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THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOININGA growing enterprise technology organization undergoing a significant modernization of its infrastructure, cloud environment, applications, and operating practicesA highly visible infrastructure and cloud team responsible for supporting a rapidly growing business while transforming a historically legacy environmentA collaborative group working across cloud engineering, infrastructure, database administration, project delivery, application teams, and external technology partnersAn organization investing heavily in Azure, infrastructure as code, automation, cloud-native operating practices, and broader modernization initiativesThis is a senior individual contributor role with significant influence over technical direction and how the organization builds and operates its future cloud environmentLOCATIONFort Mill, SC, Charlotte metro areaOn-site environmentOpportunity to work closely with technology leadership and the broader infrastructure organization during a major period of transformationWHAT THEY OFFER YOUA senior-level architecture seat with the ability to directly influence the future state of the organization's cloud and infrastructure environmentThe opportunity to establish architecture standards rather than simply maintain an already mature cloud platformSignificant exposure to enterprise-wide technology transformation, including cloud migration, infrastructure automation, application modernization, AI initiatives, and evolving operating modelsAn Azure-first environment with opportunities to evaluate where AWS, Google Cloud, or other platforms may make sense for specific workloadsThe ability to work across architecture and execution, helping teams translate strategic technical direction into practical, deliverable solutionsCompetitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits packageWHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANTThe organization is actively transforming a legacy infrastructure environment and needs a senior architect capable of establishing the technical direction for what comes nextAzure is the primary cloud platform, but the organization wants to make thoughtful architecture decisions rather than automatically forcing every workload into a single solutionThis person will help define cloud architecture, infrastructure-as-code practices, automation standards, and the technical patterns used across future infrastructure initiativesMore importantly, the organization needs an architect who can turn strategy into executionThe successful person will be able to take senior-level direction, break it into actionable technical work, and help engineering and delivery teams understand how to get from the current state to the desired future stateThis is not an architecture role centered around identifying why something cannot be done. The organization is looking for someone who can evaluate constraints, establish guardrails, and help teams find the practical path forwardYou will partner closely with infrastructure leadership, project management, database engineering, application teams, and external partners to ensure architecture translates into successful deliveryThe role will have significant influence over an organization that is actively moving toward more scalable, automated, and modern infrastructure practicesTHE BACKGROUND THAT FITSSenior-level cloud architecture or infrastructure engineering experience with the ability to operate at an Engineer V or equivalent levelDeep Azure experience supporting complex enterprise infrastructure environmentsStrong understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure as code, automation, and modern infrastructure operating practicesDemonstrated ability to translate high-level architecture and technical direction into specific, executable engineering workExperience establishing technical standards, patterns, guardrails, and architectural direction for infrastructure teamsStrong ability to work collaboratively with engineers, project managers, application teams, leadership, and external technology partnersA solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to identify constraints while still helping stakeholders determine how an objective can be accomplishedExperience supporting cloud migrations, infrastructure modernization, or large-scale enterprise transformation initiativesExposure to AWS and/or Google Cloud is highly valuable, particularly for evaluating workloads and determining the appropriate platform based on technical and business requirementsComfortable remaining technically close enough to the work to guide implementation, challenge assumptions, and ensure architectural decisions are practicalStrong communication skills with the ability to move comfortably between senior technology leadership and hands-on engineering teams#LI-HF1Reference: 70091

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