The Enterprise Computing & Cloud Architect is responsible for defining and governing the enterprise architecture for computing and infrastructure platforms across on-premises environments, private cloud, public cloud, and High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the enterprise architecture for computing platforms across on-premises, private cloud, public cloud, HPC, and AI environments.
- Define enterprise target architectures, reference architectures, technology standards, principles, and design patterns for computing and cloud platforms.
- Develop and maintain strategic technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives, enterprise architecture strategy, and emerging technology trends.
- Provide architecture leadership and assurance for major programs, transformation initiatives, and complex technology solutions.
- Evaluate and recommend infrastructure, cloud, computing, virtualization, containerization, HPC, and AI technologies based on enterprise requirements.
- Establish architectural principles and standards covering scalability, availability, performance, security, resilience, interoperability, and cost optimization.
- Ensure alignment between solution architectures and the enterprise architecture, technology standards, and strategic direction.
- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical governance throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Assess current-state environments and develop transition architectures and migration strategies toward the target state.
- Define cloud adoption, hybrid cloud, workload placement, and infrastructure modernization strategies.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, data, applications, networking, operations, and other architecture domains to ensure integrated enterprise solutions.
- Provide architectural guidance for high-performance and AI computing platforms, including compute capacity, acceleration technologies, scalability, and integration requirements.
- Assess technology risks, technical debt, architectural dependencies, and opportunities for modernization.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in technology, infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise architecture, with significant experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated experience designing and governing complex computing and infrastructure platforms.
- Strong experience across on-premises infrastructure and public/private cloud environments.
- Experience with HPC and/or AI infrastructure architecture is highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture, virtualization, containers, compute platforms, storage, networking, and infrastructure automation.
- Experience developing enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and governance frameworks.
- Proven experience providing architectural assurance for major programs and complex technology implementations.
- Strong understanding of security, resilience, availability, scalability, performance, and infrastructure cost optimization principles.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Certifications
Relevant architecture, cloud, or technology certifications such as:
- TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.
- AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud architecture certifications.
- Relevant VMware, Kubernetes, HPC, AI infrastructure, or other specialist technology certifications.
Key Competencies
- Enterprise & Technology Architecture
- Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Architecture
- Computing & Infrastructure Architecture
- HPC & AI Infrastructure
- Architecture Governance & Assurance
- Technology Strategy & Roadmapping
- Solution Evaluation & Design
- Technology Risk Management
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Strategic Thinking and Innovation