Infrastructure Architect

We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, reliable, and high-performance IT infrastructure solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cloud platforms, servers, networking, storage, virtualization, security, and infrastructure automation.

The Infrastructure Architect will collaborate with development teams, IT operations, security teams, and business stakeholders to develop infrastructure strategies that align with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise infrastructure architectures that support business and application requirements.

• Develop infrastructure solutions using cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).

• Design and manage server, storage, networking, virtualization, and data center infrastructure.

• Define infrastructure standards, technology roadmaps, and architectural best practices.

• Implement high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), backup, and business continuity solutions.

• Ensure infrastructure security, compliance, identity management, and access control.

• Design and optimize network architecture, including routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and connectivity.

• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.

• Support container platforms and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes when required.

• Evaluate infrastructure performance, scalability, capacity, reliability, and cost optimization.

• Collaborate with application architects, DevOps engineers, cybersecurity teams, and infrastructure operations teams.

• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and provide technical guidance for root cause analysis.

• Lead infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, data center migration, and technology upgrade projects.

• Prepare architecture diagrams, technical documentation, design specifications, and implementation plans.

• Mentor engineering teams and ensure infrastructure solutions follow enterprise architecture standards.

Required Technical Skills

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• Servers and Operating Systems: Linux, Windows Server, and enterprise server administration.

• Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancing.

• Virtualization: VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, or similar platforms.

• Storage: SAN, NAS, backup solutions, and storage management.

• High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Clustering, replication, backup, failover, and recovery planning.

• Infrastructure Automation: Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, or Shell scripting.

• Containers: Docker and Kubernetes, depending on the environment.

• Security: IAM, encryption, network security, vulnerability management, and compliance.

• Monitoring: Infrastructure monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management.

• Documentation: Architecture diagrams, solution designs, technical specifications, and operational procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Relevant cloud or infrastructure certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect.

• Experience with enterprise infrastructure architecture and cloud transformation initiatives.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.