Strategic Director, IT Platform Architecture & Engineering

HNI Corporation; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

HNI Corporation is seeking a Director of IT Platform Architecture & Engineering to own the Service Strategy and Service Design for infrastructure, including data center, cloud, networking, and end-user compute. You will lead a small team of senior domain architects and set multi-year roadmaps aligned with security and compliance requirements.

The role requires guiding post-acquisition integrations, consolidating environments, and ensuring architectures meet SOX and audit standards while

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise infrastructure engineering or architecture across cloud, networking, end-user computing, or related domains.
• 5+ years leading architecture or platform engineering teams in a large enterprise.
• Ownership of ITIL Service Strategy and Service Design for enterprise infrastructure services.
• Strong documentation and presentation skills with ability to run concurrent initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define the future-state architecture strategy across networking, end-user technology, cloud, data center, compute, storage, and virtualization.
• Own ITIL Service Strategy and Service Design for infrastructure services and deliver accepted design packages to Service Transition and Operations.
• Lead multi-year data center, cloud, network, and end-user consolidation as managed programs.
• Hold decision authority on infrastructure architecture and major design changes with input from engineering and cybersecurity.
• Provide executive-level communication of strategy, risks, and investment requirements.

Job description

HNI Corporation is seeking a Director of IT Platform Architecture & Engineering to own the Service Strategy and Service Design for infrastructure, including data center, cloud, networking, and end-user compute. You will lead a small team of senior domain architects and set multi-year roadmaps aligned with security and compliance requirements.

The role requires guiding post-acquisition integrations, consolidating environments, and ensuring architectures meet SOX and audit standards while