Infrastructure Solution Architect

Job description

Role: Infrastructure Solution Architect Experience: 8-12 years Location: Hyderabad/Chennai **Role & responsibilities** - 812 years in IT Infrastructure Services with hands-on Solution Architecture and Implementation. - Proven experience designing end-to-end architectures across EUC, Service Desk, Datacenter (Compute/Storage/Network), and Cloud. - Deep OS knowledge and recommendations covering server builds, networking, load balancing, HA/DR, storage & backup architectures. - RFI/RFP response ownership: solution construct, estimations, pricing assumptions, risks & dependencies, and effort models. - Create/review architecture & solution design artifacts (HLD/LLD, reference architecture, BOMs, SoWs, SLAs/SLOs). - Define and enforce adherence to architectural standards, design principles, security baselines, and usability standards. - Vendor engagement across hardware/software ecosystems; evaluate architectures and compatibility. - Cloud proficiency (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable) across landing zones, identity, networking, storage, compute, security. - Strong written & verbal communication; ability to work effectively with sales, delivery, and customer stakeholders. **Roles & Responsibilities** 1. Own solution strategy for CogniX platform deals: discovery, blueprinting, HLD/LLD, and transition-to-delivery. 2. Lead customer workshops to capture requirements, non-functionals (availability, performance, security, compliance), and success metrics. 3. Design resilient architecture, HA/DR, backup & recovery, capacity planning, performance baselines, and observability. 4. Define migration approaches (rehost/replatform/refactor), cutover plans, and rollback strategies. 5. Create detailed BoM and cost models (cloud infra, licenses, support) with optimization levers (rightsizing, reservations, autoscaling). 6. Author SoWs/MSAs and governance models; establish RACI, cadence, and reporting templates. 7. Partner with delivery to establish implementation runbooks, test plans, and acceptance criteria. 8. Establish security architecture: identity & access, secrets, encryption, compliance (ISO27001, SOC2, GDPR where applicable). 9. Integrate toolchains: ITSM (ServiceNow), Observability (Prometheus/Grafana/Elastic), Automation (Terraform/Ansible), AIOps. 10. Drive risk management and dependency tracking across parallel projects; maintain architecture decision records (ADRs). 11. Contribute sales pursuits with demos/POCs; present solutions and value propositions to CXO stakeholders. **Tools & Technologies** - Cloud: Azure (landing zones, VNets, NSGs, ASR, Backup), AWS/GCP basics. - Automation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell/Bash; CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps). - Containers & PaaS: Docker, Kubernetes, AKS/EKS; API gateways and service mesh (optional). - Observability: Prometheus/Grafana, Elastic Stack, Azure Monitor; Logging/Tracing (OpenTelemetry). - Security: Azure AD/Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender; vulnerability scanning and hardening baselines. - ITSM: ServiceNow or equivalent; CMDB and change/release processes. **Certifications** - Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or AWS/GCP equivalent. - ITIL Foundation or higher. - Security certification (AZ-500, CCSP, CISSP optional). **Preferred candidate profile** - Awareness of latest industry technology trends and platforms (observability, AIOps, automation, ITSM). - Strategic thinking with business value articulation and TCO/ROI modeling. - Experience with hybrid/multi-cloud patterns, zero-trust, SASE, SD-WAN, and edge. - Working knowledge of AI-enabled operations (AIOps), LLM/RAG for knowledge search in ITSM contexts.