Director Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture Strategy
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Job Location:
Dallas, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
What success looks like in this role:
This role is accountable for:
- Defining and governing cloud and infrastructure architecture direction
- Acting as the lead architect for complex and strategic initiatives
- Leading developing and governing the cloud and infrastructure architecture practice
The role ensures that cloud and infrastructure solutions are secure scalable costeffective and aligned with business and delivery objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture Leadership
- Own cloud and infrastructure architecture principles standards and reference architectures
- Act as lead architect for complex highrisk or strategic initiatives
- Define targetstate architectures and modernization roadmaps
- Ensure architectures meet requirements for security resilience availability and cost efficiency
Architecture Governance & Authority
- Serve as final design authority for cloud and infrastructure architectural decisions
- Establish and lead architecture governance and design review forums
- Review and approve solution architectures produced by architects and delivery teams
- Resolve architectural tradeoffs and conflicts across platforms and programs
Leadership of the Architecture Practice
- Lead and manage cloud infrastructure and platform architects as a unified practice
- Define clear roles expectations and quality standards for architects
- Build a strong community of practice including mentoring and skills development
- Own capability uplift knowledge sharing and succession planning for the architecture function
Strategy Enablement & Stakeholder Engagement
- Translate business and technology strategy into actionable cloud and infrastructure roadmaps
- Partner with security operations and delivery leaders to align architecture with execution
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior technology leaders and executives
- Ensure architecture outputs are practical adopted and support delivery outcomes
Required Experience & Capabilities
Technical Expertise
- 15 years experience in cloud and infrastructure architecture
- Deep knowledge of AWS and/or Azure and enterprise scale hybrid environments
- Strong experience with infrastructure platforms networking identity security and resilience
- Hands on experience with Infrastructure as Code and modern cloud practices
Leadership & Influence
- Proven experience leading architects as a function not just as individual contributors
- Strong architectural judgement and decision making authority
- Ability to balance delivery urgency with long term architectural sustainability
- Excellent communication skills across technical and nontechnical stakeholders
You will be successful in this role if you have:
BA/BS degree and 15 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
Graduate degree preferred
4-6 years leadership experience
Cloud Architect Certifications
This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore to conform to U.S. export control regulations applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.
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Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Marketing
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Research Experience
- Project Management
- Research & Development
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Leadership Experience
- Management Consulting
- Analytics
About Company
Unisys is a global information technology company that specializes in providing industry-focused solutions integrated with leading-edge security to clients in the government, financial services and commercial markets. Unisys offerings include security solutions, advanced data analytic ... View more
