Sr. Enterprise Infrastructure Architect - GNC

About GNC

Since 1935, GNC has been a global leader in health and wellness innovation, inspiring people to achieve their goals with a trusted and dynamic range of products. As #TeamGNC, we prioritize our consumers, constantly collaborating and developing new ideas to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Our team is passionate about driving change and turning aspirations into actions. We believe that good health is the greatest gift, and there's nothing more rewarding than helping others achieve it. Join us in empowering others to Live Well!

What We’re Looking For:

At GNC we embrace a “Live Well” philosophy, fostering a dynamic environment where innovation meets passion.  Whether someone is an athlete or just starting to focus on their health, we want to deliver the cutting-edge products they deserve. We are looking for an individual who is excited and eager to play a pivotal role in driving excellence in the health and wellness industry. This position offers the opportunity to engage in a collaborative environment where you will make a personal impact every day. 

We are seeking an experienced, forward-thinking Sr. Enterprise Infrastructure Architect that will be the principal lead for the Sr. Enterprise Architecture Solutions Team in terms of designing and building on-prem and cloud-based solutions. The focus of the role is on the development of highly significant business outcomes for the enterprise.

What You’ll Do:

This is a Full-Time Salary Position

The Sr. Enterprise Infrastructure Architect will lead discussion and engagement sessions, will own solution development, architecture as well as implementation of all Azure solutions. The Sr. Enterprise Infrastructure Architect designs, installs, and configures production and non-production computing platforms to ensure availability, adequate capacity, good response time/system performance, and recoverability. The scope of technologies includes but is not limited to all Azure and Microsoft services, Windows servers, virtual infrastructure, storage, backup/recovery systems, and application presentation infrastructure.   

• Works with the Enterprise Infrastructure Team to develop and implement solutions across the enterprise.
• Designs systems to meet requirements and functional specifications and acts as the evangelist for Azure services.
• Serve as the escalation point for problems and incidents not resolved by the System Administrators and System Engineers.
• Works closely with various IT areas to design support transitions and streamline support tasks. 
• Provides training to System Engineers, Systems Administrators, and Service Desk technicians.
• Demonstrates deep engineering and development expertise on Microsoft Azure PAAS and IAAS stack of services on delivery engagements.
• Designs high performance, scalable and secure cloud native and hybrid cloud applications.
• Leverages Azure storage and messaging services such as Service Bus Topics, Event Hubs, Azure Blob and Table Storage, Azure SQL to support delivery engagements.
• Integrates identity management and modern authentication and authorization protocols such as OIDC, OAuth 2.0 using Azure Active Directory, Azure AD B2B, Entra ID, and ADFS.
• Installs, configures, manages, patches, and secures hardware/software according to established standards and compliance requirements.
• Develops relevant metrics (KPI/SLA/SLO) to identify improvement opportunities and implements processes to improve those metrics.
• Additional duties as assigned.

• Associates or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key accountabilities of the job required
• Advanced degree (MBA, Master’s) preferred
• Azure Certifications preferred
• 8+ years of relevant experience in cloud architecture and implementation required
• 5+ years in a leadership role (direct or indirect)
• Prior managerial/supervisory experience preferred
• Container experience such as Kubernetes preferred
• Certificates management
• Windows Server OS (Various Version) and Microsoft Active Directory including DNS, LDAP, etc.
• System Backup and Recovery (Veeam)
• Experience with Virtual Infrastructure technologies (VMWare and Hyper-V)
• Experience with Storage Infrastructures (HP/3PAR/PURE)
• Experience with System Security Design and Principles
• Demonstrated experience with Scripting and Powershell
• High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning)
• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting

Environmental Factors & Working Schedule:

• Hybrid work environment, 2 days in-person attendance (Pittsburgh, PA) in addition to ability to work remotely.
• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include long periods of computer screen usage, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low/moderate

Benefit Offerings: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, employer-paid life insurance, flex spending accounts, 401K program with company match, 8 weeks paid maternity leave, 2 weeks paid parental leave, 3 paid bereavement days, 11 paid holidays per year, short-term and long-term disability, 30% employee merchandise discount on GNC products (stackable on customer discount offerings),  20% employee discount on 3rd party products (stackable on customer discount offerings)

At GNC, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. Your base pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, federal, state and local minimum wage requirements, etc.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

GNC Holdings LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer