Principal Infrastructue Architect

Enterprise Infrastructure Architect Remote ABOUT

THE ROLE Our client is seeking an experienced Enterprise Infrastructure Architect to lead the development and execution of infrastructure architecture strategies. In this role, you will partner with Architecture, Product Management, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to assess current capabilities, define improved processes, and deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions. You will drive modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, automation, and simplification, while establishing governance, standards, and reference models to ensure consistency and resiliency across environments.

The successful candidate will advance data center and cloud strategies, identify and implement opportunities to leverage emerging technologies such as AI and automation, and provide architectural oversight for major technology investments and decisions. You will serve as a trusted advisor and change leader, influencing cross-functional teams to adopt modern, integrated infrastructure practices and drive transformational change.

WHAT YOU'LL DODefine and drive the enterprise infrastructure architecture strategy, including current-state assessment and future-state roadmap

Partner with Architecture, Product Management, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to align standards, roadmaps, and execution with business and technology objectives

Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives (cloud adoption, automation, simplification) to reduce complexity and improve scalability, performance, and operational efficiency

Establish and mature architecture governance, standards, and reference models to ensure consistency, resiliency, and security across environments

Drive adoption of observability, reliability, and performance engineering practices (e.g., monitoring, SLOs, service health) to strengthen system health and operational outcomes

Identify and implement opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, AI/AIOps, and intelligent automation to improve efficiency and service delivery

Provide architectural oversight for major technology investments and decisions, ensuring alignment with cost, risk, scalability, and business value

Serve as a trusted advisor and change leader, influencing cross-functional teams to adopt modern, integrated infrastructure practicesWHAT YOU BRINGDeep expertise across enterprise infrastructure domains, including cloud, hybrid, networking, compute, storage, and security

Proven ability to translate strategy into architecture standards, roadmaps, and scalable solutions that improve performance, resiliency, and operational efficiency

Expertise in cloud and hybrid architectures, with a focus on scalability, cost optimization, and reliability

Ability to establish and mature architecture governance, standards, and operating models aligned to enterprise practices

Experience driving improvements in observability, reliability, and performance engineering (e.g., monitoring, SLOs, service health)
Hands-on knowledge of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to enable consistency, scalability, and efficiency

Familiarity with emerging technologies (AI/AIOps, intelligent automation) and applying them to infrastructure operations and service improvement

Proven ability to influence enterprise-level decisions, technology investments, and strategic priorities through architectural leadership

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Technical certification or equivalent experience in one or more cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud#LI-OL1