Senior AVP: Enterprise Infrastructure Architect

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a senior Infrastructure Architect to design and maintain enterprise-wide infrastructure standards and reference architectures across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.

You will lead architecture decisions, drive IaC adoption, ensure security and regulatory compliance, and mentor junior staff while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, resilient IT infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in infrastructure operations/engineering.
• Last 5–7 years in IT infrastructure architecture.
• Experience defining enterprise-wide infrastructure standards and roadmaps.
• Strong knowledge of compute/OS, networking, security, storage, virtualization, container platforms & orchestration.
• Experience with cloud on-premise and public cloud (Azure, AWS, OCI).
• Experience in DevOps/Platform Engineering, Data, AI/ML, Observability domains.
• Security best practices and regulatory compliance experience.
• Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and communication skills.
• Certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure) and TOGAF/Zachman knowledge are a plus.
• Proven track record leading infrastructure projects end-to-end.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise infrastructure target state with standards and reference architecture across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Monitor the infrastructure landscape and propose improvements for reliability, scalability, performance, availability and security.
• Lead domain-level infrastructure architecture evolution aligned with enterprise direction and business priorities.
• Oversee selection and implementation of infrastructure technologies, tools, and platforms.
• Establish guardrails to promote standardization, reuse, resilience and security by design.
• Collaborate with applications, platform, network, database, security and operations teams for seamless integration.
• Translate business needs into viable infrastructure capabilities with business domain and solution architects.
• Develop and maintain documentation including reference architectures, standards and guidelines.
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with regulatory requirements for security and data residency.
• Plan capacity, scalability and disaster recovery; design backup/recovery strategies.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to maintain competitiveness and cost-effectiveness.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior staff and project teams.

Skills

Infrastructure architecture

Cloud computing

IaC

DevOps

Security & compliance

Leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Project management

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Terraform

OpenShift

AWS

Azure

OCI

Linux

UNIX (AIX)

Cisco

Palo Alto

Check Point

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a senior Infrastructure Architect to design and maintain enterprise-wide infrastructure standards and reference architectures across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.

You will lead architecture decisions, drive IaC adoption, ensure security and regulatory compliance, and mentor junior staff while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, resilient IT infrastructure.