Senior Infrastructure Architect: Cloud, VMware & IaC Lead

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Your Impact As an Infrastructure Architect, you will be responsible for the technical direction, architectural integrity, and operational maturity of Axon’s core infrastructure platforms. This includes ownership of our virtualization environments, storage platforms, cloud infrastructure (Azure and AWS), database services, and foundational platform services that support both corporate IT and product-facing teams. You will act as the senior technical authority for infrastructure architecture—making design decisions, setting standards, and guiding execution—while remaining hands-on where it matters most. Your work will directly influence how Axon scales its environments, improves reliability, controls cost, and supports business-critical workloads across on-prem and cloud ecosystems. In this role, you will lead and manage a team of Server and Infrastructure Engineers, providing technical direction, mentoring, and prioritization, while partnering closely with Network Architecture, Platform Engineering, Security, and Product (R&D) teams. You will serve as a key interface between corporate infrastructure and product engineering, ensuring infrastructure solutions are well-architected, secure, and aligned with Axon’s long-term strategy. This role is ideal for a senior technologist who combines deep infrastructure expertise, architectural thinking, and people leadership, and who is motivated by building scalable, durable platforms rather than just keeping the lights on. What You’ll Do Location: Scottsdale, AZ or Boston, MA - Onsite 4x a week Reporting to: Sr. Manager, Network/Infrastructure Own thearchitecture and technical direction for Axon’s infrastructure platforms, including VMware, storage, cloud (Azure/AWS), databases, and core platform services. Lead and manage a team of infrastructure engineers, providing technical guidance, prioritization, and mentorship while ensuring high operational standards. Design, review, and approve infrastructure solutions supporting corporate IT and Axon product/R&D teams, balancing scalability, security, reliability, and cost. Remain hands-on in critical areas such as virtualization, cloud engineering, storage, and database platforms, serving as a senior escalation point. Partner closely with Network, Platform, Security, and Product teams to deliver well-architected, cross-functional solutions. Drive infrastructure modernization efforts, including migrations, lifecycle management, technical debt reduction, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation. Establish standards, documentation, and best practices to improve resilience, observability, and operational maturity. Define, implement, and report on key infrastructure metrics and KPIs to provide visibility into platform health, capacity, cost, reliability, and team performance. Support planning and execution of infrastructure initiatives aligned with business growth and long-term strategy. What You Bring 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, with demonstrated ownership of complex on-prem and cloud environments. Deep hands-on expertise with VMware virtualization, enterprise storage, and cloud infrastructure (Azure required; AWS preferred). Strong experience with database and platform services, including SQL-based environments. Proven experience leading and managing technical infrastructure teams, with a track record of driving results through others. Proven experience defining, tracking, and reporting on infrastructure metrics, KPIs, and dashboards for leadership visibility and data-driven decisions. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions) to deliver repeatable, scalable, and version-controlled infrastructure across hybrid environments. Strong communicator and collaborator who aligns with Axon’s values of ownership, accountability, teamwork, and mission focus. Benefits that Benefit You Competitive salary and 401k with employer match Discretionary paid time off Paid parental leave for all Fitness Programs Emotional & Mental Wellness support And yes, we have snacks in our offices Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit . Base Pay Range $118,080 — $188,928 USD Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions. Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment. Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment. We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. 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