Infrastructure Architect

Good co India; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 1,300,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Good co India seeks an experienced Infrastructure Architect to define enterprise architecture strategies across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. You will lead design for AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms, driving modernization, DR, and resilience while shaping standards and governance.

You will mentor engineers and collaborate with security, DevOps, and application teams. The role emphasizes architecture leadership, vendor collaboration, and ongoing technology assessment in a global

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8 to 13 years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Infrastructure roles.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, and Bicep.
• Strong understanding of network architecture including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewalls, load balancers, LAN/WAN, and SD-WAN.
• Experience with VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, Windows Server, Active Directory, and enterprise infrastructure platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and define enterprise infrastructure architecture strategies aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Develop scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Lead infrastructure architecture design for AWS, Azure, GCP, data centers, virtualization, networking, storage, and compute platforms.
• Create architecture standards, reference designs, technology roadmaps, and infrastructure governance frameworks.
• Lead cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Design and implement solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, backup, and resilience.
• Architect cloud and hybrid environments using IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, and Ansible.
• Design enterprise networking solutions including LAN/WAN, VPN, SD-WAN, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.
• Define server, storage, virtualization, and platform architecture using technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, and Windows Server.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement infrastructure security controls, IAM, encryption, compliance, and risk management practices.
• Provide technical leadership during solution design, implementation, troubleshooting, and architecture reviews.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions to improve scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with cloud, DevOps, application development, security, and operations teams to deliver enterprise solutions.
• Support technology assessments, proof of concepts (PoCs), vendor evaluations, and technical proposals.
• Mentor infrastructure engineers and establish best practices for infrastructure management and operations.
• Maintain architecture documentation, standards, diagrams, and operational guidelines.

Skills

Infrastructure design

Enterprise networking

Security architecture

IAM & governance

Stakeholder management

Leadership & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS CloudFormation

ARM Templates

Bicep

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Design and define enterprise infrastructure architecture strategies aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Develop scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Lead infrastructure architecture design for AWS, Azure, GCP, data centers, virtualization, networking, storage, and compute platforms.
• Create architecture standards, reference designs, technology roadmaps, and infrastructure governance frameworks.
• Lead cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Design and implement solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, backup, and resilience.
• Architect cloud and hybrid environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, and Ansible.
• Design enterprise networking solutions including LAN/WAN, VPN, SD-WAN, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.
• Define server, storage, virtualization, and platform architecture using technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, and Windows Server.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement infrastructure security controls, IAM, encryption, compliance, and risk management practices.
• Provide technical leadership during solution design, implementation, troubleshooting, and architecture reviews.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions to improve scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with cloud, DevOps, application development, security, and operations teams to deliver enterprise solutions.
• Support technology assessments, proof of concepts (PoCs), vendor evaluations, and technical proposals.
• Mentor infrastructure engineers and establish best practices for infrastructure management and operations.
• Maintain architecture documentation, standards, diagrams, and operational guidelines.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8 to 13 years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Infrastructure roles.
• Strong experience designing and managing enterprise-scale infrastructure architectures across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong knowledge of server infrastructure, virtualization, networking, storage, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability solutions.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, and Bicep.
• Strong understanding of network architecture including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewalls, load balancers, LAN/WAN, and SD-WAN.
• Experience with VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, Windows Server, Active Directory, and enterprise infrastructure platforms.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, container platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and automation frameworks.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack, Datadog, CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor.
• Strong understanding of security architecture, IAM, vulnerability management, compliance standards, and infrastructure governance.
• Excellent architecture documentation, stakeholder management, communication, and technical leadership skills.
• Experience working with enterprise customers, vendors, and cross-functional global teams.

Preferred certifications

• TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Google Professional Cloud Architect
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Terraform Associate
• ITIL Foundation
• RHCE / CCNP