FLEX Senior Solutions Architect, Marriott Bonvoy

Marriott Bonvoy

Location:

United States, Bethesda

Category:

IT - Software Development

Contract Type:

Employment contract

Salary:

83.17 - 101.11 USD / Hour

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Job Description:

Accountable for the research, analysis, design, creation and implementation of Property based products and services that contribute to the establishment of new service offerings in the public cloud space. Where appropriate, this role will make the “build vs buy” decisions with regards to services offerings. This role will have a team of infrastructure engineers (compute, storage, capacity) to develop the design and engineering specs, architecture patterns, and operational requirements supporting Marriott business applications across public clouds. Once the engineering specs and standards are defined, this team will lead the Operational Service Provider to execute across the fleet of 8500+ properties.

Job Responsibility:

Provides leadership, oversight, governance, and strategic direction related to Infrastructure services to enable the delivery of IT services
Defines the Marriott infrastructure architecture and governance model
Provides technical leadership, oversight, standardization, and validation of the effectiveness for the Enterprise Infrastructure environment
Research, designs, and implements high-performing software components that are standards-based, highly available and secured, delivering the required business functionality
Educates internal and external users of the technologies to continually improve the knowledge and skill-base of the organization on how best to operate and support the infrastructure services
Develops documents with a focus on how services will be leveraged in the solution architecture
Participates in the evaluation and selection of Infrastructure based products
Work closely with the EA team to facilitate alignment of plans with what is being delivered
Institutes governance based on best practices and ensure proper alignment to projects and major initiatives
Leads the analysis of the current environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommends solutions for improvement
Leads the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine the potential impact on the overall Infrastructure architecture
Supports Solution and Domain Architecture by providing architecture direction in terms of technology, software and infrastructure for projects in the delivery life cycle
Consults with architecture teams to identify when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate infrastructure needs
Oversees the documentation of all architecture design and analysis work
Defines, designs, implements and promotes standard configuration and change management, processes and practices
Collaborates with Project Managers and business unit leaders for all projects involving enterprise data
Acts as a leader and advocate of technology management, including coaching, training, and career development to staff
Liaises with vendors to select the products or services that best meet company goals
Develops and promotes technology management methodologies and standards
Defines requirements for Marriott Infrastructure Engineering and Service Providers to implement the appropriate tools, software, applications, and systems to support appropriate technology goals
establish methods and procedures for tracking technology quality, completeness, redundancy, and improvement
address technology-related problems in regards to systems integration, compatibility, and multiple-platform integration
Defines requirements for Service Providers to develop and implement key components as needed to create testing criteria in order to guarantee the fidelity and performance of technology architecture
Document the technology architecture and environment in order to maintain a current and accurate view of the larger technology picture

Requirements:

8+ years in an IT operational role supporting mission critical solutions or applications with 5+ years leading an infrastructure organization
Bachelor's Degree in IT-related field with five (5)+ years of equivalent combination of education and experience and training
3+ years of experience providing operations and sustainment support for cloud infrastructure service on Amazon or Azure or Ali cloud
5+ years’ experience in any of the following: Public Clouds/Virtual Deployment using ESXi, Amazon Web Services (AWS) / EC2/EKS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, Ali cloud, SaaS
Graduate degree in technical discipline
Strong diagnostic skills with regards to identification and classification of malicious BOT traffic
SaFe agile delivery framework
Experience supporting modern operating models (Site Reliability engineering)
Experience in System Engineering of servers, storage, network, etc.
Familiarity with large scale cloud infrastructure, including network architectures, routing, DNS, TCP/IP protocols, and SSL/TLS ciphers
In-depth understanding of observability tools like Splunk and Dynatrace and other relevant tools
Outstanding data analysis and data-driven decision-making skills
Ability to design a global end to end architecture that supports high service availability
Industry standard Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Experience in core enterprise applications and/or application development tools
Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Infrastructure Immutability, and/or API Driven Infrastructure
Experience working in DevSecOps and agile methodologies, harness, Terraform
Experience with the contractual language supporting IaaS, PaaS and SaaS support models
Experience working with Docker Containers, Jenkins, Container Orchestration, and Modern Application PaaS solutions for application build and runtime management
Supported infrastructure for retail and/or hospitality business
Experience in developing and implementing strategic IT technologies and related processes, procedures, and decision support
Experience with business requirements gathering/analysis
Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products
Experience in developing technology roadmaps and strategies

Nice to have:

Graduate degree in technical discipline
Strong diagnostic skills with regards to identification and classification of malicious BOT traffic
SaFe agile delivery framework
Experience supporting modern operating models (Site Reliability engineering)
Familiarity with large scale cloud infrastructure, including network architectures, routing, DNS, TCP/IP protocols, and SSL/TLS ciphers
In-depth understanding of observability tools like Splunk and Dynatrace and other relevant tools
Outstanding data analysis and data-driven decision-making skills

What we offer:

bonus program
comprehensive health care benefits
401(k) plan with up to 5% company match
employee stock purchase plan at 15% discount
accrued paid time off
life insurance
group disability insurance
travel discounts
adoption assistance
paid parental leave
health savings account
flexible spending accounts
tuition assistance
pre-tax commuter benefits
other life and work wellness benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:

March 22, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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