Senior Associate Specialist: TS Systems Integration

Company: Drinks
Location: San Jose
Posted on: May 25, 2023

Job Description:

Want to be a part of our team?Responsible for translating the client's business requirements into specific systems, applications or process designs for very large complex technology solutions and integrating architecture. Acts as an advocate for the client as the ultimate authority on the architecture designed to address client business problems. Provides direction for design activities. Often project-based, sometimes working at customer sites.Working at NTTThe Senior Associate TS Systems Integration Specialist is to provide design, configuration and escalated problem management in client environments of low to medium complexity.They define system architectures for business opportunities during the project take on phase. They design and develop integration plans and create links for multi-platform, multi-vendor business solutions. These individuals identify and develop technology related opportunities and integrate IT resources to fulfil project requirements. They are able to compile technical specifications in a clear, concise, unambiguous manner to explain the advantages and disadvantages of options leading to the final solution and are able to create alternative solutions as backup planning.The Senior Associate TS Systems Integration Specialist establishes a track record of exceptional performance with regards to a combination of technical, service and/or business ability. These employees work towards expert level certification, whilst at the same time developing business knowledge.Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Deliver technical solutions to clients and take responsibility for the standards of work, project sign off and client satisfaction.
• Oversee the design or build of customized architecture or applications, integrating it with new or existing hardware, packaged and custom software, and communications infrastructure.
• Interpret client requirements and decompose them into hardware and system requirements and specifications.
• Contribute expertise towards a proposed technical solution and will work with internal colleagues to define the roadmap and milestones.
• Provide pre-sales support identifying opportunities and contributing expertise around the design and configuration requirements in relation to RFP / RFI and proposals of medium complexity.
• Provide user support, assisting with troubleshooting and design, configuration and escalated problem management.
• Develop technical training materials and conduct training programs and educate engineers on basic technical details.
• Act as key project team members charged with the analysis of user and technical requirements, specifications development, solution design and development, and in some environments may consult on testing and deployment processes.
• Expected to be technology leads for specific technologies and to use their deep knowledge of these technologies to propose enhancements and improvements.
• Oversee the design or build of customized architecture or applications, integrating it with new or existing hardware, packaged and custom software, and communications infrastructure.
• Develop systems to manage and monitor the progress of integration during the project planning phase and after initiation.
• Ensure the necessary resources required during the integration phase.
• Assess and effectively manage all risks associated with the project integration.
• Develop and manage stakeholder relationships to ensure the client's expectations are met and business growth is achieved.
• Provide stakeholders with accurate and meaningful information and conduct analytics to support management decision making. Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:
  • Knowledge and understanding of IT industry environment and business needs
  • Ability working with clients and business teams to create client-orientated solutions and services
  • Interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to present information clearly and succinctly
  • The ability to recognise opportunities for enhancement and continuous improvement
  • Displays persuasive and confident presentation, writing and report/proposal ability
  • High level of technical ability with respect to market, verticals, horizontals, business administration and business change
  • Ability to work in high-pressure situations
  • Ability to establish and manage processes and practices through collaboration and the understanding of business
  • Ability to manage urgent and complex tasks simultaneouslyAcademic Qualifications and Certifications:
    • Relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent
    • Relevant technical certifications
    • Project management certification (preferred)Required Experience:
      • Relevant demonstrated experience working with clients to understand their requirements and define appropriate solutions
      • Relevant demonstrated project management experienceWhat will make you a good fit for the role?Standard career level descriptor for job level:
        • Develops professional experience
        • Applies policy and procedures to solve variety of issues
        • Problems are moderate in nature
        • Build productive internal and external working relationships
        • Receives general instructions on routine work
        • Receives detailed instructions on new work
        • Typically needs a Bachelor's or equivalent and entry or basic level experience; or an advanced or equivalent degree without experience; or equivalent work experienceTechnical Requirements for job level:Experiences of design and implementation of on-prem server virtualization platformDeep knowledge of the following technologies;VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft Hyper-V architecture
          • Host Cluster (vSphere HA, MSFC)
          • VM Replication (vSphere Replication, Hyper-V replica)
          • vSwitch (VLAN tagging, LACP, etc)
          • Traffic segregation among management, VM, replication, storage and live migration
          • Disaster recovery (Site Recovery Manager, etc)SAN storage
            • SAN protocols (Fibre Channel and iSCSI)
            • Storage structure (HDD/SSD, RAID, Storage Pool, LUN, SP, etc)
            • Access Control (LUN masking, Fibre Channel zoning, etc)
            • Multipath IO (Path Selection Policy, ALUA, etc)
            • Performance optimization (Flash read cache, Auto Tiering, etc)
            • Array-based replicationBackup
              • In-guest agent backup
              • On-host VM (agent-less) backup
              • Off-host backup proxyBasic knowledge of the following technologies;Top-Of-Rack switch
                • Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (Nexus vPO, Cisco Stack-wise, etc)
                • VLAN trunkWindows Server
                  • Active Directory (Domain Controller)Deep understanding of server migration
                    • Server migration from on-prem server to VMware/Hyper-V VM. Experiences of Public CloudDeep understanding of the following technologies;
                      • VM services of AWS, Azure and/or GCP (Amazon EC2, etc)
                      • Storage services of AWS, Azure and/or GCP (Amazon EBS, etc)
                      • Network services of AWS, Azure and/or GCP (Amazon VPC, etc)
                      • Private connection service of AWS, Azure and/or GCP (Amazon Direct Connect, etc)
                      • BGP routing to build redundant path across Private connection and IPsec
                      • Security best practices (Account management, Permission control, FW policy, etc)Deep understanding of cloud migration
                        • Server migration from on-prem server to cloud VMDeep understanding of software licensing
                          • License limitation applied to VMs running on Cloud (Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, etc)Documentations skill
                            • Good documentation skill to describe system design concept and architecture. (Just parameter sheet is not enough)

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