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Position Summary/ Department Summary: The Enterprise/Solution Architect – Infrastructure & Cloud defines, designs, governs, and advances the organization's enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture. The role provides strategic and technical leadership across AWS, Microsoft Azure, hybrid cloud, data centers, networking, telecommunications, compute, storage, virtualization, and supporting enterprise technologies.

Key Responsibilities: Enterprise Architecture & Strategy Develop infrastructure and cloud architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.

Define current-state, target-state, and transition architectures. Identify gaps, dependencies, and technical debt.

Take part in architecture governance and technology investment decisions, using TOGAF-aligned practices.

Cloud Architecture & Modernization Design secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid/on-premises environments.

Define landing zones, connectivity, identity integration, security controls, and workload placement.

Guide cloud migration, modernization, and automation. Support CCoE guardrails and FinOps practices.

Infrastructure & Network Architecture Architect WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, telecommunications, data center, compute, storage, and virtualization environments.

Set standards for availability, performance, resiliency, and disaster recovery.

Evaluate products and designs for security, lifecycle risk, and total cost of ownership.

Solution Design & Governance Lead architecture assessments and solution designs for complex infrastructure and cloud initiatives.

Produce diagrams, design documents, decision records, and implementation roadmaps.

Review vendor proposals against enterprise standards. Provide guidance from planning through operational handoff.

Innovation & Cost Optimization Evaluate infrastructure as code, automation, AI-enabling infrastructure, and emerging platforms.

Recommend consolidation, cost optimization, and technical debt reduction.

Intake, Delivery & Capacity Planning Support a lean technology intake process that assesses architectural impact and prioritizes demand.

Use CMDB data to understand assets, dependencies, and change impacts, and promote data quality.

Manage architecture backlogs and decisions in Jira, using sound project management practices.

Partner with leaders and the PMO on capacity planning, forecasting, and sequencing of work.

Collaboration & Leadership Act as a trusted advisor to IT leadership, project teams, and business stakeholders.

Work with Cloud, Network, Telecom, Data Center, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Architecture teams.

Explain technical tradeoffs to both technical and nontechnical audiences and mentor technical staff.

Minimum Qualifications Education: Bachelor's Degree or 10 years of experience as an Enterprise/Solution Architect required.

Preferred area of study: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud, or related technical disciplines

5+ years in enterprise, solution, infrastructure, or cloud architecture roles

Demonstrated experience designing complex enterprise infrastructure and AWS or Azure or GCP hybrid-cloud solutions

Experience developing architecture standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps

Experience in large, complex, highly available or regulated organizations; healthcare, academic medical center, or research preferred

Experience using CMDB platforms (such as ServiceNow CMDB) to analyze configuration items, service dependencies, and infrastructure changes

Experience with Jira and participation in lean intake, demand management, or project delivery processes

Licensure/ Certifications: TOGAF certification required

Azure Solutions Architect Expert; relevant infrastructure, networking, or cybersecurity certifications preferred

The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, employee discounts and discounted commuter benefits at certain locations. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.