Infrastructure Architect Lead

Qualification & Experience 10+ Years Experience in IT Infrastructure (Architecture, Administration, SME) Strong expertise in Azure and/or AWS architecture Strong expertise in Azure and/or AWS architecture Strong expertise in Virtualization platforms (VMware ESXi, HyperV) Enterprise networking (routing, firewalls, VPN, DNS) Experience with hybrid connectivity (ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, VPNs) Infrastructure security, identity management, encryption Storage architectures (SAN/NAS/object) Experience designing solutions for high availability and disaster recovery TOGAF or equivalent architecture frameworks Technical The Infrastructure & Cloud Solution Architect is responsible for designing endtoend infrastructure solutions across onpremises datacenters, public cloud (Azure/AWS), and hybrid environments. The role involves leading architecture, migration planning, modernization initiatives, and ensuring that infrastructure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned to enterprise standards. The architect will work closely with application, security, networking, operations, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust infrastructure and cloud architectures, particularly for large migration, transformation, and modernization programs. Design enterprisegrade onprem and cloud infrastructure architectures (compute, storage, network, identity, security). Develop highlevel and lowlevel architecture designs for cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) including landing zones, VNet/VPC designs, IAM, monitoring, and automation. Lead architecture for hybrid cloud models using VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, transit gateways, and interconnects. Define HA, DR, backup, and performance architectures aligned with business SLAs. Provide architecture leadership for infra modernization, DC exit, and cloudfirst initiatives. Lead end-to-end migration planning for workloads. Develop migration strategies: rehost, replatform, refactor, containerization assessments. Conduct infra readiness assessments, cloud adoption frameworks, and dependency mapping. Oversee execution of large-scale datacenter-to-cloud or on-prem to hybrid migrations. Ensure infra and cloud designs comply with enterprise security standards. Support security assessments and provide remediation guidance. Contribute to risk analysis, architecture approvals, and compliance documentation. Work with project/program managers to estimate, plan, and deliver infra/cloud solutions. Conduct workshops with app teams, infra teams, and business stakeholders. Provide technical leadership to engineering teams during build & deployment phases. Prepare architecture decision records (ADRs), design documents, runbooks, and transition plans. .