A minimum of 5 years in an Infrastructure Architect role in developing infrastructure design solutions covering network, server, database, application, and reporting domains Ability to translate disparate business strategies into comprehensive, pragmatic technology strategies and execution plans (roadmaps) to satisfy business strategy Ability to design and deliver solutions that factor in system performance, usability, quality, cross-system interdependencies, scalability while accounting for development and maintenance costs Broad technical expertise with the software and hardware components of modern computing environments, including a deep knowledge and understanding of information technology approaches, applications, architectures, tools, and methodologies, as well as a broad-based background in a wide variety of technology platforms Has depth and breadth of expertise in multiple related disciplines, such as Windows Operating systems, Unix Operating Systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), server, storage, network, security, virtualization, and cloud technologies Demonstrated ability in evaluating and recommending technologies as part of an overall strategic plan, including establishing priorities, developing long-range plans, and managing strategically Strong communication skills (written / verbal) with varied audiences Experience modeling as-is and to-be architectures based on business requirements Solid grasp of the ITIL framework Experience with researching/implementing Cloud Based solutions Experience explaining difficult concepts to decision makers to help shape technology strategy Detailed design knowledge of hardware, networking, database and applications in a large data center scenario Active/Active and Disaster Recovery design experience. 5+ years related work experience working with infrastructure technologies support, setup, monitoring and performance testing.