Lead Architect Infrastructure Automation, Monitoring & Regional Site Lead

We are seeking a senior, customer-facing Lead Architect to drive automation and monitoring across enterprise infrastructure environments, while also serving as a Regional Site Lead.

This role requires an architect with enterprise-level credibility who can define direction, engage senior stakeholders, and translate that into practical, production-ready solutions. The focus is on automation and observability patterns that improve reliability, reduce manual effort, and enable more predictable operations.

In parallel, as Regional Site Lead, this individual will represent the regional delivery function, acting as a key liaison between Client IT, business operations, and executive stakeholders. The role brings a broader leadership lens-ensuring alignment between strategy, delivery, and business outcomes, while contributing to large-scale initiatives and proposals.

This is a leadership role responsible for defining frameworks, leading detailed design discussions, securing customer alignment, and driving implementation through engineering and operations teams.

Your Role

Customer Engagement, Architectural Leadership & Regional Representation

• Act as a trusted advisor to customer stakeholders, including senior technical and executive leadership
• Serve as the regional leadership point of contact, representing delivery, priorities, and performance for the location
• Operate as a liaison between Client IT and business/operations teams, ensuring alignment across technology and operational objectives
• Engage in executive-level discussions, shaping strategy and aligning solutions to business outcomes
• Contribute to big-picture proposals, transformation initiatives, and strategic planning efforts
• Define target-state automation and observability patterns aligned to business and operational outcomes
• Lead roadmap discussions focused on practical, staged adoption
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, outcome-driven messaging

Automation Architecture & Frameworks

• Define and evolve automation strategies across infrastructure domains such as compute, storage, backup, network, and cloud
• Establish reusable patterns for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management
• Define standards and frameworks using PowerShell, Ansible, and VMware tooling
• Guide engineering teams in implementation, ensuring consistency and quality

Monitoring & Observability (Core Focus)

• Define and implement monitoring approaches that improve signal quality and operational visibility
• Drive reduction of non-actionable alerts and alignment to business services
• Shape integration of monitoring platforms with event management and ITSM workflows
• Ensure monitoring and automation patterns work together to enable more proactive operations

Platform & Lifecycle Transformation

• Lead the design of automation-driven server builds, migrations, and lifecycle processes
• Improve speed, consistency, and risk profile of infrastructure changes
• Ensure automation is embedded into standard operational workflows

Engineering Practices & Standards

• Define and enforce automation standards including version control, CI/CD pipelines, and coding practices
• Ensure automation frameworks are scalable, maintainable, and production-ready
• Establish patterns that can be consistently applied across teams

Collaboration, Delivery & Site Leadership

• Work across infrastructure, application, and operations teams to drive adoption of defined patterns
• Influence cross-tower alignment through strong technical leadership
• Provide regional oversight of delivery execution, escalation management, and performance tracking
• Support governance routines and ensure clear communication between regional teams and global leadership
• Lead implementation efforts by coordinating engineering teams and tracking delivery against outcomes
• Ensure clear documentation, standards, and knowledge transfer to support scale

• Certified Enterprise Architect or equivalent experience with proven enterprise engagement
• Strong experience in infrastructure automation and platform engineering
• Deep expertise in PowerShell, Ansible, and VMware environments
• Strong understanding of monitoring and observability in enterprise environments
• Experience engaging with executive stakeholders and contributing to strategic proposals
• Proven ability to act as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders
• Experience driving implementation through distributed engineering teams
• Ability to balance architectural thinking with practical delivery

Success Measures

• Increased adoption of automation across infrastructure workflows
• Reduced manual operational effort
• Improved signal quality and reduced alert noise
• Faster and more consistent provisioning and lifecycle processes
• Measurable improvements in service reliability and operational efficiency
• Strong regional stakeholder alignment and effective executive engagement
• Successful contribution to strategic initiatives and large-scale proposals

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $94,248 - $215,050.

Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.

The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.

These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.

It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.

In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include:

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)

• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)

• Life and disability insurance

• Employee assistance programs

• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

Important Notice: Compensation (including bonuses, commissions, or other forms of incentive pay) is not considered earned, vested, or payable until it becomes due under the terms of applicable plans or agreements and is subject to Capgemini's discretion, consistent with applicable laws. The Company reserves the right to amend or withdraw compensation programs at any time, within the limits of applicable legislation.

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