Design Tech Lead

The Design Technical Lead (DTL) is viewed as a subject matter expert that is expect to translate application requirements into a thorough infrastructure design and helps drive the delivery and implementation of such infrastructure. This position is to support a large variety of efforts related primarily to Data Center consolidation, Not Permitted Technology remediation and multiple initiative & transformation projects. The DTL leads and/or participates in the design, development, and implementation of complex system engineering activities involving cross-functional technical support, hosting and data center capabilities.

Responsible for components of complex engineering and/or analytical tasks and activities. Establishes input/output processes and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility, coordination of subsystems design, and integration of total system. Able to provide and communicate complex technology solutions across differing audiences including technical, managerial, business executives, and/or vendors. Is responsible for multiple, complex projects; directs activities of teams related to special initiatives or operations.

Leads the resolution process for complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results.

Job Description

The DTL responsibilities include:

* Responsible for coordination and execution of engineering and technical aspects of each assigned project.

* Scheduling and leading technical deep dives

* Participate and lead in requirements gathering exercises

* Document all of the projects scope, requirements, assumptions, and general info using standard templates

* Responsible for delivery and approval tracking of the official design artifacts used to fulfill the infrastructure build of each project

* Execute appropriate engagements to the impacted teams for their involvement (e.g., server placements, network connectivity, procurement, etc.)

* Participate in peer reviews of design decisions to ensure accuracy and alignment of best in class design

* Produce weekly status reports of all project activity to direct manager

* Input accurate time keeping against each project

* DTL remains engaged at every stage of the project through the end of the warranty period.

* Forecasting – provides the resource manager with forecast estimates for expected project durations

Required Job Skills

Non-Technical:

* Ability to estimate durations and meet deadlines

* Ability to work on at least 4 design projects in parallel

Technical - must demonstrate broad understanding of each item:

* Infrastructure - VMWare & X86 platforms

* Datacenter practices and procedures for deploying devices (classes, etc.)

* Network - demonstrated working knowledge of Layers 2 & 3 rules & routing, DNS, VLAN, load balancing (GTM/LTM), fault tolerant network practices

* Security - AD and OU Practices – Groups, Service Accounts, Permissions

* Security - SSO / AD / Network / PCI Requirements

* Middleware – Web Sphere, Apache, HIS, IIS, Siteminder / SSO, MQ, Active Directory

* Basic understanding on programming languages (e.g., Java, C#, Perl, etc.)

* RDBMS - Oracle, DB2, SQL

Desired Job Skills

Experience in the following areas would be a plus:

* Development experience in systems with high transactional volume

* Dev Ops experience with Ansible Tower, XL Release, Jenkins

* Container technology experience in Red Hat Open Shift, Docker/Kubernetes

Tata Consultancy Services is an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India with its largest campus located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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