Senior Infrastructure Architect

Summary    The role of a Senior Infrastructure Architect centers on designing, securing, and continuously improving enterprise network and security infrastructure, with working knowledge of cloud platforms. The Senior Infrastructure Architect is a technical authority who ensures the organization’s networks, security controls, and hybrid environments are resilient, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. Core areas of focus include enterprise networking (LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, routing and switching), security architecture (Zero Trust, firewalls, IAM, endpoint protection), and cloud integration (primarily Azure). 

As the Senior Infrastructure Architect some of your essential duties and responsibilities may include:

•    Ability to understand customer needs to develop long term solutions.
•    Key Contributor to the list of infrastructure design activities.
•    Provides technical expertise and support to fellow technical staff throughout the company.
•    Serves as a technical resource point for field and IT resources as needed.
•    Assist MSP support model for cloud, data center, windows systems, storage, network and related applications.
•    Effectively prioritizes activities in alignment with overall business objectives.
•    Ensures change management processes are followed.
•    Ability to work individually and as a team to meet deadlines and achieve results.
•    Design, implement, and manage enterprise network architecture including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and network segmentation strategies.
•    Creating/Maintaining Standard Operating Procedures where needed.
•    Architect and enforce enterprise security controls including Zero Trust frameworks, firewall policy, network access control (NAC), and identity and access management (IAM).
•    Lead threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and remediation planning in collaboration with the security team.
•    Integrate Azure cloud services into the hybrid infrastructure, ensuring secure connectivity, governance, and compliance.
•    Mentor and guide junior and mid-level infrastructure engineers, establishing technical standards and conducting design reviews.
 

Must-Have

• Deep expertise in enterprise networking: LAN/WAN design, SD-WAN, routing, VLANs, and network segmentation; hands-on Azure experience required.

• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

• Strong leadership, relationship management, and communication skills; ability to work effectively with global teams and manage priorities.

• Established track record in enterprise systems management.

• Strong expertise in network security: firewalls (Cisco/Meraki/Palo Alto), Zero Trust architecture, IAM, endpoint security, and vulnerability management; virtualization (VMware preferred) and Microsoft server platforms required.

• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (Splunk preferred) and security incident response processes; familiarity with NIST, CIS, or ISO 27001 frameworks a plus.

• Experience deploying and configuring monitoring tools.

• Experience leading systems architecture, technologies and methodologies.

• Discipline to work remotely and communicate clearly.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Infrastructure passion.

• Mentoring skills: experience with training and educating teammates or colleagues on contemporary operational best practices.

• Positive attitude.

• Build infrastructure diagrams of current and future designs (Visio preferred).

• Strong troubleshooting methodology with out of the box thinking.

• Ability to lead deep technical design discussions within your team, and across partner teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to drive problem situations to positive outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with a concentration in the field of computer science or related technical discipline.

• 8+ years of progressive infrastructure experience, with at least 4 years in a senior or lead architect capacity; experience in manufacturing or CPG environments preferred.

• Relevant certifications strongly preferred: CCNP/CCIE (Cisco), CIS