Job Purpose
The Infrastructure Solutions Architecture (ISA) group at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is a cross-disciplined team that takes a full stack view on solution development. This team participates in the definition of high-level functional and non-functional requirements, analyzes technical trade-offs, decomposes major components and subsystems, and helps define the interfaces, collaborations, and dependencies between them.
Responsibilities
- Develop and define infrastructure standards along with reusable reference architecture patterns
- Responsible for alignment with perimeter security architecture and design standards with business strategy, service delivery, and client and vendor relationships
- Focus developing resilient infrastructure solutions with a focus on scalability, reliability, availability, performance, and security
- Oversee the upkeep and consistency of our standards as expressed in Global Design Specifications annually.
- Partner closely with ISA Innovation and ISA Assurance teams to ensure they are aware of efforts underway to help maintain a feedback loop regarding new business requirements and challenges we have encountered
- Maintain continued knowledge of the business and IT architecture principles to identify and evaluate alternatives solutions
- Help identify gaps in current enterprise guiding principles and policies
- Review plans, processes, and strategies to identify areas for improvement or update
- Create/update Enterprise Architecture Guidance in the form of Design Patterns, Standards, and Implementation Guides
- Partner closely with ICE Enterprise PMO to ensure solutions can be delivered on time and within budget
- Create diagrams and documentation with all components that comprise IT systems including network topology with security measures and vulnerabilities
- Analyze IT specifications to assess security risks
- Design and implement safety measures and data recovery plans
- Work closely with subject matter experts to develop and deliver complete architecture solutions
- Provide governance recommendations for all existing cloud services and methodologies
- Ensure that all logging and monitoring concerns are well understood and implemented according to regulations
- Maintain continued education and certification in the relevant areas of expertise required of this role
Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field
- Extensive background in designing infrastructure architectures for global enterprises
- Previous experience working in Network Architecture or Engineering.
- Previous experience working in a low-latency environment, such as the financial industry. Good knowledge of server operating systems and their TCP/IP stacks, Linux, and Windows
- Demonstrated technical expertise and acumen of over 10 years or more in one or more specialty fields (Systems – HW/OS, Storage, Security, Networking – L2/L3, Cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP)
- Maintain strong hands-on technical expertise to facilitate proof of concept evaluations and foster collaboration with engineering teams
- Experience in establishing and enforcing standards and practices
- Ability to resolve complex issues in creative, efficient, and effective ways
- Knowledgeable of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF/ITIL
- Has experience in developing enterprise security design patterns, standards, and guidelines
- Strong familiarity with networking, virtualization, and general IT systems
- Broad knowledge of core information security principles, such as access control, least privilege and data integrity, along with security capabilities
- Programming/Scripting Languages: Python, Perl, PowerShell
- Knowledge of a product technology and system level integration
- Previous experience in the domains of identity, authentication, and information security
- Industry certification preferred (CISSP, CISA, GIAC, CCSP, Cloud provider certifications)
- Technical security certifications are not required but considered an asset, such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GPEN, GCFE, CCNA, CCNP
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to conduct presentations to peers, cross- functional teams and director level of leadership
- Experience in a DevSecOps environment
- Understanding/Knowledge of global security frameworks and standards, such as NIST, CIS, FIPS
