Infrastructure Architect - Cloud & AI-Driven Modernization

Alvarez & Marsal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal, a global consulting firm, seeks an Infrastructure Architect to lead large-scale modernization including cloud readiness assessment and architecture transformation for complex, legacy-heavy environments. You will design hybrid and cloud-native target architectures and guide migrations aligned to business needs.

With 8–12+ years of experience, you will drive IaC, automation, and AI-enhanced analysis, while collaborating across security, operations, and governance.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of professional experience in infrastructure architecture for large enterprises.
• Experience leading infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, or large-scale transformation programs.
• Federal infrastructure environment experience preferred; deep modernization in regulated industries can substitute.
• Bachelor's degree; cloud certifications or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Comfortable with travel up to 80%.
• Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure assessment, topology mapping, capacity utilization, performance bottleneck identification, and cost modeling.
• Design modernized target infrastructure architectures aligned to business requirements and cloud migration roadmaps.
• Assess cloud readiness, identify gaps in skills/tooling/governance, and develop phased migration strategy with sequencing logic.
• Develop infrastructure automation and IaC implementation roadmaps to reduce manual toil and improve deployment velocity.
• Evaluate dependencies between infrastructure modernization, application refactoring, and broader digital transformation initiatives.
• Support practice development through internal training, content creation, and people development.

Skills

Data center architecture

Cloud readiness assessment

Hybrid/multi-cloud design

IaC & automation

Kubernetes readiness

Infrastructure security

AI-assisted infrastructure analysis

Federal infrastructure standards

Education

Bachelor's degree

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure)

CISSP / ITIL Master

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal, a global consulting firm, seeks an Infrastructure Architect to lead large-scale modernization including cloud readiness assessment and architecture transformation for complex, legacy-heavy environments. You will design hybrid and cloud-native target architectures and guide migrations aligned to business needs.

With 8–12+ years of experience, you will drive IaC, automation, and AI-enhanced analysis, while collaborating across security, operations, and governance.