Senior Infrastructure Architect

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Infrastructure Platform Architect to design, implement, and maintain enterprise compute and virtualization platforms. This role combines infrastructure architecture with hands-on engineering, focusing on platform modernization, lifecycle management, automation, reliability, and long-term supportability.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with enterprise server infrastructure, virtualization technologies, Windows and Linux environments, and infrastructure automation. They will lead platform design and standardization initiatives while actively contributing to implementations, upgrades, migrations, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise compute, server, and virtualization infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure architecture standards, platform roadmaps, and modernization strategies.
• Manage hardware lifecycle planning, refreshes, end-of-life remediation, and technology risk.
• Administer and optimize VMware and KVM virtualization platforms.
• Support Windows Server and Linux infrastructure in production environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks using Infrastructure as Code and scripting tools.
• Manage infrastructure upgrades, migrations, performance optimization, and production troubleshooting.
• Support enterprise storage, backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Drive platform standardization, reliability, operational efficiency, and long-term supportability.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to resolve complex infrastructure issues and implement sustainable solutions.

Required Experience/ Skills

• Minimum 7 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, architecture, or enterprise platform engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in both infrastructure architecture and hands-on implementation and administration.
• Proven expertise in enterprise compute infrastructure, virtualization, platform upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting production environments and resolving complex infrastructure issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting mission-critical or Operational Technology (OT) environments.
• Knowledge of high-availability infrastructure, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Experience with Rubrik, Avamar, Commvault, Git, Puppet, or Itential.
• Experience with infrastructure governance, standardization, and technology risk management.