Systems Architect

Company: INSPYR Solutions
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 18, 2025

Job Description:

Position: Systems Architect

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Location: San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
Duration: 6 month contract to hire
Compensation: $75/hr. $80/hr.
Work Authorization: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

What you will do

Develops internal and external documentation for strategic planning, return on investment, cost comparison, pro and con analysis, design specification, and other purposes as needed.
Performs configurations, installations, upgrades, testing, tuning, support, and other implementation-related tasks. Supports business development efforts by designing solutions, creating statement of work content, estimating levels of effort, and generating project schedules for general proposals as well as Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), and Request for Qualifications (RFQ) responses. Provides sales support via customer visits and thought leadership blogs, conference presentations, and other high-visibility activities.
Designs new systems and modernizes existing systems, both for company and for customers. Serves as an enterprise system subject matter expert by conducting requirements workshops, asking appropriate questions about GIS utility workflows, creating high-level and detailed architectural diagrams depicting the various aspects of a system, estimating proper system sizing, determining proper system configuration, building comprehensive design specification documentation, and addressing problems of performance, scalability, reliability, durability, administration, automation, observability, compatibility, and integration based on requirement specifications by performing the duties and meeting the responsibilities mentioned below.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following (other duties and responsibilities may also be assigned):
Leads and contributes to GIS Enterprise Architecture workshops and related discussions involving utility customers and prepares relevant presentation content and questions in advance.
Leads discussions to support client system requirements for current-state and future-state enterprise architectures.
Provides overall technical expertise for system design, implementation, assessment, consulting, and managed service engagements.
Serves as a member of the company, supporting internal technology needs based on a targeted billable-overhead ratio. This design tasks for managing physical server, storage, network, and appliance infrastructure in company datacenters.
Reads client requirements, RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs to identify opportunities, and then subsequently develops the enterprise system solution, statement of work, level of effort, and project schedule to be included in proposals in a timely manner.
Manages technical deliverables for projects and the Practice Area, including architectural diagrams, use-cases, requirements gathering, solution design, test cases, administration guides, deployment manuals, and other specification documentation.
Facilitates and participates in GIS road mapping workshops for utility customers.
Builds high-level and detailed Enterprise Architecture diagrams that include specifying all required software, hardware, network, database and enterprise geodatabase, storage, security, integration, and other enterprise components.
Authors company system architecture specification document for deployments that encompasses a standard set of architecture views and implementation release schedule.
Designs database solutions, including enterprise geodatabases.
Validates system requirements, determines system configuration, and estimates system sizing using a variety of tools and in alignment with industry standards and best practices.
Generates comprehensive cost estimates and Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) budgetary estimates using standard configuration tools for competitive and sole source proposals around Phase 0 and business case road mapping requests from clients that cover all DevOps environments, production environments, and temporary environments such as those used for data migration. Estimates need to include pricing to support our clients in securing funding and justifying Return on Investment (ROI) for high availability and business continuity requirements that involve multi-zone and multi-region deployments which may be based on virtual machines or containers.
Provides technical guidance and consulting for company clients to embrace security in their datacenters and educates company clients on what it takes to create and manage a private network from a network communications and administration standpoint.
Provides technical architecture direction for software development teams, quality assurance personnel, and training staff when required.
Ensures system solutions and deliverables are thoroughly tested, vetted, reviewed, and meet customer expectations.
Creates and executes GIS system tuning and system threshold testing procedures, analyzes resulting performance metrics, and develops recommendations.
Maintains visibility of software application licensing to ensure license agreements are followed.
Trains company onshore and offshore personnel to manage GIS infrastructure resources to support managed service engagements.
Educates others, internally and externally, on company Enterprise Architecture framework and methodologies pertaining to enterprise system technologies.
Stays up to date on partner, competitor, and market-leading enterprise system architectures that are industry-proven, best practice, robust, and innovative to ensure company is providing adequate performance along with the correct parameters to support hardware scaling through design and implementation.
Partners with internal staff, business partners, and customers to build relationships and elevate company presence and reputation in the GIS enterprise system market.
Serves as a mentor for others interested in enterprise system technologies to assist with knowledge transfer and career growth opportunities.

What we look for from you 11-16 years of work experience in enterprise system consulting and large-scale technology projects, preferably for utility customers.
6-11 years of work experience in enterprise GIS with a combination of system design, Enterprise Architecture, system implementation, and system administration.
Thorough background in deploying, configuring, administering, and supporting Esri ArcGIS products, including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Online.
In-depth implementation, configuration, and administration experience with datacenter virtualization and hypervisor platforms such as VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V, and Nutanix.
Prior experience with configuring enterprise system security solutions as well as a thorough understanding of the related options and best practices.
Enterprise configuration experience with Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) technologies from major vendors such as NVIDIA and AMD.
Solid understanding of Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancing and reverse proxy solutions such as F5 BIG-IP, NGINX, and Citrix ADC (NetScaler).
Competent with managing enterprise applications including Microsoft Office 365 (including SharePoint), Azure DevOps, Citrix, and VMware vSphere.
Prior experience with system monitoring and tuning tools such as ArcGIS Monitor, Dynatrace, and SolarWinds.
Familiarity with integration tools such as Kafka, Boomi, and MuleSoft.
Hands-on experience and demonstrated knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, and containerization (including container ingress), as well as proficiency in one or more deployment orchestration concepts and tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Terraform.
Ability to provide GIS technical leadership for system design, implementation, assessment, consulting, and managed service engagements.
Capacity to review and interpret a customer's requirements and generate a GIS enterprise system solution to meet those requirements in a timely manner.
Proven record of designing, sizing, configuring, tuning, and supporting GIS enterprise systems in production environments, preferably in the utility industry.
In-depth understanding of the concepts, tools, and best practices pertaining to technologies and solutions that involve the following types of resources for private cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments: Virtual servers and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), firewalls, and security policies.
Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Network and application load balancers and other reverse proxies.
Private and public Domain Name Services (DNS).
Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
Virtualization platforms such as Citrix Hypervisor or VMware ESXi / vSphere.
Databases, file shares, and other storage repositories.
Batch jobs, scheduled processes, automated tasks, and replication.
High availability, redundancy, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery.


Aptitude in identifying single points of failure throughout architecture and recommending specific measures to reduce risk of system outages.
Knowledge of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) technologies from major vendors such as NVIDIA and AMD.
Excellent interpersonal, professional, and customer relations skills.
Excellent written and oral/verbal communication skills with demonstrated proficiency in speaking, writing, and reading by forming complete and proper sentences as well as following grammar and punctuation rules.
Skilled listener who exhibits patience and has a genuine desire to hear about and solve problems.
Possesses a high degree of personal and professional integrity.

Education Bachelor's Degree from an accredited postsecondary institution in Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks, or other related discipline.
Master's Degree from an accredited higher education institution in Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks, or other related discipline.
Significant work experience may be eligible for substitution, at company discretion, for a higher education degree.

Certifications Active and maintained associate-level technology certification from at least one major vendor or relevant industry organization such as TOGAF, Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, IBM, Oracle, or Esri, or the ability to become certified within 12 months of employment and continuously renew before expiration.

Computer skills Strong PC skills using Microsoft Windows Desktop operating systems.
Solid foundation using standard MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project.

Frameworks Familiarity with Waterfall and Agile implementation methodologies and artifacts, working knowledge of solution architecture multi-view methodologies and related software tools.
Understanding of the Well Architected Framework (WAF) and how it applies to enterprise system projects involving GIS technologies.

Location We anticipate business travel could be up to 50% at times, however the amount may vary depending on client and project requirements.

Our benefits package includes: Comprehensive medical benefits
Competitive pay
401(k) retirement plan
---and much more!




About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities

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