Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection—empowering people with cutting-edge technology that enables them to monitor, control, and protect the data that their businesses and lives depend on. We are in an exciting phase of rapid-growth and expansion and looking for a Infrastructure Architect  who is ready to join our Data Center Operations, and in creating a #CyberFit future and protecting the digital world!

Acronis is seeking an Infrastructure Architect for our US Team. This role is both very hands-on and high-level in terms of responsibility. We're talking about decision-making for the architecture of the infrastructure running the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud platform globally. Therefore, first and foremost, the focus would be on on infrastructure architecture and management of the infrastructure engineers. 

This leadership component is one of the most crucial traits of this position, and part of the reason why it's of vital importance for Acronis. To lead design of new infrastructure and cloud technology initiatives across many locations and including on-premise partner environments is a tall task. To partner with many teams across the technology and business areas, and leading technology solutions implementations by coordinating and providing mentorship to the engineers, technical project managers is another challenge, but we want someone who enjoys a challenge. 

Just like everyone at Acronis, the ideal candidate will embody all of our company values: responsive, alert, detail-oriented, makes decisions, and never gives up.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Accountable for the successful infrastructure design, build, implementation of solutions including the delivery of new and improvements to existing solutions.
• Define and detail the design/redesign and system architecture of the end-to-end cloud/infrastructure solution to support applications. (Cloud, Server, Storage, Network, Integration, Workstation, Application)
• Reverse engineer and detail architectural designs (cloud and on-premise) of systems. Participate in the leadership and delivery of architecture related projects.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and business teams to develop and review current application &/or technology architectures and recommend appropriate improvements.
• Become the cloud architecture authority for all existing applications/technologies including their current design and data flow with a main focus on cloud & infrastructure.
• Lead Cloud Migration projects & improvements.
• Build technology Roadmaps and implementation of infrastructure and platform delivery model and architecture.
• Continuously learn about new technology solution offerings and recommend adoptions into the enterprise for virtual private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-prem solutions.
• Perform overall capacity planning and forecasting for IT Infrastructure and identifying and implement optimization strategies. (Cloud, Server, Storage, Network, Integration, Application)

WHAT YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• 3+ years hands-on experience with Cloud Platforms – preferably in Azure, GCP, or AWS
• 10+ years of experience in hands-on architecture role designing and implementing distributed systems. (Server, Storage, Network, Integration, Application)
• 5+ years of experience as a senior architecture or leadership role
• Experience in architecting, provisioning, and leading infrastructure, public/private/hybrid cloud, applications, and integrations across diverse platforms
• Solid grasp of Dev/Ops technologies and processes related to cloud and platform solutions
• In-depth technical skills in infrastructure design & server infrastructure implementation
• Experience building security reference architecture for full cloud deployments and hybrid scenarios
• Familiarity with Information Security and Compliance requirements such as Payment Card Industry (PCI), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), and global Data Privacy Laws
• Solid Grasp of Datacenter architectures and best practices, high-availability, capacity planning, system performance, and diagnostic techniques and methodologies.
• Good communication skills to articulate strategic recommendations to Executive Management, Architects, and Development Partners
• Knowledge in Cloud Disaster Recovery planning and testing.

Desired:

• Azure, GCP, or other IT industry Certifications
• Cloud PaaS and IaaS platforms
• Knowledge in Linux, Windows, DB, VMWare, HCI, Network, Active Directory including Federation Services

WHO WE ARE

Acronis is revolutionizing cyber protection by unifying backup, disaster recovery, storage, next-generation anti-malware, and protection management into one solution. This all-in-one integration removes the complexity and risks associated with non-integrated solutions and offers easy, complete and reliable data protection for all workloads, applications, and systems across any environment—all at a low and predictable cost.

Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, Acronis now has more than 2,000 employees and offices in 34 locations worldwide. Its solutions are trusted by more than 5.5 million home users and 500,000 companies, and top-tier professional sports teams. Acronis products are available through over 50,000 partners and service providers in over 150 countries and 26 languages.

Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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