Senior Solution Architect (Systems & Storage)

Leprino Foods Co

Denver, CO

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Best Practices, Bidding, Budgeting, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Computer Security, Contract Review, Cost Control, Documentation, Documentation Standards, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Industry Standards, Maintain Compliance, Microsoft Active Directory, Network Architecture/Engineering, Operational Audit, Problem Solving Skills, Project/Program Management, Strategic Planning, System Architecture, System Lifecycle, System Migration, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Maintenance, Time Management, Topology, VMWare, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
Denver, CO
POSTED
6 days ago

POSTING FOR LEPRINO WEBSITE FOR TWO WEEKS:

POSITION TITLE: Solutions Architect, Systems & Storage

POSITION DUTIES: Manage projects that involve major systems replacement, service expansion, analysis, design, vendor interaction, implementation, training, and follow up using knowledge of Systems & storage principles and equipment; VMware platforms; cloud technologies related to systems and storage; business continuity functions within hyperscalers; Active Directory & Windows technologies; SuSE Linux technologies; enterprise storage technologies to include Pure Storage and their associated devices and facilities; enterprise backup technologies to include Rubrik backup appliances and their associated devices and facilities; Internet Information Server, Web, FTP, SMTP, security and monitoring products. Work closely with the Infrastructure Architect to establish and document standards related to the solutions as well as architecture documents to represent topology and connectivity. Lead initiatives to migrate existing systems and infrastructure to cloud-based solutions, ensuring seamless integration and minimal disruption to operations. Evaluate, select, and manage cloud service providers and vendors. Develop and implement strategies for cloud adoption, including hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Ensure cloud architecture aligns with business goals and industry best practices, focusing on security, compliance, and cost management. Recommend and implement new systems & storage capability. Serve as SME for storage and systems related topics. Work with the IT Security team to review and manage updates on all security systems and devices in accordance with industry standards. Ensure lifecycle management of all Systems, Storage and Backup systems, as well as manage & track those efforts. Craft and update all DR & BC Policies, Processes and Procedures and ensure technical aspects of the DR and BC program are functioning. Perform documentation of systems design (and maintenance) including policies, processes and procedures. Ensure timely and effective communication with users regarding system updates, changes, and issue resolutions. Execute competitive bidding processes with a variety of vendors. Provide recommendations and guidelines for annual budgetary process and/or show significant savings to the business. Monitor and review maintenance contract arrangements with vendors. Provide assistance that may be required to the Manager of Enterprise Systems and Storage including supervising certain activities of the Systems & Storage Contractors.

RATE OF PAY: $145,018.00 per year.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or closely related field + at least five (5) years of experience in the position offered or as a Network Architect. Experience must include five (5) years' working knowledge: Systems & storage principles & equipment; VMware platforms; Amazon Web Services related to systems & storage; business continuity functions w/in hyperscalers; Active Directory & Win tech; SuSE Linux tech; enterprise storage tech to include Pure Storage & associated devices & facilities; enterprise backup tech to include Rubrik backup appliances & associated devices & facilities; Internet Information Server, Web, FTP, SMTP, security & monitoring products. MS, VMware, & Nutanix (NCP-MCI), AWS Solution Architect Certifications required. Domestic travel to unanticipated locations up to 20% of schedule. May work remotely up to 1 day/week.

LOCATION OF EMPLOYMENT: 1830 West 38th Avenue, Denver, CO 80211

Applicants are to mail cover letter and resume to Talent Acquisition, Leprino Foods Company, 1830 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO 80211 or email leprinojobs@leprino.com. Apply by 08/14/2026. Must reference job #00181NK.

A chance to be part of a global team of individuals passionate about producing and delivering high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world. Leprino could not be where it is today without our incredible employees. That is why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring great people who are in it for the long run is our goal. Through competitive salaries and bonuses, life, medical/dental/vision coverage, voluntary benefits, employee assistance programs, wellness incentives, tuition assistance, vacation, ten paid holidays, sick time, paid parental leave, annual merit increases, as well as the LFC Profit-Sharing & 401(k) plan. Your impact will be noticed and rewarded, as you seek to further our company, our customers, and one another.

About the Company

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Leprino Foods Co

Overview We’re Leprino Foods Company – the leading producer of mozzarella cheese and related whey & lactose products in the USA. Our heritage of entrepreneurial growth & innovation, exceptional customer service, and top-quality products continue to define our business success and company culture every day. Our customers include leading pizza companies, consumer food manufacturers, and food distributors. Given our industry leading technology (we hold more patents on mozzarella cheese-making technology than any other producer), and quest for future growth, we’re expanding our international capabilities as well. Our Singapore hub and joint venture with Glanbia Cheese, UK positions us in key markets across the world.

From our headquarters in Denver to our production plants located across the country, our growth continues to provide exciting career opportunities. It’s our vision to become the world’s best dairy foods ingredients producer, and we’re looking for great people to help us get there. If you have a strong work ethic, a focus on providing excellent service to external and internal customers, an innovative spirit that’s not satisfied with status quo, and a passion for producing quality products and services, we’d be excited to have you join our organization.

Culture

Our unwavering commitment to product quality and unparalleled customer service encompasses simple principles that guide the efforts of every member of the Leprino Foods' team.

Quality

Service

Innovation

People
Perpetuating a fulfilling, challenging and safe work environment that encourages continuous improvement, provides equal opportunity, offers economic satisfaction through the recognition and rewarding of achievement, and ensures we maintain a healthy respect for our competitors, customers, suppliers and fellow employees in a clean and safe work environment.

Ethics
Conducting our affairs and nurturing our relationships with customers, suppliers, co-workers, mutual interest groups and others in a forthright and ethical manner.

Citizenship
Recognizing our responsibilities toward, and encouraging involvement in, our industry and local communities while respecting individual freedom of choice and maintaining the highest standards of environmental and regulatory compliance.

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Our Story Behind the superior quality and performance of our cheese lies the legacy of a man with a vision - to make the finest mozzarella cheese available anywhere.

Mike Leprino, Sr. arrived in America in 1914 with little more than fierce determination and a tough set of principles. In 1950 with the help of his family, Mike Leprino began making small batches of ricotta and mozzarella cheese for delivery to local grocery stores. An uncompromising commitment to product quality and customer service fueled demand for Leprino cheese.

Today the company he founded is the world's largest producer of mozzarella cheese and remains singularly focused upon making the finest cheese and whey products.

Results Through People
Environment
Our employees perform their best and feel considerable pride because they are active contributors to the continued success of the largest mozzarella maker in the world - and especially to the continued success of our customers. Employee teams propose and implement ideas to improve our products, service and technology, and track their success. In fact, our employees frequently surpass their own records when it comes to safety standards and innovative processes.

Culture
The culture of Leprino Foods Company is one of hard work, striving for excellence, high expectations and pride. To be successful requires high energy and passion, with a desire to take on challenges and do what it takes to keep Leprino Foods at the top of its industry. The hard work encountered here proves to be worthwhile when considering that we work for a market leader with great financial security and long-term stability. We are extremely committed to quality and to customer service.

At Leprino Foods, we believe:
  • Exceptional customer service is the attitude of caring among all our employees that motivates them to go beyond traditional boundaries in order to facilitate the realization of our Vision.
  • Exceptional customer service involves serving others as each of us would like to be served.
  • Exceptional customer service must be pro-active, not reactive. It means anticipating a customer’s needs.
  • Exceptional customer service is not limited to external customers, it must also be extended to our internal customers, to fellow employees, to our suppliers, and to all other business contacts.
  • Exceptional customer service takes everyone’s efforts. One employee with a lack of effort can create poor customer service.
  • Exceptional customer service is fundamental to achieving our Vision. It is not a vision in and of itself.
Growth Opportunities and Leadership Development
Employees of Leprino Foods Company will agree that most positions and departments offer a high level of growth to the employees. This comes from both promotional advancement and personal growth opportunities. In addition, we offer an extensive list of training opportunities to all levels of employees. This can range from PC training and operator training all the way to leadership training and ways to further develop the competencies possessed by successful leaders.

Mission and Philosophies
Our mission and philosophy at Leprino Foods is to establish, through our actions, an unparalleled standard of excellence in people, products, and service while increasing our market share and perpetuating a healthy company that appropriately rewards all our efforts and investments. We believe that the health and longevity of our company can best be achieved through an uncompromising commitment by all of us to Leprino Quality as a way of life. Leprino Quality is exemplified by an attitude of continuous improvement in each of the following areas:
  • Product Quality: Operating our facilities in a neat, clean, orderly, and well-maintained fashion while producing distinctively superior quality cheese and whey products that add value to our customers’ businesses.
  • Customer Service: Perpetuating a proactive customer-centered attitude among all of us, which produces distinguished service in every aspect of our internal and external customer relationships.
  • Leadership and Innovation: Breaking traditional barriers and constantly expanding the horizons of our industry through bold leadership in product and process technology which continues to create new standards of excellence in product value.
  • People: Perpetuating a fulfilling and safe work environment that:
  • Values the importance of clean, organized, and well-maintained facilities,
  • Encourages the involvement of everyone in the business problem-solving, decision-making process, while not tolerating Company politics,
  • Fosters a willingness to innovate and stretch personal and collective boundaries,
  • Provides equal opportunity for personal and leadership development,
  • Promotes company pride though an unselfish, teamwork-driven attitude among all of us,
  • Offers economic satisfaction through the recognition and rewarding of individual and collective contributions, and
  • Maintains a focus on safety in all aspects of our business.
  • Ethics: Conducting our affairs and nurturing our relationships with customers, suppliers, co-workers, mutual interest groups and others in a forthright and ethical manner.
  • Citizenship: Recognizing our responsibilities toward, and encouraging involvement in, the communities of which we are a part, while respecting individual freedom of choice, and maintaining the highest standard of environmental and regulatory compliance.
Teamwork
As an employee of Leprino Foods, you will have a chance to make a difference by joining one of the many Leprino Employee Involvement Teams and Task Forces.

We all benefit from these teams by having employees bring better problem solving, new ideas, and efficiencies to the Company. Team members benefit personally as well. Through involvement in one or more of these teams, members enhance their knowledge of Leprino’s operations and get the opportunity to work with people outside their normal contacts, doing tasks outside their normal scope of work. Team members also learn basic tools to help identify and work through problems – tools that will help them every day in their job and their personal life.

Community Involvement
Each of our locations has employees active in the communities they work and reside in. Leprino Foods is involved either by sponsorship, participating in, or donating to many worthwhile events.

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Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Food and Beverage Production
FOUNDED
1950
WEBSITE
http://www.leprinofoods.com/careers/