IT Sr. Portfolio Architect, AI and Infrastructure

The AI & Infrastructure Sr Portfolio Architect serves as the senior technical authority responsible for defining and driving the enterprise infrastructure and AI engineering strategy, architecture standards, and technology roadmap. Bringing deep AI engineering and design experience, this role provides vision and leadership across cloud, data center, network, platform, AI/ML as well as Agentic & Generative AI engineering, observability, reliability, security, and automation domains to ensure infrastructure and AI capabilities align with business objectives and future growth.

The AI & Infrastructure Sr Portfolio Architect partners with senior technology leaders, architects, engineering teams, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to drive modernization initiatives, establish architectural guardrails, and deliver highly available, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure and AI platforms that support mission-critical operations.

• Architect scalable infrastructure platforms that support AI/ML, Generative AI, and advanced analytics workloads.
• Establish architectural standards for GPU platforms, model deployment environments, vector databases, and AI service integration.
• Define reference architectures for Generative AI platforms, including large language model hosting, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt orchestration, and inference optimization.
• Define and maintain the enterprise infrastructure architecture vision, principles, standards, and roadmaps.
• Drive long-term infrastructure transformation initiatives aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Establish architecture governance and ensure compliance with enterprise technology standards.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive adoption of innovative infrastructure solutions.
• Define architectural patterns for compute, storage, networking, container platforms, Kubernetes, virtualization, and platform services.
• Architect highly available and fault-tolerant platforms supporting enterprise and customer-facing applications.
• Establish standards for resiliency, disaster recovery, business continuity, observability, monitoring, and incident response.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC), platform automation, and self-service engineering capabilities.
• Influence technology strategy across multiple portfolios and enterprise initiatives.
• Architect data and feature pipelines, vector databases, and model registries that support scalable AI/ML engineering workflows.

• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.
• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.
• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.
• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.
• 12+ years of experience in Infrastructure Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Platform Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or related technical leadership roles at enterprise scale.
• Proven experience developing enterprise infrastructure strategies and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Deep expertise designing and operating large-scale cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in AWS services, cloud-native architecture patterns, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Experience designing and architecting responsible AI solutions and platfoerms.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with AI governance, model risk management, and responsible AI frameworks.
• Experience with GPU cluster orchestration and accelerated-compute optimization for large-scale training and inference.
• Airline, transportation, logistics, or other mission-critical operational technology experience.
• Experience supporting AI/ML infrastructure, GPU environments, and large-scale data platforms.

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values - Care, Integrity, Resilience and Servant Leadership - every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary,industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
• 401(k) with generouscompany contributions up to 9%
• New hires areeligible for up to 2-weeks of vacation. This is earned for use in the followingvacation year (April 1 - March 31)
• In addition tovacation, new hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid personal timewithin a 12-month period
• 10 paid holidays percalendar year
• Birthing parents areeligible for 12-weeks of paid maternity/parental leave
• Non-birthing parentsare eligible for 2-weeks of paid parental leave
• Comprehensive healthbenefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and lifeinsurance benefits
• Family careassistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance,lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with lovedones in all stages
• Holistic Wellbeingprograms to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health,including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you andanyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resourcessupporting mental health
• Domestic andInternational space-available flight privileges for employees and eligiblefamily members
• Career developmentprograms to achieve your long-term career goals
• World-widepartnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created tofocus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint
• Business ResourceGroups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion,provide perspective and help implement strategies
• Recognition rewardsand awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
• Access to over 500discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such ascar and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, andchildcare

At Delta, we connect people and cultures, power extraordinary experiences, and shape the future of travel. Here, you’ll work on complex challenges on a global scale, using augmented intelligence to build emerging technologies, amplify human potential and continuously grow the skills that keep you at the forefront of what’s next.