Distinguished Lead Infrastructure Enterprise Architecture
Listed on 2026-09-12
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, IT Infrastructure
The Distinguished Member of Staff (DMTS) – Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture is the company's foremost technical authority for infrastructure architecture.
Key Responsibilities- Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure architecture strategy, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps across hybrid infrastructure domains.
- Set target-state architecture for colocation, data center, compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery, virtualization, Kubernetes, and edge platforms.
- Lead architectural reviews for major infrastructure investments, platform decisions, modernization initiatives, lifecycle plans, and risk mitigation programs.
- Establish workload placement principles across public cloud, private cloud, colocation, and on-premises environments, balancing cost, resilience, performance, security, and operational complexity.
- Drive architecture governance, decision frameworks, and technology standards that improve consistency across regions, manufacturing sites, and business units.
- Identify and reduce infrastructure-related risks, technical debt, vendor concentration exposure, scalability constraints, and resiliency gaps.
- Partner with cybersecurity and operations teams to embed Zero Trust, segmentation, secure connectivity, observability, automation, and compliance requirements into infrastructure patterns.
- Evaluate emerging technologies such as AIOps, autonomous operations, software-defined infrastructure, platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code, and edge computing, and guide practical adoption.
- Mentor architects and senior engineers, develop reusable guidance, and represent the organization as a recognized thought leader in enterprise infrastructure architecture.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent senior technical experience may be considered.
- 15+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, engineering, or technology leadership roles within large-scale, mission-critical environments.
- Deep expertise across multiple infrastructure domains, including storage, compute, virtualization, resiliency, disaster recovery, and automation.
- Proven ability to define enterprise-wide technology strategies, architecture standards, target-state models, and multi-year roadmaps.
- Strong experience leading architecture governance, executive-level technology decisions, and cross-functional alignment across IT, security, operations, and business stakeholders.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical architecture into clear business impact, decision options, and investment recommendations.
- TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture experience.
- Experience with Kubernetes, platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and automation at enterprise scale.
- Experience supporting highly regulated, manufacturing, semiconductor, or other 24x7 mission-critical environments.
- Demonstrated industry influence through publications, patents, conference speaking, standards participation, or enterprise-wide innovation leadership.
The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
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