Infrastructure Architect

Job/Project Description This is a great opportunity for an experienced Infrastructure Storage and Virtualization Architect to work with an experienced team on key strategic projects for an enterprise organization as well as managing the day‑to‑day operations and technical hurdles and roadblocks. The Infrastructure Architect will focus on large virtualization upgrades as well as ad‑hoc projects and planning initiatives to support the current storage and virtualization environment. This role will help to lead the solutioning and work with various teams in IT as well as the business to make sure that all requirements are considered. If storage and virtualization architecture is your passion, and you are interested to work with a collaborative team on key organizational initiatives, this is the role for you. Qualifications 5+ years' experience in infrastructure engineering and architecture Strong experience with VMware vSphere 8 and VMware Live Recovery Experience with PureStorage Flash Array and NetApp FAS Experience with PowerShell scripting Experience with Cisco UCS and MDS (strongly desired) Experience with Aria operations and Rubrik CDM and RSC (desired) Fundamental understanding of Windows, Linux, Microsoft SQL (desired) Experience with AWS or Azure (plus) Ability to provide technical solutions and ask hard questions Strong curiosity and ability to work with various teams across an enterprise organization Self‑starter who can work independently but also with a team with little oversight Ability to learn from documentation and communicate effectively Ability to communicate with various IT teams and business stakeholders on occasion Responsibilities Make daily decisions on compute resource allocation and workload placement, balancing performance, resiliency, and long‑term licensing costs across clusters Advise application, middleware, and architecture teams on appropriate infrastructure designs and constraints (e.g., on‑prem vs cloud, OS vs middleware cost separation) Review licensing implications of technical decisions (SQL Server, Windows Server, Intersight), including alignment with support and lifecycle dates Participate in recurring and ad‑hoc architecture and migration meetings, often acting as the technical decision point or tie‑breaker across Windows, Storage, DBA, Automation, and vendor teams Provide direction during active migrations, helping teams resolve sequencing issues, validate assumptions, and keep work moving within approved change windows Coordinate with vendors and service providers (e.g., Microsoft, CDW) on reviews, renewals, statements of work, and implementation planning Review and approve (or reject) new server and resource requests, ensuring sizing is justified, conservative, and aligned with operational standards and licensing impact (e.g., memory/core allocations, storage requests) Evaluate security and access requests, enforcing privileged access standards (e.g., CyberArk Y‑accounts) and providing corrective guidance when requests are incomplete or non‑compliant Coach teams on better request and sizing practices, setting expectations for data‑driven justifications rather than historical assumptions and coach on operational execution and troubleshooting Benefits Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings. Equal Opportunity Employer Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply. California Residents Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. #J-18808-Ljbffr