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Company: Dematic Corporation

Location: MI - Grand Rapids

Req ID: 47670

Position Title: IT Solutions Architect

Experience Level: Mid Level

Education Required: Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience

Travel Required: Yes

Company Description:
Dematic is a global engineering company that provides a comprehensive range of intelligent warehouse logistics and materials handling solutions. With a knowledge network of more than 4000 skilled logistics professionals, located in 20 countries, Dematic is able to provide customers with a global perspective in materials handling solution design. Our commitment to research and development combined with manufacturing plants in the US, Europe, China and Australia ensures Dematic has the range and capability to provide reliable, flexible, cost effective solutions globally. Our successful track record has led to the development and implementation of more than 5000 integrated systems for a customer base that includes small, medium and large companies doing business in a variety of market sectors. Dematic generates a global business volume of around $1.2B. For more Dematic information, visit www.dematic.us.

Dematic is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace.

Job Description:
Dematic’s SW & IT Consulting Services Team has an immediate need for a seasoned IT Solutions architect with customer facing experience in a consultative manner. This role is critical in leading a best-practices approach to IT services delivery through the customer solution life cycle while linking to the Dematic business model. This position requires a true technologist with experience in enterprise and real-time environments. This position will be key in driving change throughout the organization as well as supporting customer engagements with heavy IT requirements. We are looking for a technical leader who understands the importance of best-practices and standards but has the technical depth and experience to solve some of the most challenging problems as they relate to performance and uptime. An understanding of customer sensitivity and true professionalism is a must.

Key Responsibilities:
Support the development and delivery of Dematic’s IT Services technical assessment and support model including post-commissioning/pre-production performance testing
Performs in-depth of analysis of network design and solution integration
Applies best-practice network design principles to high-speed, low latency requirement solutions
Generates network configurations and diagrams of both low and highly complex networks
Develops deep technical knowledge of Dematic solutions to support the performance requirements delivered to customers
Develop network improvement plans for Dematic solutions
Act as a key resource for solution road-map planning
Apply best practices and concept different architecture for Dematic’s WCS software platforms utilizing technologies such as VMware, Microsoft clustering, Microsoft Hyper V
Architect and concept business continuity solutions
Troubleshoot and provide recommendations for Customer SAN environments and disk configurations
Understand, review and respond to WAN, LAN, WLAN and VPN issues and identify areas of improvement for standard operating procedures/design
Support customer’s solutions remotely and/or on-site as needed
Support customer engagements to help facilitate requirements gathering, architecture design and support implementation as part of a cross-functional team.

A willingness to travel in order to satisfy Client needs (<15%)
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate
against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status,
or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.