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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Executive Director - Solutions Architect - Infrastructure - **Company:** REQUEST TECHNOLOGY - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $250,000.0 - $270,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, DevOps, File Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Identity and Access Management, Network Security, Network Planning and Design, Routing, Cisco Nexus Switches, Prometheus, Data Streaming, Systems Architecture, Load Balancing, Grafana, HybridCloud, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Splunk, Docker, Jenkins, Artifactory - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/dd9bd8d3-464b-4999-987a-0adb0e372eaf ## About the Role * Looking for a hands- on Director. You will need to have come up through infrastructure and then got into architecture. You will be managing 3-5 people. You will be actively doing the architecture (not just managing the architects). Solution architect in platform observerability etc. Strong Kubernetes, DevOps, Containerization, on-prem and cloud, Kafka, and Flink *Industry & Financial experience would be a plus. Not just a manager, but someone who can roll up their sleeves. Minimum 3 5 years managing high-level talent * Technical familiarity with AWS, Kafka, Flink, and hybrid cloud/on-prem environments, * 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or systems architecture * 3 years in a people management * Demonstrated experience defining and governing infrastructure architecture standards across multiple domains at organizational scale * Broad, hands-on knowledge across infrastructure domains: * cloud (AWS), on-premises data center, networking, compute, storage, and container platforms * Deep experience with AWS architecture * Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes * Experience with Apache Kafka as enterprise streaming infrastructure deployment, operations, and topology design * Demonstrated experience leading GitOps and infrastructure-as-code programs Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Flux, or equivalent * Experience with hybrid and on-premises/cloud connectivity architecture network design, routing,firewalling, and security zoning Technical Skills * Cloud: AWS foundational and advanced services EC2, * EKS, MSK, S3, VPC, IAM, KMS, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, CloudWatch * Container platforms: Kubernetes (EKS or self-managed), * Docker, Helm, container networking (CNI) * Streaming and processing: Apache Kafka, Apache Flink * GitOps and IaC: Terraform, ArgoCD, Flux, Helm, GitHub Actions or Jenkins * Networking: routing protocols, firewalling, load balancing, * DNS, hybrid connectivity, network security zoning * Storage: block, object, and file storage architecture; backup and recovery patterns * Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent * Unix/Linux environments; artifact management (Nexus, Artifactory) ## Description Owning the technical strategy and standards for all infrastructure domains cloud, onpremises, networking, compute, storage, and observability. 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