Senior Infrastructure Architect – Platform Engineering

Akkodis; San Antonio (TX); Remote; USD 96,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

2 weeks paid vacation

401K plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Architect for Platform Engineering on a contract basis with a remote option. The role focuses on design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise compute platforms supporting OT environments across data centers and remote sites.

The candidate will lead standardization, hardware lifecycle planning, and upgrades while hands‑on implementing solutions, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating across Windows, Networking, Cybersecurity, and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of infrastructure engineering and architecture experience.
• Strong hands-on experience supporting enterprise compute and virtualization platforms.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting production infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise server hardware architecture and lifecycle management.
• Experience planning and executing infrastructure upgrades, refreshes, and modernization initiatives.
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues in production environments.
• Experience developing operational procedures, standards, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to independently design, implement, support, and improve infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, administer, and support enterprise compute infrastructure platforms supporting OT workloads.
• Deploy and maintain physical server infrastructure across data center and remote site environments.
• Implement and support virtualization platforms and associated management systems.
• Perform platform upgrades, migrations, lifecycle activities, and remediation efforts.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Support highly available and mission‑critical OT infrastructure environments.
• Lifecycle Management & Standardization
• Support lifecycle planning activities for compute hardware and virtualization platforms.
• Develop and maintain standard hardware configurations and approved platform offerings.
• Identify lifecycle risks associated with aging infrastructure and unsupported technologies.
• Support hardware refresh initiatives and platform modernization efforts.
• Improve inventory accuracy, supportability tracking, and lifecycle visibility across the compute portfolio.
• Contribute to lifecycle governance processes and operational reporting.
• Platform Operations & Continuous Improvement
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, operational procedures, and support documentation.
• Improve monitoring, automation, reporting, and operational visibility.
• Drive standardization and operational maturity across compute platforms.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, supportability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and operational readiness activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the OT Compute portfolio.
• Technical Leadership
• Provide technical recommendations regarding compute platforms, hardware standards, lifecycle activities, and operational improvements.
• Collaborate with Windows Services, Networking, Cybersecurity, Architecture, and Operations teams.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Participate in technical evaluations and solution design activities.
• Assist in developing standards and implementation approaches for new platform capabilities.

Skills

Infrastructure design

Compute & virtualization

Lifecycle mgmt

Hardware standards

Platform upgrades

Root cause analysis

Documentation standards

Collaboration

Tools

VMware

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

Kubernetes

ServiceNow

Job description

Akkodis is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Architect – Platform Engineering for a Contract job this is a Remote.

Rate Range: $70-$93/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors

EMPLOYMENT TYPE/DURATION: Contract role – 12 months with possible extension

COMPENSATION: $70-$98

LOCATION DETAILS: Located near Findlay Ohio, San Antonio, TX or Denver, CO ideally but open to full remote

Top 3-5 Technical Skills

• 7+ years of infrastructure engineering and architecture experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience supporting enterprise compute and virtualization platforms.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting production infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise server hardware architecture and lifecycle management.
• Experience planning and executing infrastructure upgrades, refreshes, and modernization initiatives.

Description:

• The Senior Infrastructure Architect – Platform Engineering will be embedded on the OT Compute team, and be responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of compute platforms supporting critical Operational Technology (OT) environments.
• This role is a senior hands‑on Architecture and Engineering position focused on enterprise server hardware, virtualization platforms, and associated infrastructure services. The successful candidate will lead platform design, lifecycle management, standardization efforts, and operational improvements while remaining actively involved in implementation, support, and troubleshooting activities.
• A significant portion of the initial engagement will focus on lifecycle management initiatives including hardware standardization, supportability tracking, inventory governance, refresh planning, platform upgrades, and operational maturity improvements. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with a passion for building and operating scalable, supportable, and sustainable infrastructure platforms.
• This position requires an Architect who can balance technical design, hands‑on implementation, operational support, and lifecycle management considerations when making platform decisions. Solutions should be designed not only to meet immediate business needs but also to support long‑term maintainability, reliability, supportability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, administer, and support enterprise compute infrastructure platforms supporting OT workloads.
• Deploy and maintain physical server infrastructure across data center and remote site environments.
• Implement and support virtualization platforms and associated management systems.
• Perform platform upgrades, migrations, lifecycle activities, and remediation efforts.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Support highly available and mission‑critical OT infrastructure environments.
• Lifecycle Management & Standardization
• Support lifecycle planning activities for compute hardware and virtualization platforms.
• Develop and maintain standard hardware configurations and approved platform offerings.
• Identify lifecycle risks associated with aging infrastructure and unsupported technologies.
• Support hardware refresh initiatives and platform modernization efforts.
• Improve inventory accuracy, supportability tracking, and lifecycle visibility across the compute portfolio.
• Contribute to lifecycle governance processes and operational reporting.
• Platform Operations & Continuous Improvement
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, operational procedures, and support documentation.
• Improve monitoring, automation, reporting, and operational visibility.
• Drive standardization and operational maturity across compute platforms.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, supportability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and operational readiness activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the OT Compute portfolio.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical recommendations regarding compute platforms, hardware standards, lifecycle activities, and operational improvements.
• Collaborate with Windows Services, Networking, Cybersecurity, Architecture, and Operations teams.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Participate in technical evaluations and solution design activities.
• Assist in developing standards and implementation approaches for new platform capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of infrastructure engineering and architecture experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience supporting enterprise compute and virtualization platforms.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting production infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise server hardware architecture and lifecycle management.
• Experience planning and executing infrastructure upgrades, refreshes, and modernization initiatives.
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues in production environments.
• Experience developing operational procedures, standards, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to independently design, implement, support, and improve infrastructure solutions.

Technical Experience

• Operating Systems: Windows Server, RHEL, Ubuntu 18+, Debian 9+

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Operational Technology (OT) environments.
• Experience supporting highly available and mission‑critical infrastructure platforms.
• Experience developing hardware standards and standard platform offerings.
• Experience leads to hardware refresh, platform modernization, or lifecycle management initiatives.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management technologies.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
• Experience operating within Agile, SAFe, or product-based delivery organizations.
• Preferred Tool Experience: ServiceNow, VMware Aria/vCenter, Powershell/Python, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Kubernetes,

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled\

Benefit offerings available for our associates include the following:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short‑term disability
• additional voluntary benefits
• an EAP program
• commuter benefits
• a 401K plan
• Paid Sick Leave
• Holiday pay

Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs.

In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client‑recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client

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