Principal Systems Architect

Are you ready to join a collaborative, results-focused team that enjoys helping businesses accomplish their goals? In this role, you'll report to the Director of Information Technology, and primarily be responsible for supporting the development, operation, and capability evolution of Accusoft's IT infrastructure.

A day in life includes being able to: lead systems engineering efforts to develop a multi-year reference architecture roadmap, identify and track system-level requirements and use cases, design new capabilities, and model and optimize current systems, provide support for cloud and on-premise servers and systems, as well as network equipment, storage and backups, be a subject matter expert in both process and technology and will help train and mentor team members and contribute to reviewing and creating our policies and procedures, and consider an enterprise-wide scope when solving highly complex/uncertain problems.

About the Role:

Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Architectural Leadership:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable and efficient systems architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the IT team in aligning technology solutions with business goals.

System Design and Implementation:

• Design and implement complex systems, ensuring performance, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate systems and applications.

Technology Evaluation:

• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the organization.
• Conduct technology evaluations and make recommendations for adoption.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Communicate architectural decisions and plans to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Performance Optimization:

• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in existing systems.
• Implement best practices for system monitoring and optimization.

Work Schedule/Environment/Travel:

• No travel required, but working onsite where our IT equipment is located (Tampa HQ Building and Tampa-area datacenter) will be required.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (B. S.) or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in systems architecture; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• History of leading technical teams to deliver scalable and flexible solutions.
• Systems architecture experience defining and documenting system designs, assessing tradeoffs of risks and performance requirements.
• Extensive experience with AWS cloud technologies.
• Demonstrable experience evaluating infrastructure implementations to identify and mitigate issues related to performance (e.g., latency, throughput, resource requirements, etc.), scalability, and maintainability.
• Experience with Linux systems administration (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, etc)
• Experience with Docker and other container technologies
• Experience working within cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST 800-53, 800-171 and/or ISO 27001.

Desired Skills and Certifications:

• Prior experience with Veeam, Backup Exec, or similar backup software
• Experience supporting, implementing, and/or administering networks such as Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP
• Experience with Virtual Networks, e.g. VMware
• Experience with Kubernetes and other container orchestration tools
• Experience with storage technologies like SAN, NAS, or hyper converged systems
• Professional certification as an AWS Certified Solutions Architect, TOGAF, CCSP or similar
• Linux Certified Engineer or System Administrator (Red Hat, SuSE, Debian, etc)
• Microsoft Azure Certification
• Certified Virtualization Administrator on platforms like vSphere, OpenStack, etc

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities for direct reports but may mentor less experienced peers and provide team leadership.

About Accusoft:

Accusoft is a software development company specializing in content processing, conversion and automation solutions. From out-of-the-box and configurable applications to APIs built for developers, we help organizations solve their most complex content workflow challenges. Our patented solutions enable users to gain insight from content in any format, on any device with greater efficiency, flexibility, and security.

Benefits and Compensation:

This Principal Systems Architect position pays a competitive salary commensurate with experience! We also offer full-time employees a complete range of benefits, including

• Health, vision, dental, disability, life insurance, and health savings accounts (HSA and FSA).
  • Free Medical and Dental plans are available for employee-level coverage.
  • Supplemental Benefits like accident and critical illness insurance.
  • Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Well-Being programs.
• Paid time-off program is front-loaded post 90 days of employment.
  • 4-6 weeks of 100% Paid Parental Leave for expecting parent(s) of newborn or adoption parent(s).
  • Bereavement, Jury-Duty, Voting, and Military Paid Leaves.
• Full Training and Career Development reimbursement.
  • Tuition Reimbursement and E-learning courses are offered through Udemy, Pluralsight, and other sources identified throughout the year.
• Stock option plan and 401K Matching.
• A Social Committee dedicated to coordinating fun virtual activities for the team.
• Experience a work-life balance that enables staff to feel more in control of their working life.

**At Accusoft, the health and safety of our people are our number one priority. We encourage our employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.**

Ready to join our team?

If this job sounds like something you'd be interested in, feel free to apply. The application is short and will only take a few minutes. We are looking to fill this position ASAP and will reach out to schedule a time to talk and answer any questions you might have about the role.

ACCUSOFT CORPORATION is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, national origin, veteran, or disability status.