Infrastructure Architect (Mobile Terminal / Scanni

Are you looking to launch your Information Technology career?  If so, then UPS is the place for you!

UPS is now recognized as a technology company spending more than $1 billion a year on information technology. UPS provides its customers unparalleled capability in tracking and distribution intelligence.  This technological infrastructure also enables UPS to provide fully integrated Web-enabled, business-to-business solutions.

UPS Information Services, a leader in information technology, is currently seeking career-minded individuals to join our team.  If you are highly motivated with a degree in Engineering or related discipline, then UPS is a great place for you to advance your career.

Job Description:

The Infrastructure Architect influences the development and implementation of Information Services (I.S.) strategy, initiatives, and governing policies. He/She conceives solutions, builds consensus, and sells and executes solutions across business areas. This position assists in defining the direction for projects and solution architecture.

The Infrastructure Architect supports I.S. leadership by planning and championing the execution of broad initiatives aimed at delivering value to internal and external stakeholders. He/She leverages data, technical, and business knowledge to drive the development of technical frameworks and solutions at portfolio and enterprise levels. This position is involved throughout the project life cycle with emphasis on the initiation, feasibility, and analysis phases.

Systems Engineering is looking for an infrastructure architect to be a key team member who can identify business opportunities, conceive solutions, work well with internal application and infrastructure groups (as well as external vendors), build consensus and plans, and execute solutions across multiple business areas. You will be required to demonstrate and grow your expertise in mobile hardware, embedded operating systems, Wi-Fi/cellular communications, vendor management and project management.  You will have the opportunity to present to application teams, business users and to all levels of management.

Primary Skill:  Technical Knowledge of Hardware & Software

As an Infrastructure Architect in Systems Engineering you will work with hardware manufacturers, application development, infrastructure and business representatives to develop solutions for UPS operations and customers.  The position requires excellent communication and coordination skills, proficiency at multitasking and ability to work with all levels of management.  Candidate should possess technical breadth in areas including mobile/industrial devices, mobile operating systems, cellular/Wi-Fi communications, and imaging/scanning technology.  This position requires strong business/process analysis skills and the ability to think strategically for longer term, enterprise benefit.  Projects include UPS drivers’ mobile devices, embedded operating system direction, global scanning and visibility systems, airline, in-vehicle systems, hub automation systems and various analyses and internal research and development projects.

Additional Skills:

Candidate should have previous development experience, strong project management skills and prior experience in formulating requests for proposals, financial analyses, statements of work and acceptance test plans.

Responsibilities:

Contributes to Architecture Initiatives and Strategy

• Contributes to the development and review of the systems capability strategy to meet business requirements.
• Provides guidance and information to support consistency of vision with business objectives.
• Develops and reviews solutions to ensure systems and processes align with the I.S. strategy.
• Researches solutions to ensure effective implementation of new technologies.
• Develops and evaluates innovative ideas to assess value added, impact, risks, challenges, opportunities, and benefits for the organization.
• Provides guidance as a subject matter expert to support the development of systems architecture.

Leads Technical Initiatives

• Analyzes business processes to improve aspects of information systems. 
• Leads complex technical project reviews to assess deliverables.
• Assists in technical plan preparations to meet business needs.
• Assists and collaborates with cross-functional teams to prepare technical resource plans.
• Provides guidance on technical aspects of systems development and integration to ensure strategies, roadmaps, policies, standards, and practices are properly applied.
• Leads development and adoption of technology assets to increase productivity, improve customer service, and strengthen competitive advantage.
• Identifies, assesses, and manages risks to ensure successful achievement of project deliverables.
• Evaluates requirements to perform impact analyses and to specify effective business processes.
• Identifies alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches to ensure optimal performance and to meet business needs.

Supports Architecture Solutions

• Produces detailed component specifications to support systems designs.
• Creates the designs of candidate architecture to ensure accuracy and fulfillment of requirements.
• Assists in preparing and implementing plans to execute business and technical initiatives.
• Provides technical guidance to support systems development and integration and to enable the timely delivery of I.S. solutions.
• Recommends technical strategies, roadmaps, policies, standards, and practices to ensure consistency and compliance.

Guides Infrastructure Architecture Design and Development

• Serves as the subject matter expert to provide strategic oversight and planning of enterprise initiatives to ensure infrastructure components are properly designed in alignment with enterprise infrastructure strategies.
• Reviews and recommends infrastructure technologies to meet business needs and to align with enterprise strategies.
• Develops and reviews solutions to ensure infrastructure systems and associated processes align with I.S. strategy.
• Analyzes business processes associated with managing and supporting systems infrastructure to improve information systems.
• Provides guidance on technical aspects of infrastructure systems development and integration to ensure strategies, roadmaps, policies, standards, and practices are properly applied.
• Leads development and adoption of infrastructure assets to increase productivity, improve customer service, and strengthen competitive advantage.
• Develops infrastructure assets, technical frameworks, and patterns to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and improve availability and reliability for customers.

Education:

The desired Infrastructure Architect will possess Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees in Engineering or related field or the equivalent in education and work experience.