SR ARCHITECT - IT

Position Overview:

The primary responsibility of the Senior Architect - IT is to bridge the gap between business problems and technology solutions while creating architecture implementation plans and developing risk assessment of related applications. 

All duties are to be performed in accordance with departmental and The Venetian Resort’s policies, practices, and procedures. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Oversee the process for choosing, buying or building technology solutions.
• Review project concepts and proposals and develops appropriate technical designs to facilitate integration into the enterprise architecture.  Technical designs include software, systems, storage, virtualization, logical and physical networks and security strategies to comply with established standards and meet the requirements of the organization.
• Manage and prioritize the allocation of work (projects and service requests) across the team and delivers them within the defined scope, schedule, and budget.
• Perform product reviews, technology evaluations and service delivery considerations.
• Ensure the availability, reliability, integrity, and efficient operation of the enterprise IT architecture is sustained.
• Act as project lead in the design and review of new technology.
• Conduct capacity planning as needed.
• Conduct research on products, solutions, services, architecture designs, and standards remain abreast of developments in the technology industry.

Additional Duties & Responsibilities:

• Establish and implements design principles, policies, and strategies to ensure the security and integrity of the enterprise technology environment.
• Prepare design documentations, illustrations and white papers to support design decisions.
• Perform all work in a manner to ensure interoperability and maintain compliance of enterprise computing systems.
• Ensure that proposed and existing technology and security architectures are aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce a policy for standardizing infrastructure configuration standards.
• Provide recommendations to senior or executive IT management regarding product/vendor selection, technology evolution, and design strategies.
• Provide root cause analysis, developing and executing corrective action plans for resolution of complex technical issues related to platform and service performance disruptions.
• Safety is an essential function of this job.
• Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this job.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Duties & Responsibilities:

Company Standards of Conduct

All The Venetian Resort Team Members are expected to conduct and carry themselves in a professional manner at all times. All Team Members are required to observe the Company’s standards, work requirements and rules of conduct.

Additional Duties & Responsibilities:

• Minimum Qualifications
• 21 years of age.
• Proof of authorization/eligibility to work in the United States.
• Bachelor's degree in MIS or similar technical program or acceptable industry and work experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Nevada Gaming Control Board Registration and any other certification or license, as required by law or policy.
• Experience in three or more domains (Networking, Systems, Software, Data).
• 5 years in Networking specific technologies
• LAN routing, switching, and WAN technologies, or experience involving transmission and policy control traffic engineering and operations.
• Border security architecture design, implementation and support in a complex enterprise environment.
• Security appliance technologies (IDS/IPS, Firewall, Proxy, Application Delivery, SEIM, NAC, Traffic Analyzers, WAAS, and SSLVPN solutions).
• Layer 7 Next Generation Firewall; Web Filtering Proxy; Packet Brokering technologies.
• 5 years in Systems specific technologies
• Microsoft Server Operating Systems, Active Directory, Group Policy and related enterprise operating software technologies.
• VMWare or comparable virtualization architecture design, implementation and support in a complex enterprise environment.
• Storage platform integration, support and tuning with Enterprise Storage solutions and software from 3Par, Hitachi, EMC or equivalent.
• Hands on, demonstrable experience in multiple of the following technologies: Cisco UCS, EMC, Data Domain, RedHat, F5, DNS, Certificates, Iaas cloud solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

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• 5 years in Software specific technologies
• Microsoft technologies and frameworks, e.g., SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, WCF, Web API.
• Web services (SOAP, RESTful).
• Concepts of Object-Oriented Design, CMS Integration, Web Application Security.
• Experience in integrating with Cloud technologies, Platform (PaaS) & Application (SaaS).
• Experience in designing UML diagrams.
• 5 years in Data specific technologies
• OLTP and OLAP data solutions leveraging MDM, BI and data warehouse development techniques.
• Understanding of the differences between relational and object modeling.
• Data modeling - Relational Database Design; Dimensional Database Design; Hub and Spoke Database Design.
• ETL and Data integration techniques.
• Experience in designing UML diagrams.
• Demonstrated experience of working in a highly regulated environment (MICS, PCI, SOX).
• Training and experience with ITSM practices.
• Working knowledge of Architectural Principles and Design methodologies.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with guests and other Team Members of different backgrounds and levels of experience.
• Must be able to work varied shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays.

Physical Requirements:

• Lift or carry 20 pounds, unassisted, in the performance of specific tasks, as assigned.
• Physically access all areas of the property and drive areas with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Maintain composure under pressure and consistently meet deadlines with internal and external customers and contacts.
• Ability to interact appropriately and effectively with guests, management, other team members, and outside contacts.
• Ability for prolonged periods of time to walk, stand, stretch, bend and kneel.
• Work in a fast-paced and busy environment.
• Work indoors and be exposed to various environmental factors such as, but not limited to, CRT, noise, dust, and cigarette smoke.