Senior Network & Infrastructure Architect

The Timberline Group; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

The Timberline Group is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Architect in St. Louis to lead infrastructure strategy and a team of engineers. You will align with application development, cyber security, and business operations to design scalable, secure network solutions and reduce technical debt through lifecycle management.

You will guide roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and ensure performance across applications and infrastructure with strong communication to executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or business.
• 7+ years IT experience; 8+ years in infrastructure architecture; 6+ years in large-scale tech architecture.
• 3+ years of architecture road maps & evangelizing architecture principles.
• Extensive knowledge of SAN, networks, security technologies.
• Strong communications & mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Align with application development, cyber security, and business operations teams.
• Maintain uptime and security posture against SLAs with monthly metrics.
• Design and execute vision and network road maps approved by the IT Director.
• Lead a team of engineers/admins; foster trust and high performance.
• Develop reference architectures and reduce technical debt through lifecycle management.
• Evaluate new technologies and standards from an enterprise infrastructure view.
• Provide direction on infrastructure and security standards for scalability and performance.
• Consult on major initiatives and guide design decisions; solve complex tech problems.
• Partner with managers to build cohesive architecture practice across Infrastructure.

Skills

IT leadership

Infrastructure architecture

Large-scale architecture

Network/security knowledge

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAN/Storage networks

LAN/WAN

RF/wireless tech

MPLS/DWDM/GPON

Cloud technologies

HA/DR design

Job description

The Timberline Group is seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure Architect in St. Louis to lead infrastructure strategy and a team of engineers. You will align with application development, cyber security, and business operations to design scalable, secure network solutions and reduce technical debt through lifecycle management.

You will guide roadmaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and ensure performance across applications and infrastructure with strong communication to executives.