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 · 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.