Technical Architect Infrastructure

We are seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Technical Architect to design architect and guide the implementation of secure scalable and resilient enterprise infrastructure solutions supporting cloud-native applications data platforms AI/ML workloads and mission-critical systems. The Infrastructure Technical Architect will serve as a technical leader responsible for defining infrastructure strategies architecture standards modernization roadmaps and platform solutions across cloud hybrid and on-premises environments. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong communication and leadership skills to help customers modernize infrastructure optimize operations and enable future growth.

Responsibilities include:

• Design enterprise infrastructure architectures supporting modern application data analytics and AI ecosystems.
• Define infrastructure standards reference architectures best practices and technical roadmaps.
• Architect cloud hybrid-cloud and on-premises infrastructure solutions utilizing AWS Azure GCP and related technologies.
• Design and oversee production staging QA and development environments operating in highly available 24x7 environments.
• Lead infrastructure modernization cloud migration and cloud optimization initiatives.
• Design scalable network compute storage virtualization container and platform architectures.
• Establish Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation and platform engineering strategies to improve operational efficiency and consistency.
• Define resiliency backup disaster recovery business continuity and high-availability architectures.
• Ensure infrastructure architectures align with security compliance governance and cybersecurity requirements.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical leadership to infrastructure cloud application and data engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects Data Architects Product Managers Developers and Cloud Engineers to ensure cohesive end-to-end platform designs.
• Document current-state environments perform gap analyses and develop future-state architecture recommendations and implementation roadmaps.
• Support DevSecOps practices by integrating infrastructure automation security controls monitoring and CI/CD processes.
• Leverage virtualization containerization and cloud-native technologies to optimize and modernize enterprise platforms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend infrastructure solutions that improve scalability reliability security and cost efficiency.
• Perform root cause analysis on complex infrastructure and platform issues and recommend long-term architectural improvements.
• Serve as a technical mentor and trusted advisor to project teams and stakeholders.
• Present technical recommendations architecture decisions and project status updates to technical and executive audiences.

Required:

• Ability to hold a position of public trust with the U.S. Government.
• Bachelors degree
• 10 years of experience designing implementing and supporting enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• 8 years of experience architecting cloud and hybrid-cloud environments utilizing AWS Azure or GCP.
• 8 years of experience implementing Infrastructure as Code automation and orchestration solutions.
• 8 years of experience supporting software development and infrastructure delivery within Agile environments.
• Experience designing enterprise infrastructure architectures including networking compute storage virtualization and cloud services.
• Experience integrating infrastructure platforms with DevSecOps tooling CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Experience designing highly available fault-tolerant and scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with identity and access management infrastructure security and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with Git-based source control platforms including GitHub GitLab or Bitbucket.
• Experience documenting current-state environments conducting gap analyses and producing architecture artifacts and technical recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred:

• Masters Degree in an IT-related field.
• Certifications:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
  • SAFe DevOps Certification
• Experience supporting Federal Government programs and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Experience architecting solutions supporting data platforms analytics environments and AI/ML workloads.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with virtualization platforms and enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Experience with scripting languages such as PowerShell Python Bash Groovy or Ruby.
• Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform CloudFormation Ansible Chef or similar technologies.
• Experience implementing platform engineering site reliability engineering (SRE) or cloud operations best practices.
• Local to the Washington DC metro area.

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary including but not limited to geographic location contractual requirements education knowledge skills competencies and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $180000 to $225000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunks total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

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