Technology / Infrastructure Architect

The Technology / Infrastructure Architect is responsible for defining, assessing, and evolving the enterprise technology and infrastructure architecture to ensure reliable, scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective technology foundations. The role covers compute, storage, network, virtualization, operating platforms, infrastructure services, hosting, cloud and hybrid environments, technology standards, lifecycle management, resilience, and modernization Requirements • Develop and maintain the enterprise technology and infrastructure architecture in alignment with business strategy and enterprise architecture direction • Assess the current infrastructure landscape, including compute, storage, networks, virtualization, operating systems, hosting, and shared technology services • Define target-state technology and infrastructure architecture and transition roadmaps • Develop technology standards, reference architectures, principles, patterns, and approved technology portfolios • Design scalable, resilient, secure, and highly available infrastructure architectures • Define architecture for on-premises, private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments • Assess infrastructure capacity, utilization, performance, availability, and lifecycle status • Identify technology obsolescence, end-of-life risks, technical debt, and modernization opportunities • Define architecture requirements for backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, high availability, and fault tolerance • Support network architecture including LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, data center networking, connectivity, and segmentation • Support server, storage, virtualization, container, and platform architecture decisions • Collaborate with cloud, security, application, integration, data, and solution architects to ensure coherent end-to-end architecture • Support infrastructure platform selection, vendor evaluation, technical assessments, and solution reviews • Participate in architecture governance, technical design reviews, and Architecture Review Boards • Define infrastructure monitoring, observability, capacity management, and operational architecture requirements • Support data center modernization, consolidation, migration, and infrastructure transformation programs • Identify infrastructure architecture risks, constraints, dependencies, and mitigation actions Required Experience • Minimum 10 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, network engineering, cloud, data center, or related technology disciplines • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Infrastructure Architecture, Technology Architecture, or a comparable senior design role • Demonstrated experience designing complex enterprise infrastructure environments • Experience with data centers, compute, storage, virtualization, networking, cloud, and hybrid architectures • Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure modernization, migration, transformation, or consolidation programs • Strong experience working with technology vendors, infrastructure teams, security teams, and senior stakeholders Core Competencies • Enterprise Technology Architecture • Infrastructure Architecture • Compute and server architecture • Storage architecture • Network architecture • Virtualization and container platforms • Cloud and hybrid infrastructure • Data center architecture • High availability and resilience • Disaster recovery and business continuity architecture • Technology lifecycle and obsolescence management • Infrastructure security and segmentation • Architecture governance and assurance • Technology evaluation and vendor assessment Preferred Frameworks, Standards & Methods • TOGAF • ArchiMate • ITIL • COBIT • Cloud architecture frameworks and well-architected principles • Infrastructure and data center architecture best practices • High availability, disaster recovery, and resilience design principles • DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts Preferred Tools & Technology Exposure • Enterprise architecture tools such as Bizzdesign, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Orbus/iServer, ARIS, or similar platforms • Virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, or equivalent platforms • Container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes • Cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud • Enterprise server, storage, backup, and data center technologies • Networking and security technologies across enterprise and data center environments • Infrastructure monitoring and observability platforms Preferred Qualifications & Certifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Network Engineering, or a related discipline • TOGAF certification is highly desirable • Cloud architecture certifications are highly desirable • Relevant certifications in networking, virtualization, infrastructure, data center, or platform technologies are advantageous Personal Attributes • Strong analytical and systems-thinking capability • Ability to design pragmatic technology architectures balancing resilience, performance, security, scalability, and cost • Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills • Ability to work across multiple technology towers and architecture domains • Strong attention to infrastructure quality, standards, and operational practicality • Consulting mindset with the ability to support complex transformation programs Show more Show less

The Technology / Infrastructure Architect is responsible for defining, assessing, and evolving the enterprise technology and infrastructure architecture to ensure reliable, scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective technology foundations. The role covers compute, storage, network, virtualization, operating platforms, infrastructure services, hosting, cloud and hybrid environments, technology standards, lifecycle management, resilience, and modernization.