Director - Cloud and Infrastructure Architecture Strategy

What success looks like in this role:

This role is accountable for:

• Defining and governing cloud and infrastructure architecture direction
• Acting as the lead architect for complex and strategic initiatives
• Leading, developing, and governing the cloud and infrastructure architecture practice

The role ensures that cloud and infrastructure solutions are secure, scalable, costeffective, and aligned with business and delivery objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture Leadership

• Own cloud and infrastructure architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures
• Act as lead architect for complex, highrisk, or strategic initiatives
• Define targetstate architectures and modernization roadmaps
• Ensure architectures meet requirements for security, resilience, availability, and cost efficiency

Architecture Governance & Authority

• Serve as final design authority for cloud and infrastructure architectural decisions
• Establish and lead architecture governance and design review forums
• Review and approve solution architectures produced by architects and delivery teams
• Resolve architectural tradeoffs and conflicts across platforms and programs

Leadership of the Architecture Practice

• Lead and manage cloud, infrastructure, and platform architects as a unified practice
• Define clear roles, expectations, and quality standards for architects
• Build a strong community of practice, including mentoring and skills development
• Own capability uplift, knowledge sharing, and succession planning for the architecture function

Strategy, Enablement & Stakeholder Engagement

• Translate business and technology strategy into actionable cloud and infrastructure roadmaps
• Partner with security, operations, and delivery leaders to align architecture with execution
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior technology leaders and executives
• Ensure architecture outputs are practical, adopted, and support delivery outcomes

Required Experience & Capabilities

Technical Expertise

• 15+ years' experience in cloud and infrastructure architecture
• Deep knowledge of AWS and/or Azure and enterprise scale hybrid environments
• Strong experience with infrastructure platforms, networking, identity, security, and resilience
• Hands on experience with Infrastructure as Code and modern cloud practices

Leadership & Influence

• Proven experience leading architects as a function, not just as individual contributors
• Strong architectural judgement and decision making authority
• Ability to balance delivery urgency with long term architectural sustainability
• Excellent communication skills across technical and nontechnical stakeholders

You will be successful in this role if you have:

BA/BS degree and 15 years' relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
Graduate degree preferred
4-6 years' leadership experience

Cloud Architect Certifications

This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

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