Computer Systems Architect​/ITD-CVISN Systems Architect

Job Title

Computer Systems Architect / ITD-CVISN Systems Architect

Jackson, MS

3 years

Contract

Base pay range 60–65 per year as provided by Accord Technologies Inc.

• Serve as MDOT’s ITD/CVISN Systems Architect: integrate and unify commercial vehicle registration, permitting, and enforcement functions for ITD/CVISN Level 1 compliance; provide architectural guidance and attend monthly ITD ACCB architecture meetings.
• Responsible for archival data retrieval from the MDOT Automated Permit System (APS), a Visual Fox Pro based system, to query, export, distribute archival data, and calculate statistics, financial recaps, and other information as required by MDOT departments.
• Operational management of approximately 500 intranet and internet‑exposed Windows and Linux‑based virtual and physical servers statewide, including deployment, AD management, provisioning, and troubleshooting of OS stack issues (OS, SQL, Oracle, web server, application performance, network, name resolution, storage, etc.).
• Operational management, troubleshooting, and onsite/remote repair or upgrade of Dell/EMC Unity 480F, VPLEX VS2, and Isilon storage systems.
• Operational management, troubleshooting, and onsite/remote repair or upgrade of Cisco UCS and HP servers, blade systems, Virtual Connect infrastructure, and FC switches.
• Operational management, troubleshooting, and onsite/remote repair or upgrade of VPLEX Metro.
• Operational management, troubleshooting, and onsite/remote repair or upgrade of VMware vSphere installations in the Jackson, MS area.
• Operational management, troubleshooting, and onsite/remote repair or upgrade of Veeam v11 and v12+ Backup and Recovery systems.
• Operational management, including failover, troubleshooting, and onsite/remote repair or upgrade of Sun T5‑2 and Sun S7‑2 servers, Solaris 11, and Oracle 12c in a RAC environment running MDOT’s core Financial Management System (FMS) and other Oracle‑based systems.
• Operational management, troubleshooting, and onsite/remote repair or upgrade of HP MSL
  6480 LTO‑7 tape libraries.
• Onsite and remote network diagnostics and troubleshooting.
• Onsite and remote datacenter failover processes and procedures (1‑hour response required 24/7 for planned events and emergencies).
• Onsite and remote maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of APC Symmetra PX and SUVT UPS power systems.
• Troubleshooting of streaming video issues using in‑house developed monitoring tools and capacity scaling during peak demand.
• Data management and onsite/remote device troubleshooting and repair of approximately six de‑duplicated and non‑de‑duplicated DAS and iSCSI‑connected storage repositories for production system backups in Jackson, MS.
• Maintain IT infrastructure across two data center locations, including HP BL460c Gen 8 blade servers running VMware ESXi and vCenter within Cisco UCS and HP blades, HP Virtual Connect storage connectivity, Dell/EMC MDS 9148T FC switches to Dell/EMC Unity 480F Flash SAN storage, and HP Virtual Connect 10 GbE connectivity to Cisco core switches.
• Design and build custom high‑performance storage and compute devices (high‑performance workstations, Fibre Channel block storage targets, deduplication appliances) using Windows/Linux and open‑source storage software.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time (Contract)

Engineering and Information Technology