Overview
On Site
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - Fulltime
Skills
Jenkins
terraform
RHEL
Windows server
VMware
Active Directory
Infrastructure Architect
Job Details
Job Title: Infrastructure Architect
Location: Minneapolis(day1 onsite)
Fulltime permanent
Position Overview:
Highly experienced and execution-oriented Infrastructure Architect to lead the design, planning, and delivery of enterprise infrastructure solutions across hybrid environments. This role combines strategic architectural leadership with deep hands-on technical expertise in Windows Server, VMware, RHEL, Active Directory, Terraform, and Jenkins.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in infrastructure modernization, OS upgrades, server migrations, and Go-Live execution, with a strong understanding of regional network site architecture and interdependencies. This role also requires active participation in Steering Committees (SteerCo), problem management, and escalation handling, ensuring alignment between infrastructure strategy and business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and maintain the enterprise infrastructure architecture roadmap, ensuring scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
- Lead the end-to-end design and execution of infrastructure solutions across Windows, Linux (RHEL), and VMware platforms.
- Provide architectural oversight and hands-on support for infrastructure automation using Terraform and Jenkins.
- Drive and govern migration planning, including dependency analysis, connectivity requirement, risk mitigation, and stakeholder alignment.
- Lead server Go-Live planning and execution, ensuring readiness, validation, and post-deployment stability.
- Collaborate with network teams to assess and optimize regional site connectivity, latency, and failover strategies.
- Participate in and contribute to SteerCo meetings, presenting architecture decisions, risks, and progress updates.
- Manage and resolve high-priority infrastructure escalations, and lead problem management and RCA efforts.
- Ensure infrastructure solutions comply with enterprise security, compliance, and operational standards.
- Mentor engineering teams and promote architectural best practices across the organization.
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering and architecture roles.
- Deep hands-on expertise in Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), Active Directory, VMware vSphere/ESXi, and RHEL 7/8/9.
- Strong experience with Terraform and Jenkins for infrastructure as code and CI/CD automation.
- Demonstrated leadership in large-scale OS upgrades, data center migrations, and Go-Live events.
- Proven ability to conduct dependency mapping and lead complex infrastructure transitions.
- Solid understanding of regional network architectures, WAN/LAN design, and site-to-site connectivity.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience presenting to executive leadership.
- Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
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