chip technology client based in Middlesex. If you are interested in working on an exciting project, using leading edge technology, in a great working environment, with very capable people and you have the relevant experience outlined below then this is the position for you. Job Description The role will be based around evaluating and defining strategies, roadmaps and implementation of new client computing based services and solutions. Working closely with stakeholders across IT and the business, coordinating the team's technology road map and requirements to ensure that implementation efforts are aligned with enterprise-wide strategies and standards. Responsibilities: * Defining client services future roadmaps and strategies around a wide range of technologies and capabilities * Developing technical prototype environments and concepts * Participate in evolving and influencing industry trends, technologies and direction, benchmarking * Evaluating future technologies and interpreting business requirements, strategies and mapping them to IT capabilities * Building business partnerships across the various IT teams, business units, vendors and clients * Ensuring compliance of architecture principles, policies and standards Technical Skills Required: * Strong industry experience with MCSE, or other systems engineering certification * A strong background in several of the following at an architectural level: o Server (Windows Server, Unix, SQL) o Desktop (Windows OS, Active Directory, Mac OSX, Software/Package deployment) o Desktop Virtualisation (VMWare, Citrix) o Device management experience would be valuable (SCCM, Altiris) o Desktop Application Knowledge - Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 o Security o High Availability/Business Continuity (Clustering, Load balancing, failover) o Awareness of systems management and operational support tools * Experience with Mobile Smartphone platforms and working knowledge of internetworking technology (CCNA level preferred) * Ability to drive technology direction, evaluate performance of solutions and identify new technologies that can improve/fill established gap areas Soft Skill Required * Passionate about driving new technology solutions * Good global team player with strong leadership skills * Excellent client focus and client facing skills * Strong analytical and methodical problem solving skills * Excellent communication and presentation skills * Manage Stakeholder Relationships (e.g. identify and leverage stakeholders; clarify expectations) * Planning & Prioritization - create Roadmap (e.g. identify and prioritize projects and/or tracks of work and translate into integrated delivery schedule and timeline) * Strong documentation capabilities with the ability to write positional papers, white papers, policies, best practises and strategy documents desktop architect mobile smartphone virtualisation citrix sccm
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