Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure position! This is a 6 month contract-to-hire and will be remote in the United States. This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead the conceptual and logical architecture for enterprise infrastructure spanning Azure cloud, co-location data centers, compute, networking, and platform services
Define high-level physical architecture standards for scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient environments supporting all platforms, including AI and digital workloads
Partner with domain leadership to document, visualize, and articulate the overall technical health, current state, and target state of Enterprise Architecture
Establish enterprise architecture patterns for hybrid infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration across cloud and on-premise environments and alignment with enterprise cloud strategy
Drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) architecture principles across Azure and co-location environments, including reliability, scalability, observability, and automation frameworks
Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and platform teams to translate the enterprise's future-state architecture vision into actionable principles, guidelines, standards, and patterns
Research and apply emerging technologies and industry trends to provide fact-based recommendations that support strategic decision-making and improve technology delivery
Communicate architecture tradeoffs, risks, and investment priorities to senior leadership while building strong stakeholder partnerships across technical and business teams
What You'll Need to Have
7+ years of experience in developing and integrating applications using relevant software architecture principles and patterns
Deep knowledge of infrastructure and cloud technologies, including Azure-native services, hybrid connectivity, container platforms, and distributed systems