Infrastructure Architect

San Francisco, CA

• Provide technical vision and inform strategy across business and technology – seen as an expert within IT peers at Gap and GID.
• Provide subject matter expertise on most if not all of the primary elements of GID’s systems infrastructure (Linux / UNIX, Oracle RDBMS, J2EE application servers, Networking, SAN/NAS, etc)
• Translate functional and service-level requirements in to well-documented technical designs
• Partner with technical managers and project managers to develop work plans that deliver implementations based on documented designs
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends in infrastructure best-practices to make informed recommendations for new tools and technologies
• Contribute to the IT budgeting process by reviewing long term strategic technology plans and business growth expectations, and translating these into high-level system requirements and deployment strategies
• Some level of “hands-on” participation may be required, including highly technical problem solving, assisting with complex build activities, and/or performing technical audits of work done by GID staff and vendors.  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant experience required
• 9 or more years of IT experience, and at least 3-5 years of leading IT infrastructure design & implementation of large-scale, high-volume systems infrastructures
• Has multiple specialized areas of technical expertise in the design, implementation and management of scalable, highly-available systems
• Experience in an e-commerce or other high-transaction volume, web-based systems in a hosted environment
• Hands-on experience in multiple of the following technologies:
• Enterprise-class Java application servers, such as Websphere or JBoss
• Oracle RDBMS in a RAC environment
• Linux / UNIX and server hardware
• Data center networking, including routing, switching and load balancing
• SAN / NAS technologies
• Experience with Agile or lightweight development methodologies a plus
• Has participated in significant projects & successful large scale deployments – projects that have 7-8 figure budgets and involve dozens of staff. 
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering presentations to senior executives
• Possesses comprehensive technical knowledge and organizational skills to oversee, coordinate, and participate in highly complex projects with high visibility and high impact on the business.
• Demonstrates creative thinking innovative approaches using multiple technologies – and works to clarify technical ambiguity

Please email resumes to sara_hollister@gap.com