ROGELIO ALMARAZ-ORTIZ

Provide architectural reference in strategic areas defined by Technology Strategists, including planning and governance, to enable the effective planning, implementation, and use of digital technology within a specified domain. He or she leads the evaluation, design, and analysis of enterprise-wide platforms within the domain. The leads of the Technology Domain and Innovation Architects act as central technical consultants for demand management and service escalation topics.

• Led transition and transformation initiatives to achieve process consolidation and standardization.
• Ensured seamless business transitions without production impact through comprehensive understanding.
• Designed and delivered innovative end-to-end Information Security and Compliance Solutions.
• Collaborated with global partners to develop cloud hub and spoke architecture.
• Conducted risk analysis and mitigation strategies during transition phases.
• Performed integration architecture and infrastructure design with TAF partner.
• Served as domain enabler, facilitating communication between business and TAF partner.
• Proposed digital architecture solutions aligned with business and technology considerations.

Be the primary IT infrastructure and technology contact for business partners, and ensure that business-oriented, end-to-end IT solutions are provided. Provide consulting and support for the request and demand management, and steer the solution implementation.

• Engaged with business analysts to identify requirements for application implementations.
• Reviewed requests for compliance with change management and networking standards.
• Coordinated work requests among IT application teams, business partners, and Global Network teams.
• Consulted with business partners to gather requirements and develop reference architecture standards.
• Led design and development of fault-tolerant, robust, and highly available data networks.
• Identified opportunities for network optimization and automation; developed rollout plans.
• Designed and documented network infrastructure concepts, ensuring alignment with emerging technologies.
• Provided last-level support for designed network solutions, focusing on operational efficiency.

Engage with the business analyst to identify requirements and capture network changes requested to implement application needs. Review documented requests for compliance to change management and networking standards. Support and coordinate work requests with IT, application teams, business partners, and Global Network teams.

• Consults and gathers business requirements from business partners, creates reference architecture standards, creates design documents, and presents solutions to peers and other stakeholders.
• Support and consulting for business partners in the development of network infrastructures.
• Develops network standards based on emerging technologies and strategic directions.
• Leads the design and development of the data network and delivers a fault-tolerant, robust, and highly available network.
• Identifies network optimization and automation opportunities, helps develop rollout and upgrade plans, and suggests uniform operating models.
• Planning, commissioning, and responsibility for the development of project management methods. Mediation between business areas, vendors, and business partners in the design and planning phase. Customer-oriented communication tailored to customer requirements. Analysis and evaluation of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Last-level support for designed network solutions. Systems engineering and operational support on 3rd level, with a focus on network infrastructure and software. Analyzes and specifies technical requirements for network infrastructure and components. Designs network, telecommunications, and network security infrastructure concepts and solutions. Implements, tests, and documents network, telecommunications, and network security infrastructure concepts and solutions. Estimates and calculates costs depending on service components. Infrastructure lifecycle management for integrated infrastructure components. Works as project lead for network infrastructure projects.

Manage networks and ensure they function efficiently by collecting performance data, monitoring their security, troubleshooting issues, anticipating problems, and performing routine maintenance. Maintain software and hardware, and monitor systems for glitches or disturbances. Analyze technical problems, seek to develop workable solutions, and establish network specifications and issues by consulting with system end-users when analyzing workflow and security requirements.

• Supervising WAN and LAN to LAN connections with local providers such as Verizon, Telmex, Metro Ethernet, and Red IT.
• Network support to the whole company in Daimler Mexico (computers, servers, Nortel phones, printers, videoconference system).
• Cabling Structuring Maintenance (1,500 Drops)
• Local support for firewall requirements in different development areas at Daimler.
• Local support for all LAN and WAN devices connected in the network (such as routers, switches, PBX, call center, UPS, modem, servers).
• Cabling structuring implementation in the Parts Distribution Center at Mercedes-Benz México.
• Cabling structuring implementation in the Training Center at Mercedes-Benz.
• Local support for all the wireless infrastructure devices (such as access points, Nortel phones, and laptop connections).
• Local troubleshooting with all the devices that are connected to the local area connection.
• Physical management support for telecommunications and electrical devices, and local network support for the server team during the physical server migration to a virtual environment.
• Supervising access, new installations, movements, and new implementations according to the EIA/TIA standards in the Daimler Computer Center.
• Supporting all new implementations according to the Daimler corporate standard, 802.1x protocol implementation, with Farmington and Germany colleagues.
• PBX local support for more than 700 devices connected to the Nortel PBX.
• Support for all movements, like office relocations, including cabling movements, phone movements, and printer relocations.