Hybrid Senior Test Infra Architect – Lead Lab Automation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Andover (MA)

Hybrid

USD 137,000 - 261,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Massachusetts is seeking an experienced infrastructure architect for SSR test environments. The role focuses on design, reliability, and automation across Westford, Andover, and remote Quincy support.

You will lead hardware, Linux, networking, and lab automation efforts to ensure scalable, secure lab infrastructure. The position emphasizes cross-functional leadership, strategic roadmaps, and hands-on work in state-of-the-art lab facilities.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, CE, Information Systems, IT, or equivalent practical experience.
Typically 6-10 years of experience in infrastructure architecture, SRE, data-center environments, or related field.
Experience designing, supporting, or leading multi-rack, multi-network environments.

Responsibilities

Owns the strategy, architecture, standards, reliability, capacity, operational readiness, and long-term roadmap for the SSR test environments in Westford and Andover, Massachusetts, and the remotely supported performance environment in Quincy, Washington.
Designs and evolves physical lab layouts, network topologies, compute and virtualization platforms, storage, connectivity, management networks, and supporting services.
Anticipates future infrastructure requirements based on SSR product plans, hardware platforms, network speeds, testing needs, and engineering priorities.
Leads troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across hardware, Linux, networking, virtualization, power, connectivity, automation, and test infrastructure.
Drives automation for equipment onboarding, provisioning, configuration, reservation, utilization, monitoring, recovery, inventory, and reporting.
Establishes and maintains trusted systems of record, including NetBox or comparable tools, for equipment inventory, ownership, location, network connectivity, addressing, configuration, and lifecycle status.
Plans lab capacity, equipment allocation, lifecycle requirements, and future infrastructure investments.
Coordinates equipment purchasing, receipt, installation, rack placement, cabling, configuration, documentation, maintenance, and retirement.
Performs or coordinates hands-on infrastructure work in the Westford and Andover labs when physical access is required.
Supports the Quincy performance environment remotely in partnership with on-site data-center personnel and supporting HPE teams.
Partners with Engineering, Quality, Performance, Release Management, Tools, Infrastructure, Security, and corporate IT organizations.
Reviews infrastructure designs and operational activities for compliance with lab standards and provides feedback to improve reliability, scalability, security, and product quality.
Maintains architecture diagrams, network maps, operating procedures, recovery plans, troubleshooting guides, and onboarding documentation.
Provides technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to engineers working with lab infrastructure, automation, networking, and operational readiness.
Establishes practical standards that allow engineers to perform routine lab activities without making the role an unnecessary approval point or operational bottleneck.