Enterprise/Solution Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health, vision and dental insurance

Child care subsidies

Student loan subsidies

Retirement plan (403(b))

Pension

Tuition and certification reimburse**

Employee discounts

Discounted commuter benefits

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital seeks an Enterprise/Solution Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud to define and govern the organization's enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture. The role provides strategic and technical leadership across AWS, Microsoft Azure, hybrid cloud, data centers, networking, compute, storage, virtualization, and supporting enterprise technologies.

The position drives architecture standards, roadmaps, and governance, guiding migrations, modernization, automation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud, or related disciplines.
• 5+ years in enterprise/solution/infrastructure/cloud architecture roles.
• Experience designing complex enterprise infrastructure and hybrid-cloud solutions (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Healthcare/academic medical center experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop infrastructure and cloud architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
• Define current-state, target-state, and transition architectures with gaps and debt.
• Participate in architecture governance and technology investment decisions (TOGAF-aligned).
• Design secure, scalable, cost-effective solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid/on-prem.
• Define landing zones, identity integration, security controls, and workload placement.
• Guide cloud migration, modernization, and automation; support FinOps practices.
• Architect WAN/LAN, data center, compute, storage, and virtualization environments.
• Set standards for availability, performance, resiliency and DR.
• Review vendor proposals against standards and provide planning guidance.
• Lead architecture assessments and create diagrams, roadmaps; promote data-driven decisions.
• Evaluate infrastructure as code and automation; pursue cost optimization and debt reduction.
• Support intake, capacity planning, and Jira-based demand management.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

GCP

Leadership

Cost optimization

Enterprise IT

TOGAF

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IT/Engineering

TOGAF certification

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow CMDB

Job description

Position Summary/ Department Summary:

The Enterprise/Solution Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud defines, designs, governs, and advances the organization's enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture. The role provides strategic and technical leadership across AWS, Microsoft Azure, hybrid cloud, data centers, networking, telecommunications, compute, storage, virtualization, and supporting enterprise technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Develop infrastructure and cloud architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.
• Define current-state, target-state, and transition architectures. Identify gaps, dependencies, and technical debt.
• Take part in architecture governance and technology investment decisions, using TOGAF-aligned practices.

Cloud Architecture & Modernization

• Design secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid/on-premises environments.
• Define landing zones, connectivity, identity integration, security controls, and workload placement.
• Guide cloud migration, modernization, and automation. Support CCoE guardrails and FinOps practices.

Infrastructure & Network Architecture

• Architect WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, telecommunications, data center, compute, storage, and virtualization environments.
• Set standards for availability, performance, resiliency, and disaster recovery.
• Evaluate products and designs for security, lifecycle risk, and total cost of ownership.

Solution Design & Governance

• Lead architecture assessments and solution designs for complex infrastructure and cloud initiatives.
• Produce diagrams, design documents, decision records, and implementation roadmaps.
• Review vendor proposals against enterprise standards. Provide guidance from planning through operational handoff.

Innovation & Cost Optimization

• Evaluate infrastructure as code, automation, AI-enabling infrastructure, and emerging platforms.
• Recommend consolidation, cost optimization, and technical debt reduction.

Intake, Delivery & Capacity Planning

• Support a lean technology intake process that assesses architectural impact and prioritizes demand.
• Use CMDB data to understand assets, dependencies, and change impacts, and promote data quality.
• Manage architecture backlogs and decisions in Jira, using sound project management practices.
• Partner with leaders and the PMO on capacity planning, forecasting, and sequencing of work.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to IT leadership, project teams, and business stakeholders.
• Work with Cloud, Network, Telecom, Data Center, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Explain technical tradeoffs to both technical and nontechnical audiences and mentor technical staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or 10 years of experience as an Enterprise/Solution Architect required.
• Preferred area of study: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud, or related technical disciplines
• 5+ years in enterprise, solution, infrastructure, or cloud architecture roles
• Demonstrated experience designing complex enterprise infrastructure and AWS or Azure or GCP hybrid-cloud solutions
• Experience developing architecture standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps
• Experience in large, complex, highly available or regulated organizations; healthcare, academic medical center, or research preferred
• Experience using CMDB platforms (such as ServiceNow CMDB) to analyze configuration items, service dependencies, and infrastructure changes
• Experience with Jira and participation in lean intake, demand management, or project delivery processes

Licensure/ Certifications:

• TOGAF certification required
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert; relevant infrastructure, networking, or cybersecurity certifications preferred

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, employee discounts and discounted commuter benefits at certain locations. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.