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Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
Responsibilities:
- Build and operate approved model-access patterns for governed AI usage, including Amazon Bedrock where applicable.
- Build infrastructure as code, deployment automation, CI/CD templates, and reusable platform components.
- Implement usage telemetry, token reporting, model usage reporting, user attribution, project attribution, quotas, and cost-management data pipelines.
- Deploy and operate approved sandbox patterns for coding agents and tool-using agents.
- Build governed tool/service mediation patterns for AI applications and agents, including MCP or equivalent approaches where applicable.
- Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, audit evidence capture, and operational reporting for onboarded workloads.
- Build onboarding templates and reference implementations that Client-facing AI Delivery, Enterprise IT, Global Products, analytics, consulting, engineering, and internal operations teams can reuse.
- Use AI tools hands-on to accelerate infrastructure coding, automation, debugging, test creation, documentation, and runbook development.
- Help define runbooks, support models, incident paths, and operational handoffs.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience building and operating production cloud or platform infrastructure, including hands-on experience with AWS, infrastructure as code, automation, or production operations.
- Strong infrastructure as code experience.
- Experience with cloud networking, IAM, secrets management, logging, monitoring, deployment automation, and operational support.
- Strong software engineering or scripting skills for automation and platform tooling.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools as a practical system-building accelerator for infrastructure automation, code generation, debugging, testing, or documentation.
- Familiarity with APIs, event-driven systems, service integration, and secure deployment patterns.
- Ability to work in ambiguous environments and convert platform requirements into working systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Amazon Bedrock or other managed AI/model platforms.
- Experience with token/cost telemetry, usage attribution, chargeback, showback, or FinOps data pipelines.
- Experience with Temporal or comparable workflow orchestration platforms for durable infrastructure automation, agent workflows, or operational processes.
- Experience with containerized or sandboxed execution environments.
- Experience with agent tools, MCP, model gateways, API gateways, or secure service broker patterns.
- Experience supporting regulated, client-confidential, PHI, PII, or sensitive workloads.
Flexible living locations across the US. Ability to travel as needed.
The estimated base salary for this job is $175,000 - $245,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $201,000 - $306,000 USD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.
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United States of AmericaHuron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
Responsibilities:
- Build and operate approved model-access patterns for governed AI usage, including Amazon Bedrock where applicable.
- Build infrastructure as code, deployment automation, CI/CD templates, and reusable platform components.
- Implement usage telemetry, token reporting, model usage reporting, user attribution, project attribution, quotas, and cost-management data pipelines.
- Deploy and operate approved sandbox patterns for coding agents and tool-using agents.
- Build governed tool/service mediation patterns for AI applications and agents, including MCP or equivalent approaches where applicable.
- Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, audit evidence capture, and operational reporting for onboarded workloads.
- Build onboarding templates and reference implementations that Client-facing AI Delivery, Enterprise IT, Global Products, analytics, consulting, engineering, and internal operations teams can reuse.
- Use AI tools hands-on to accelerate infrastructure coding, automation, debugging, test creation, documentation, and runbook development.
- Help define runbooks, support models, incident paths, and operational handoffs.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience building and operating production cloud or platform infrastructure, including hands-on experience with AWS, infrastructure as code, automation, or production operations.
- Strong infrastructure as code experience.
- Experience with cloud networking, IAM, secrets management, logging, monitoring, deployment automation, and operational support.
- Strong software engineering or scripting skills for automation and platform tooling.
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools as a practical system-building accelerator for infrastructure automation, code generation, debugging, testing, or documentation.
- Familiarity with APIs, event-driven systems, service integration, and secure deployment patterns.
- Ability to work in ambiguous environments and convert platform requirements into working systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Amazon Bedrock or other managed AI/model platforms.
- Experience with token/cost telemetry, usage attribution, chargeback, showback, or FinOps data pipelines.
- Experience with Temporal or comparable workflow orchestration platforms for durable infrastructure automation, agent workflows, or operational processes.
- Experience with containerized or sandboxed execution environments.
- Experience with agent tools, MCP, model gateways, API gateways, or secure service broker patterns.
- Experience supporting regulated, client-confidential, PHI, PII, or sensitive workloads.
Flexible living locations across the US. Ability to travel as needed.
The estimated base salary for this job is $175,000 - $245,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $201,000 - $306,000 USD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior infrastructure architect jobs.
- Seven or more years of enterprise infrastructure design and implementation experience
- Proficiency in at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related engineering field
- Active certification such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Cisco CCIE
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams through large-scale infrastructure migrations
Tips for Your Senior Infrastructure Architect Job Search
Translate your stack into hiring keywords
Job postings for senior infrastructure architects filter heavily on specific tools: Terraform, Ansible, VMware, Kubernetes, and named cloud platforms. Audit your resume against the exact abbreviations and product names in each posting before you apply.
Quantify scope, not just responsibilities
Hiring managers want to know the scale you have operated at: number of nodes, uptime figures, network throughput, or team size you led. Replace duty statements with measurable outcomes so your resume anchors the reader in real operational context.
Earn certifications that remove screener doubt
AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, and Cisco CCIE are the credentials that most consistently unlock recruiter callbacks at the senior level. If yours are expired or associate-level, renewing or upgrading them before applying strengthens your candidacy noticeably.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists senior infrastructure architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare architecture decision records for interviews
Senior-level interviews often include a whiteboard or written design exercise. Practicing by writing architecture decision records for past projects sharpens your ability to articulate trade-offs between cost, resilience, and performance under real interview conditions.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At the senior infrastructure architect level, the mandate matters as much as the salary: confirm whether you own the architecture roadmap, have budget authority, and report to engineering or IT leadership before accepting any offer, since scope defines your long-term leverage.
Senior Infrastructure Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most senior infrastructure architects?
The companies hiring the most senior infrastructure architects right now include Alvarez & Marsal, Amazon Web Services, and Booz Allen Hamilton, with the largest share of openings in Texas, California, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is concentrated in sectors with large, regulated, or distributed IT environments such as financial services, healthcare systems, and defense contractors.
How many senior infrastructure architect jobs are remote?
About 60% of senior infrastructure architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, though fully on-site roles remain common in regulated industries and government contracting. Cloud architecture and network design work tends to be the most remote-accessible, while data center buildout and on-premises infrastructure roles more frequently require a physical presence.
How do you become a senior infrastructure architect?
Most senior infrastructure architects start as systems administrators, network engineers, or cloud engineers, then progress through mid-level infrastructure roles where they lead projects rather than only execute them. Earning at least one professional-level cloud or networking certification accelerates the path. Demonstrating that you have made architecture decisions with documented trade-offs, not just implemented designs others created, is what distinguishes senior candidates from mid-level ones.
Can you get hired as a senior infrastructure architect without deep enterprise experience?
Hiring at the senior level without extensive enterprise experience is difficult, but candidates from well-scaled startups or managed service providers can compete if they can document meaningful scope: multi-region deployments, high-availability design, or infrastructure supporting significant user load. A strong portfolio of architecture decision records, published runbooks, or open-source infrastructure tooling can substitute for a long corporate employment history in many organizations.
What does the senior infrastructure architect interview process look like?
The process typically includes an initial screen with a recruiter or hiring manager, a technical phone interview covering your cloud and networking fundamentals, and at least one architecture design session where you whiteboard or document a system from a prompt. Some employers add a written take-home exercise or ask you to review and critique an existing architecture. Final rounds often include stakeholder interviews with engineering leadership or department heads who assess strategic judgment alongside technical depth.
Where can I find and apply to senior infrastructure architect jobs?
You can find and apply to senior infrastructure architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and cloud platform background, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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