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Senior Technical Architect, Infrastructure and Cloud

Chicago, Illinois, usFull-time$172k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-11

Core

Sets direction for corporate and cloud infrastructure evolution to support secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective business services by defining standards, roadmaps, and guardrails.

Role type

Senior individual contributor technical architect (infrastructure and cloud)

Builds

Enterprise infrastructure strategy, reference architectures, governance standards, and multi-year roadmaps for cloud and data center environments.

Domain

Enterprise IT, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Center Operations

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Infrastructure and cloud strategy, Azure and GCP architecture, Agentic AI patterns (RAG, A2A, MCP), Enterprise integration patterns, Cloud governance and guardrails, Infrastructure as code, Architecture decision records, Stakeholder influence, Capacity planning and FinOps

Preferred skills

ITIL and CMDB, Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, COBIT), Agile and Scrum release planning, AI/ML infrastructure requirements (GPU capacity), Zero-trust architecture, FinOps and cost modeling, Vendor strategy guidance

Technologies

Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Containers, Infrastructure as Code, APIs, Messaging, Event-driven architecture

Responsibilities

Define current-state, transition-state, and target-state infrastructure architecture with multiyear roadmaps; Establish reference architectures, principles, and standards across cloud, data center, networking, and compute; Lead infrastructure architecture reviews and evaluate major technical decisions; Recommend resilience and compliance requirements for high availability and disaster recovery; Partner with Security Architecture on zero-trust and compliance; Research emerging technologies and advise on adoption; Collaborate with product and integration teams on infrastructure dependencies; Inform infrastructure economics through capacity planning and FinOps practices.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC