IT Solutions Architect - Lloyd Group : Job Details

About Lloyd

Founded in 1995, Lloyd is an IT consulting and services firm focused on client strategy, relationships, and responsiveness. Our commitment to our clients is to humanize their technology experience, to free them to build their businesses by taking the headaches out of technology. Our commitment to our Lloydians is to ensure that they succeed professionally and personally, which includes a balanced work and personal life.

Why Work for Lloyd

Lloyd was founded to create opportunities for our community to learn, earn, and live better. We strive to provide exceptional experiences for our clients by focusing on our Lloydians first. Through education, teamwork, and a fun work environment, our benefits are designed to promote a happier, healthier life balance.

Along with traditional benefits like 401(k) with employer matching and medical/dental/vision plans, Lloyd offers a Responsible Time Off Policy, where employees take the amount of time off they need when they need it. Lloyd also offers a flexible work environment (remote/hybrid), and partial or full reimbursement on remote office equipment, cell phone plans, certifications, and education.

We value our employees and have many programs in place to hear their feedback. Some stats include:

• Over 4.3 out of 5 stars on Glassdoor!
• Lloydian Net Promoter Score of 89, from a scale of -100 to 100 (this is updated quarterly from our Lloydian pulse survey; a Technology Firm benchmark is 28)
• Our Average Manager Tenure is over 10 years at Lloyd!
• Our Average Lloydian Tenure is over 5 years at Lloyd!

About the Role

The Solutions Architect (internally referred to as the Solutions Consultant) primarily designs information systems to be implemented according to an organizations goals, needs and objectives. They establish a systems basic structure, defining essential design features and providing a framework for clients to follow.

Throughout the life cycle of system implementation, the Solutions Architect will typically oversee building business plans, strategic direction, and standards for procedures and policies as they relate to IT systems architecture. They collaborate with team members across Lloyds centers to ensure application & infrastructure requirements are understood and translated to technical solutions.

Accountabilities

Solutions Design

• Responsible for the creation and implementation of technology and business solutions for assigned clients.
• Designs information systems to be implemented according to an organizations goals, needs and objectives.
• Assesses and defines process, workflow & technical requirements, while designing solutions to match those requirements.
• Oversee building business plans, strategic direction, and standards for procedures and policies as they relate to IT systems architecture.
• Prepare architectural design documentation, including diagrams and inventories.
• Advise on options, risks, costs vs. benefits, impact on other business processes and system priorities.
• Present, explain, and discuss solution design to client contacts including c-level executives

Lloyd Solution Catalog

• Stays knowledgeable in Lloyds complete offerings of solutions and services.
• Seeks ways to apply technology to client challenges and business processes and researches and provides information on technical trends.
• Works with Managing Director of Client Strategy to develop, document, and train Client Strategy personnel on Lloyds catalog of solutions.
• Reviews new and existing IT projects, systems design and plans, and conducts research on emerging technologies to support changes in infrastructure, applications, and workflow.

Client Strategy Project Execution

• Assists Principal Consultants with assigned clients implementation through the IT Roadmap (ITR) process.
• Assists Principal Consultants with assigned clients transition through the LloydCare Conversion (LCC) process.
• Keep current on assigned client industries, specifically related to IT & Compliance, through associations, events, blogs, news, emails.
• Work with Lloyd internal teams to develop Lloyds Minimum Technical Requirements.

Cross Center Collaboration

• Consults with Lloyd internal teams (such as Professional Services and Service Delivery) to develop appropriate technical (infrastructure & application/workflow) solutions.
• Collaborates with other members of Lloyd internal teams and assigned client end users & senior management on establishing business goals.
• Designs, develops, and supervises implementation of test plans for new and existing Lloyd Solutions, in addition to making recommendations to senior management and Engagement.

Opportunity Board Management & Client Documentation

• Follow Lloyd process for keeping opportunity data current and progress documented.
• Utilize Lloyd internal tools for storing client diagrams and agreement data.

Criteria for Success

• Minimum 6 years of industry related experience, preferably in business-to-business, Emerging/strategic client segment; or
• A record of achievement in the Technical (Systems Architecture, Technical/Business Consulting) Consultant Position.
• Four-year college degree from an accredited institution, or equivalent professional training
• Solution deployment experience preferred

Technical Competencies

The below technical competencies are included to give an idea of the type of environments we work with. If you have limited experience with any of these technologies but feel you would be a great fit for the role as described above, we encourage you to apply!

Knowledge in the below technical applications:

• Firewall (Meraki, Fortinet, Cisco)
• Switches (Meraki, Cisco, HP)
• Wireless (Meraki, Cisco)
• Email (Microsoft 365, MS Exchange)
• Virtualization (VMware, HyperV)
• File (Local, Remote, SharePoint)
• Remote Access (RDS, Citrix)
• DR (cloud vs colocation vs SaaS)
• MS licensing
• Security (SentinelOne, Azure MFA, Bitlocker, etc.)
• Azure a plus
• Mac experience a plus

Role Logistics

• This is a full-time position; days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. with flexibility based on needs
• This position allows for remote work opportunities (expected 90% remote annually)
• This position may require travel to industry events, Lloyd client offices, Lloyd office locations, and Lloyd events where locations will vary.
• Expected salary range $100,000 - $150,000 depending on experience.

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