Architect Principal - Infrastructure

American Electric Power Co.

Austin, Northern (TX, KY)

Hybrid

USD 116,000 - 151,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off

Educational opportunities

Job summary

American Electric Power seeks an experienced Senior Infrastructure Architect to deliver enterprise infrastructure solutions and drive modernization across server platforms, storage, identity services, automation, and core platforms.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and engineering teams to develop standards and roadmaps, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, resilient, and supportable designs that align with strategic business objectives.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field required.
8+ years of relevant work experience required, equivalent combinations may be considered.
Experience translating requirements into scalable, enterprise infrastructure architectures.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver infrastructure solutions addressing complex business/technology requirements with scalability, resiliency, security, and operability.
Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to evaluate requirements and develop strategic infrastructure options.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture on standards, reference architectures, design patterns, roadmaps, and best-practices.
Lead architecture and design across infrastructure domains including Windows/Linux, storage, databases, identity services, automation, and core platforms.
Produce architectural deliverables, designs, roadmaps, and governance artifacts with minimal supervision.
Mentor engineers to strengthen infrastructure engineering capabilities and promote consistent design practices.

Skills

Infrastructure architecture

Windows & Linux

Security & compliance

Roadmaps & governance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Active Directory

LDAP

Automation tooling

Job description

Job Summary

Part of a larger team delivering enterprise infrastructure solutions that enable business operations, technology modernization, and operational excellence. Responsible for translating business, operational, and technical requirements into scalable infrastructure architectures spanning server platforms, operating systems, storage, databases, identity services, automation, and core enterprise platforms. Focuses on developing and governing infrastructure standards, architecture patterns, roadmaps, and technology ecosystems to ensure solutions are secure, resilient, supportable, and aligned with strategic objectives. Provides architectural leadership across infrastructure domains while driving consistency, modernization, and operational efficiency.

Job Description

What you’ll do:

Design and deliver infrastructure solutions that address complex business and technology requirements while ensuring scalability, resiliency, security, and operational supportability.
Partner with engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to identify challenges, evaluate requirements, and develop strategic infrastructure solution options.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture on infrastructure standards, reference architectures, design patterns, technology roadmaps, and engineering best practices.
Lead architecture and design efforts across infrastructure domains including Windows and Linux platforms, storage, databases, identity services (Active Directory and LDAP), automation, and enterprise infrastructure platforms.
Produce architectural deliverables, technical designs, roadmaps, and governance artifacts with minimal supervision.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert for infrastructure technology strategy, platform modernization, and operational excellence initiatives.
Collaborate with engineering teams to evaluate emerging technologies, modernization opportunities, and platform lifecycle management strategies.
Mentor and provide architectural guidance to engineers to strengthen infrastructure engineering capabilities and promote consistent design practices.
Work closely with project teams, leadership, and operations teams to ensure successful delivery of infrastructure initiatives and alignment with enterprise architecture objectives.
Participate in key project and operational decisions, ensuring trade-offs between risk, cost, supportability, security, and delivery timelines are thoughtfully evaluated.
Assess the health, maturity, and future-state direction of infrastructure platforms and services, developing strategic roadmaps that improve reliability, efficiency, automation, and business enablement.
Drive continuous improvement through infrastructure automation, standardization, and adoption of modern engineering practices to reduce operational complexity and increase service quality.

What we’re looking for:

Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.

Experience:

8 years of relevant work experience is required.
An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.

American Electric Power (On-Site)

At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!

Compensation

$116,255.00 - $151,132.50

Physical Demands

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.

“AEP offers an outstanding group of people to be a part of. The AEP culture values your integrity and awards your hard work.”

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