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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior ITS Infrastructure Architect - **Company:** Southern New Hampshire University - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $201,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Database, Cloud Engineering, Complex Networks, Cyber Security, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Security, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Machine Learning, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, Systems Architecture, AI Infrastructure, Enterprise Software Applications, Data Ingestion, Multi-Cloud, HybridCloud, AI Platforms, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Data Management, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Databricks, Microservices - **Published:** July 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://snhu.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/Remote/Senior-ITS-Infrastructure-Architect_R0014454-1 ## About the Role * 15+ years of related experience, including experience with enterprise-scale multi cloud infrastructure, systems architecture, data platforms, security, governance, and service management. * Associates Degree (or higher). * Experience with software/system development lifecycle, and operational support models. * Direct experience with AI infrastructure foundations, including cloud AI services, pipeline orchestration, scalable compute, secure data movement, monitoring, and lifecycle management. * Direct experience managing complex network, cloud-native, microservices, identity, data ingestion, security, and multi-tenant architecture considerations. * Direct experience with enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, security principles, IT standards, ITSM/ITIL practices, and operational governance. * Experience translating complex business, technical, security, and compliance requirements into clear architecture roadmaps, solution designs, and implementation guidance. * Experience with implementing enterprise AI infrastructure patterns, including secure landing zones, data pipelines, model execution environments, cloud-native AI services, monitoring, and lifecycle management. * Experience with evaluating new technologies, assess architecture alternatives, estimate financial and operational impacts, and balance short-term delivery needs with long-term enterprise outcomes. * Experience with maturing FinOps practices for forecasting, monitoring, and optimizing cloud compute, storage, data movement, GPU-enabled services, and AI workload costs. * Experience in higher education or regulated enterprise environments. (e.g., HIPPA, SOX, PCI, FERPA) * Experience working with Agile, DevOps, infrastructure as code, and cloud operating models. * Experience with Multi Cloud OpenAI Service, Multi Cloud AI services, Databricks, Synapse, cloud data lakes, vector databases, or comparable AI and data platform services. ## Description Lead enterprise architecture for secure, scalable, cost-optimized multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure supporting applications, data, AI/ML and LLM workloads. Define roadmaps, standards, landing zones, governance, FinOps, and implementation guidance while partnering with security, data, engineering, and operations teams to ensure successful delivery and operational readiness., The Senior ITS Infrastructure Architect reports directly to the AVP, Cloud and Systems Services. You will provide enterprise-level architecture leadership for secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective cloud, infrastructure, data, and AI-enabling platforms. You will translate business and technology strategy into practical architecture roadmaps, standards, design patterns, and solutions that support enterprise applications, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language model workloads. Working across technology, security, data, operations, and business teams, the role guides solution design and delivery, establishes governance and cloud guardrails, optimizes cost and performance, and ensures successful transition to operation while aligning with SNHU's enterprise architecture, security, compliance, service management, and operational standards. You will work 100% remotely from any of our approved states. #LI-Remote What You'll Do: * Develop and maintain enterprise architecture roadmaps, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns for multi cloud, infrastructure, data, and AI-enabling platforms. * Design secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized multi cloud and hybrid-cloud infrastructure to support enterprise applications, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and large language model workloads. * Architect secure landing zones, compute foundations, and integration approaches that ensure reliable AI and data platform capabilities. * Translate business, technical, security, compliance, and operational requirements into practical architecture decisions, solution designs, and implementation guidance. * Work with peer architects to help establish architectural governance, design review, lifecycle management, and service management practices that align with enterprise architecture and ITIL-based operating models. * Working with Information Security architects, help to define cloud security, identity and access management, data isolation, monitoring, compliance, and multi-tenant guardrails for enterprise infrastructure and AI-enabled environments. * Evaluate latest technologies, cloud services, AI platform capabilities, vendor solutions, and infrastructure standards to support business outcomes and reduce operational risk. * Partner with project teams, engineers, architects, security teams, data teams, vendors, and partners to guide solution delivery and ensure successful transition to operation. * Work with Cloud Engineers to mature existing cloud financial management and FinOps practices to forecast, monitor, and optimize infrastructure, storage, compute, data movement, and AI workload costs. * Create clear architecture documentation, decision records, recommendations, and presentations for technical, operational, and leadership audiences. * Provide mentorship for peers and engineers as prescribed by leadership * Other responsibilities as assigned. ## Related Videos - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [The Open-source Java SDK for Multi-Cloud Development - Sandeep Pal](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2113-the-open-source-java-sdk-for-multi-cloud-development-sandeep-pal) - [Cutting LLM Costs Without Cutting Quality: How to Beat Proprietary LLMs with Fine-Tuned Open Source](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100151-cutting-llm-costs-without-cutting-quality-how-to-beat-proprietary-llms-with-fine-tuned-open-source) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Leverage Cloud Computing Benefits with Serverless Multi-Cloud ML ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/78-leverage-cloud-computing-benefits-with-serverless-multi-cloud-ml) - [Reference Architecture of AI in the Cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1613-reference-architecture-of-ai-in-the-cloud) ## Related Articles - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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