Principal Infrastructure & Cloud Architect

We Make Life More Rewarding and Dignified 

Location : ​Libertyville​
Department : ​Information Technology 

Summary

The Principal Infrastructure & Cloud Architect is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining and governing enterprise architecture for global hybrid infrastructure, Azure cloud platforms, enterprise networking, and AI-enabled infrastructure services. This role establishes secure, resilient, scalable, cost-effective, and responsible target-state architectures, reference designs, engineering guardrails, automation patterns, observability requirements, and AI platform integration standards across data centers, co-location environments, public cloud, and approved enterprise AI platforms. 

The role serves as a technical authority for complex cross-domain decisions across identity, network, compute, storage, security, cloud, and AI platform integration while partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Application/Product teams, Manufacturing IT, and business stakeholders to reduce risk, strengthen recovery readiness, improve service health, and optimize total cost of ownership in a 24x7x365 environment. 

Responsibilities

• Architecture leadership, standards, and governance: Define hybrid infrastructure, Azure cloud, enterprise network, and AI-enabled platform architecture strategy; govern reference architectures, paved-road patterns, reusable templates, architecture decision records, design reviews, and approved AI use patterns with responsible AI, data classification, auditability, and lifecycle controls. 
• Hybrid cloud, AI-ready platforms, and enterprise networking: Architect Azure foundations, AI-ready landing zones, hybrid compute, virtualization, storage/backup, identity dependencies, monitoring, network connectivity, SD-WAN/SASE, hub-and-spoke, ExpressRoute/VPN, Private Link, segmentation, routing, DNS/DHCP, and Zero Trust-aligned access patterns. 
• Security, reliability, resilience, and compliance readiness: Partner with Cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, and Enterprise Architecture to ensure secure-by-design platforms, approved data handling, threat modeling, risk assessments, least privilege, encryption, vulnerability remediation, compliance evidence, observability, SLO/SLAs, DR/BCP, RTO/RPO, dependency mapping, and AI service telemetry or safety signals where applicable. 
• Automation, FinOps, modernization, and technology influence: Establish infrastructure-as-code, automation, CI/CD quality gates, drift management, tagging, budgets, rightsizing, lifecycle management, migration/standardization patterns, and vendor or integrator guidance that balances security, reliability, supportability, responsible AI adoption, and total cost of ownership.

Essential Functions of the Role

• Vision-setting and alignment with business strategy.
• Oversight of compliance, risk, and organizational culture.
• Collaborate across departments to support organizational goals.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings and initiatives.
• Lead or support special projects aligned with departmental objectives.
• Demonstrate initiative in identifying process improvements or automation opportunities.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders.

Education & Work Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12-15 years of related experience

Education & Work Preferences

• Fluency in English is required.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive IT infrastructure experience, including 8+ years architecting enterprise hybrid infrastructure, cloud platforms, and enterprise networking in a 24x7 environment; 5+ years owning architecture standards and governance across network, identity, compute, storage, security, cloud, and AI-enabled platform capabilities; and proven success influencing cross-functional delivery without direct authority.
• Principal-level architecture leadership across Azure, hybrid infrastructure, enterprise networking, cloud networking, SD-WAN/SASE, Zero Trust access, virtualization, storage/backup, identity integration, monitoring, and cost management.
• Security, compliance, reliability, and operations expertise, including secure-by-design architecture, hardening, least privilege, vulnerability management, audit evidence, SLO/SLAs, observability, ITIL practices, RCA, DR/BCP, and continual improvement.
• Infrastructure-as-code, automation, FinOps, and AI platform integration knowledge, including Terraform, Bicep/ARM, PowerShell, Python, CI/CD, drift detection, tagging, rightsizing, AI-ready landing zones, secure data access, content safety, model/agent inventory, responsible AI guardrails, risk assessment, auditability, human oversight, and ongoing monitoring. 

Competencies

• Be Agile - Innovates and adapts quickly, approaching change with curiosity while persisting through obstacles.
• Be Customer Centric - Considers the needs, experiences and feedback of customers in all we do.
• Be People-Focused - Builds trust and collaborates with an inclusive and empathetic approach.
• Be Performance Driven - Operates with an ownership mindset, driving meaningful outcomes.
• Live The Schneiders’ Legacy, Our Noble Purpose - Passionately serves Our Mission and Vision, while demonstrating the Immutable Principles.

Our Total Rewards package in aggregate is above market and includes competitive pay, paid time off programs, peer-to-peer recognition, health and life insurance, wellness programs and incentives, and generous retirement savings.

• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $140,000 - $200,000 yearly. The actual salary varies based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, abilities, and other legitimate business factors. ​
• This position is also eligible to participate in the Hollister Corporate Bonus Plan.
• The Company’s health and welfare benefits include medical, prescription, dental, vision, spending/savings accounts, disability, company paid (parental and caregiver) leaves, statutory leaves/disability programs, accident, life, wellbeing, education assistance, adoption assistance, and voluntary benefit programs. ​
• The Company’s 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan includes: auto-enrollment, ROTH, vesting and eligible participants “safe harbor” matching contributions. ​
• The Company’s paid time off benefits include: 11 paid holidays, paid vacation based on length of service and exempt/non-exempt status, and sick days based on statutory requirements and/or exempt/non-exempt status. ​
• The Company’s additional benefits include: education assistance and adoption assistance benefit programs. 

About Hollister Incorporated
Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company spearheads the advancement of innovative products for ostomy care, continence care and critical care, and also creates educational support materials for patients and healthcare professionals. Headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, Hollister has manufacturing and distribution centers on three continents and sells in nearly 80 countries. Hollister is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider, Inc., and is guided both by its Mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for people who use our products and services, as well as its Vision to grow and prosper as an independent, employee-owned company, and in the process, to become better human beings.

EOE Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job Req ID: 36534