Senior Architect (IL) - Next Step Systems

Next Step Systems

$100,000 - $100,000 / year

US-IL-Chicago

$100K

Description:
Seeking a Senior Technology Architect who is comfortable with application issues and infrastructure problems. Looking for someone who is eager to move beyond the conventional wisdom and compartmental thinking of best practices into the fluid realm of highly distributed application design and global deployment. Thrive on tough challenges and create innovative solutions. Be bold, but wise.

Skills:
-This position requires broad knowledge of open-source platforms and development, as well as a considered approach to providing platform services via an infrastructure cloud.
-Must have a deep understanding of the hardware anatomy (servers as well as network gear) beneath any large-scale Internet application.
-Candidates must have leadership experience, good old-fashioned business sense, and a restless curiosity.
-This individual must have experience with and strong opinions about how best to deploy traffic management technologies, security, and open-source operating systems.
-8 to 10 years of experience.