Infrastructure Architect: Cloud Modernization & AI

Alvarez & Marsal; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal seeks an experienced Infrastructure Architect to lead large-scale modernization projects for enterprise clients, including cloud migrations and hybrid solutions. The role emphasizes aligning architecture with business goals, governance, and security in regulated industries.

The candidate should have 8–12+ years in infrastructure architecture, with proven delivery in complex environments and familiarity with IaC, Kubernetes readiness, and AI-assisted tooling.

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of professional experience in infrastructure architecture for complex, large enterprises, with consulting or advisory delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, or large-scale transformation programs.
• Federal infrastructure environment experience preferred—deep modernization experience in regulated industries can substitute.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure assessment and baseline analysis—topology mapping, capacity utilization, performance bottleneck identification, and cost modeling.
• Design modernized target infrastructure architectures (cloud-native, hybrid, or optimized on-premises) 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.
• Define and integrate infrastructure findings into A&M's broader engagement scope and deliverables.
• Support practice development through internal training, content creation, and people development.

Skills

Infrastructure architecture

Cloud migration

Enterprise modernization

Regulated environments

IaC

Kubernetes readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

AWS Solutions Architect

Azure Administrator

CISSP

ITIL Master

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal seeks an experienced Infrastructure Architect to lead large-scale modernization projects for enterprise clients, including cloud migrations and hybrid solutions. The role emphasizes aligning architecture with business goals, governance, and security in regulated industries.

The candidate should have 8–12+ years in infrastructure architecture, with proven delivery in complex environments and familiarity with IaC, Kubernetes readiness, and AI-assisted tooling.