Senior Infrastructure Architect

The senior infrastructure architect designs, evolves, and governs the infrastructure platforms that support Applied Medical's global operations. This senior individual contributor role shapes future-state infrastructure architecture and ensures systems are designed for availability, resiliency, and operability from the outset. Based in the United States and working onsite, the senior infrastructure architect partners with application engineering, platform engineering, reliability, security, and service management teams to translate strategy into scalable, supportable infrastructure. The role aligns with enterprise infrastructure architect and platform architecture leadership positions within complex, high-availability environments. Location: Onsite - Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, * Define and maintain future-state and target-state infrastructure architectures across on-premises systems, cloud platforms, networking, identity services, observability, and foundational infrastructure.

• Develop architecture standards, reference designs, and guardrails that reduce risk while enabling delivery teams to move efficiently.
• Ensure infrastructure designs support availability, resiliency, operability, and alignment with business objectives.
• Architect systems with failure modes, high availability, and recovery considerations as core design requirements.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical decision forums that guide cross-domain consistency and architectural integrity.
• Partner with reliability, operations, and service management teams to ensure infrastructure supports observability, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor engineering and platform teams through technical guidance, architectural standards, and trusted expertise.
• Evaluate emerging infrastructure technologies with a focus on long-term value, operational maturity, and stability.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Infrastructure designs reduce unplanned downtime and improve system resilience.
• Architecture standards are clear, trusted, and consistently adopted across teams.
• Operational incidents result in fewer surprises and faster recovery.
• Architectural visibility improves understanding of service ownership and dependencies.
• Infrastructure systems scale reliably as Applied Medical grows.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

Do you have experience in Team leadership?, * Holds a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or brings equivalent professional experience.

• Brings ten years or more of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or architecture roles.
• Demonstrates proven experience designing enterprise-scale infrastructure with high availability requirements.
• Applies strong technical depth across multiple domains including cloud platforms, data center infrastructure, networking, identity management, automation, and observability.
• Mentors and guides senior engineers and technical leaders without direct authority.
• Communicates complex infrastructure concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred: The following skills and attributes are preferred:

• Brings experience supporting regulated, manufacturing, or high-availability business environments.
• Demonstrates familiarity with service reliability engineering practices, information technology infrastructure library frameworks, DevOps principles, and service-centric architecture models.
• Designs systems that support real-world incident response, recovery, and continuous improvement.
• Shows exposure to enterprise service management platforms or infrastructure dependency modeling.

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• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) matching
• Paid holidays, * Competitive compensation range: $120000 - $165000 / year (California).
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Training and mentorship opportunities.
• On-campus wellness activities.
• Education reimbursement program.
• 401(k) program with discretionary employer match.
• Generous vacation accrual and paid holiday schedule.

Please note that the compensation range may be adjusted in the future, and bonus and incentive compensation plans may apply.

Our total reward package reflects our commitment to employee growth and well-being, as we invest in your development and offer a range of benefits designed to enhance your career and life.

All compensation and benefits are subject to plan documents and written agreements.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Applied Medical is a new-generation medical device company with a proven business model and commitment to innovation fueled by rapid business growth and expansion. Our company has been developing and manufacturing advanced surgical technologies for over 35 years and has earned a strong reputation for excellence in the healthcare field. Our unique business model, combined with our dedication to delivering the highest quality products, enables team members to contribute to a larger capacity than is possible in typical positions.