Enterprise Computing & Cloud Architect

Job description

Responsibilities: Define and govern enterprise architecture for computing platforms across on-premises, private cloud, public cloud, HPC, and AI environments. Establish target and reference architectures, technology standards, and design patterns. Develop strategic technology roadmaps aligned with business goals. Provide architectural leadership and assurance for major programs and transformation initiatives. Evaluate and recommend infrastructure, cloud, computing, virtualization, containerization, HPC, and AI technologies. Set principles and standards for scalability, availability, performance, security, resilience, interoperability, and cost optimization. Ensure solution architectures align with enterprise architecture and strategic direction. Lead architecture reviews and technical governance throughout solution lifecycle. Assess current-state environments and create transition architectures and migration strategies. Define cloud adoption, hybrid cloud, workload placement, and infrastructure modernization strategies. Collaborate with cybersecurity, data, applications, networking, operations, and other architecture domains. Offer guidance for high-performance and AI computing platforms. Assess technology risks, technical debt, dependencies, and modernization opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Master’s degree preferred
• 10+ years experience in technology, infrastructure, cloud or enterprise architecture
• experience designing and governing complex computing and infrastructure platforms
• strong experience across on-premises and public/private cloud environments
• experience with HPC and/or AI infrastructure architecture desirable
• proficiency in cloud architecture, virtualization, containers, compute platforms, storage, networking, and infrastructure automation
• experience developing enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and governance frameworks
• proven experience providing architectural assurance for major programs and complex implementations
• strong understanding of security, resilience, availability, scalability, performance, and cost optimization principles
• excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical and problem‑solving skills
• relevant certifications such as TOGAF, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Kubernetes, HPC or AI infrastructure.

Skills