Strategic Infrastructure Architecture Leader

New York Technology Partners; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Technology Partners seeks a Senior Infrastructure Architect in Chicago to shape and govern enterprise infrastructure strategy. You will oversee cloud and on‑prem architectures, drive IaC programs, and collaborate with Security, Operations, and Governance teams to align standards with business goals.

The role requires deep AWS and Kubernetes expertise, experience with Kafka and observability platforms, and the ability to influence across senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in infrastructure, platform, or systems architecture with 3+ years in leadership.
• Experience defining and governing architecture standards at scale.
• Strong hands-on knowledge across cloud, on-prem, networking, compute, and storage.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure architecture programs across Engineering, Security, Operations, and Governance.
• Translate architecture decisions into actionable standards for engineering teams.
• Represent infrastructure strategy to executive leadership.

Skills

AWS architecture

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

Fluency in security services

Networking

Kafka

Cloudwatch/OpenTelemetry

Education

BS in Computer Science / related field

Tools

Terraform

Helm

ArgoCD

Flux

GitHub Actions / Jenkins

Job description

New York Technology Partners seeks a Senior Infrastructure Architect in Chicago to shape and govern enterprise infrastructure strategy. You will oversee cloud and on‑prem architectures, drive IaC programs, and collaborate with Security, Operations, and Governance teams to align standards with business goals.

The role requires deep AWS and Kubernetes expertise, experience with Kafka and observability platforms, and the ability to influence across senior stakeholders.