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NOTES from conversation with the DirectorNeed: They have architecture in place but not clear if it is rational and not clear if it is the right architecture for two years down the road.
Look for in person’s background:• Done architect work in large distributed environment with dynamic changes
• Sees the global picture of where today and where need to go and consequences.
• Number one technology is Windows and VMWare
• Number two technology to look for is SQL Server. Will forgo this if someone with Windows and VMWare and good experience.
• Prefer degree but will look at non degreed with excellent experience.
Other notes:• Key Hire. This is the most key hire the Director will have made in his career.
• Tech Leader.
• High visibility
• Reports directly to the Director
• Will interface with the President of the company
Virtual Team: • DB Architect
• SAN Architect
• Process Architect
Will interface also with:• 8 software engineers who custom (proprietary) design they run
• 4 IT Managers who manage architects
• Will interface with the President of the company on down to the System Admins
• Will also mentor staff.
So,
need very strong communication skills.Environment:• This is technical environment
• Petabytes of data on SAN connecting to very large Window farms the largest farm is 2000 servers
• 10,000 data bases in one farm with work flow engine.
• 28 petabytes now and have capacity for 100 petabytes
• Massive moves of data
• VMWare virtualized
• Large CISCO Nexus switches
• Large ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services)
• Multiple distributive services
• Complex distributive Windows environment
• Automated Archival – able to bring terabytes of data and archive within a few hours
• 10 gig lines between Data Centers
• Backup and file replications of 3 types
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