Senior Infra Architect: AI‑Driven, Hybrid Cloud & Automation

The Hartford; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford is seeking a Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, secure, and modernize enterprise infrastructure across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. You will lead cross-functional efforts, implement automation, and drive observability and resiliency to improve performance and reduce risk.

You will influence platform direction, contribute to secure coding practices, and collaborate with Security, Architecture, and Operations teams to deliver cost-efficient, compliant

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of applicable software engineering experience.
• Expert proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (Java, C#/.NET, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Strong full-stack expertise (front end, APIs, back-end services).
• Deep experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and AIOps practices.
• Cloud platforms, containers, and distributed systems knowledge.
• Secure coding, vulnerability remediation, and data protection expertise.
• Experience with agentic AI architectures, LLM prompting, and human-AI interaction design.
• Hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools to boost productivity.

Responsibilities

• Owns technical direction and design integrity for complex infrastructure across platforms and teams.
• Leads cross-functional squads to deliver enterprise-critical outcomes.
• Serves as a subject matter expert, shaping platform direction and standards.
• Designs scalable infrastructure, automation, observability, and resiliency across hybrid environments.
• Owns design choices for AI-enabled or agentic infrastructure when cross-domain trade-offs are needed.
• Modernizes services, automation, patterns, and runbooks for scalability and cost efficiency.
• Establishes reusable playbooks and documentation to enable safe, consistent execution.

Skills

Java

C#/.NET

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Full-stack

CI/CD

AIOps

Cloud platforms

LLM prompting

Responsible AI

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

The Hartford is seeking a Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, secure, and modernize enterprise infrastructure across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. You will lead cross-functional efforts, implement automation, and drive observability and resiliency to improve performance and reduce risk.

You will influence platform direction, contribute to secure coding practices, and collaborate with Security, Architecture, and Operations teams to deliver cost-efficient, compliant