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New York is one of the most active markets for architect visa sponsorship jobs in the U.S., driven by a dense concentration of major firms including Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Gensler, and KPF, all headquartered or with large offices in New York City. Demand spans commercial, residential, and civic projects across NYC, Buffalo, and Albany.
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About Alvarez & Marsal
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.
The Team
Alvarez & Marsal's Corporate Performance Improvement practice is looking for an Infrastructure Architect to lead large-scale infrastructure and network modernization, cloud readiness assessment, and architecture transformation for clients operating complex, legacy-heavy technology environments. This role requires someone who has redesigned enterprise infrastructure architectures at scale—not just optimized existing environments. The candidate should be well versed in the latest market trends in infrastructure technology transformation.
Experience Should Include
- Data center architecture, infrastructure consolidation, and legacy system modernization at enterprise scale
- Cloud readiness assessment, migration planning, and hybrid/multi-cloud architecture design (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Virtualization strategy and optimization (compute, storage, and hyperconverged infrastructure)
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipeline architecture
- Legacy application assessment, refactoring strategies, and containerization/Kubernetes readiness
- Storage modernization, database migration, and data architecture consolidation
- Infrastructure security modernization, compliance mapping, and zero-trust infrastructure principles
- Capacity planning, performance baseline analysis, and cost modeling across infrastructure footprint
- AI-driven infrastructure monitoring, predictive analytics, and optimization tooling—baseline competency with AI-assisted tools expected; candidates should articulate how AI accelerates infrastructure analysis and optimization
- Government and regulated environments—direct experience with federal infrastructure standards is a strong advantage and preferred for this role
- Vendor evaluation, negotiation, and optimization of infrastructure contracts and commercial agreements
How you will contribute
- Lead infrastructure assessment and baseline analysis—topology mapping, capacity utilization, performance bottleneck identification, and cost modeling
- Design modernized target infrastructure architectures (cloud-native, hybrid, or optimized on-premises) aligned to business requirements and cloud migration roadmaps
- Assess cloud readiness, identify gaps in skills/tooling/governance, and develop phased migration strategy with sequencing logic
- Develop infrastructure automation and IaC implementation roadmaps to reduce manual toil and improve deployment velocity
- Evaluate dependencies between infrastructure modernization, application refactoring, and broader digital transformation initiatives
- Define and integrate infrastructure findings into A&M's broader engagement scope and deliverables
- Support practice development through internal training, content creation, and people development
Qualifications
- 8-12+ years of professional experience in infrastructure architecture for complex, large enterprises, with consulting or advisory delivery
- Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, or large-scale transformation programs
- Federal infrastructure environment experience preferred—deep modernization experience in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government) can substitute
- Bachelor's degree required; cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator), infrastructure certifications (CISSP, ITIL Master), or equivalent strongly preferred
- Comfortable with travel up to 80%
- Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available
What Distinguishes a Great Candidate
Has designed and led large-scale infrastructure and network modernization programs—not just operated existing systems. Understands the dependency between infrastructure readiness and application modernization success. Can work across infrastructure, security, operations, and business teams. Brings AI-assisted infrastructure analysis into the delivery toolkit as standard practice. Comfortable designing for hybrid and multi-cloud environments without being prescriptive about platform choice.
Your journey at A& M
We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.
We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.
Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined periodically as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Click here for more information regarding A&M’s benefits programs.
The salary range for Manager is $135,000 - $160,000 annually and Director is $150,000 - $210,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details.
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About Alvarez & Marsal
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.
The Team
Alvarez & Marsal's Corporate Performance Improvement practice is looking for an Infrastructure Architect to lead large-scale infrastructure and network modernization, cloud readiness assessment, and architecture transformation for clients operating complex, legacy-heavy technology environments. This role requires someone who has redesigned enterprise infrastructure architectures at scale—not just optimized existing environments. The candidate should be well versed in the latest market trends in infrastructure technology transformation.
Experience Should Include
- Data center architecture, infrastructure consolidation, and legacy system modernization at enterprise scale
- Cloud readiness assessment, migration planning, and hybrid/multi-cloud architecture design (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Virtualization strategy and optimization (compute, storage, and hyperconverged infrastructure)
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipeline architecture
- Legacy application assessment, refactoring strategies, and containerization/Kubernetes readiness
- Storage modernization, database migration, and data architecture consolidation
- Infrastructure security modernization, compliance mapping, and zero-trust infrastructure principles
- Capacity planning, performance baseline analysis, and cost modeling across infrastructure footprint
- AI-driven infrastructure monitoring, predictive analytics, and optimization tooling—baseline competency with AI-assisted tools expected; candidates should articulate how AI accelerates infrastructure analysis and optimization
- Government and regulated environments—direct experience with federal infrastructure standards is a strong advantage and preferred for this role
- Vendor evaluation, negotiation, and optimization of infrastructure contracts and commercial agreements
How you will contribute
- Lead infrastructure assessment and baseline analysis—topology mapping, capacity utilization, performance bottleneck identification, and cost modeling
- Design modernized target infrastructure architectures (cloud-native, hybrid, or optimized on-premises) aligned to business requirements and cloud migration roadmaps
- Assess cloud readiness, identify gaps in skills/tooling/governance, and develop phased migration strategy with sequencing logic
- Develop infrastructure automation and IaC implementation roadmaps to reduce manual toil and improve deployment velocity
- Evaluate dependencies between infrastructure modernization, application refactoring, and broader digital transformation initiatives
- Define and integrate infrastructure findings into A&M's broader engagement scope and deliverables
- Support practice development through internal training, content creation, and people development
Qualifications
- 8-12+ years of professional experience in infrastructure architecture for complex, large enterprises, with consulting or advisory delivery
- Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, or large-scale transformation programs
- Federal infrastructure environment experience preferred—deep modernization experience in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, government) can substitute
- Bachelor's degree required; cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator), infrastructure certifications (CISSP, ITIL Master), or equivalent strongly preferred
- Comfortable with travel up to 80%
- Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available
What Distinguishes a Great Candidate
Has designed and led large-scale infrastructure and network modernization programs—not just operated existing systems. Understands the dependency between infrastructure readiness and application modernization success. Can work across infrastructure, security, operations, and business teams. Brings AI-assisted infrastructure analysis into the delivery toolkit as standard practice. Comfortable designing for hybrid and multi-cloud environments without being prescriptive about platform choice.
Your journey at A& M
We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.
We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.
Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined periodically as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Click here for more information regarding A&M’s benefits programs.
The salary range for Manager is $135,000 - $160,000 annually and Director is $150,000 - $210,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details.
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Which companies sponsor visas for architects in New York?
New York's largest architecture firms are among the most active visa sponsors in the country. Firms like Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Gensler, HOK, and Perkins&Will have consistent histories of filing H-1B visa petitions for architect roles. Large engineering and construction firms with in-house design teams, such as AECOM and WSP, also sponsor architects regularly across their New York offices.
Which visa types are most common for architect roles in New York?
The H-1B is the most common visa category for architects in New York, as architecture qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring at least a bachelor's degree in architecture. Architects from Canada and Mexico may also qualify under the TN visa. Those with exceptional credentials, such as nationally recognized design awards or significant published work, sometimes pursue the O-1A. All pathways require employer sponsorship.
Which cities in New York have the most architect sponsorship jobs?
New York City accounts for the overwhelming majority of architect visa sponsorship jobs in the state, particularly in Manhattan where global and national firms are concentrated. Buffalo has a smaller but growing design sector tied to ongoing urban revitalization projects. Albany sees some demand through government and institutional projects. For most internationally trained architects, NYC is the primary target market in New York State.
How to find architect visa sponsorship jobs in New York?
Migrate Mate lets you filter architect jobs specifically by visa sponsorship availability and state, making it straightforward to identify New York firms actively hiring international candidates. Because many architecture firms do not advertise sponsorship willingness in standard job postings, using a platform like Migrate Mate that surfaces this data directly saves significant time. Focus your search on established firms with 50 or more employees, as they are more likely to have dedicated HR processes for sponsorship.
Are there state-specific factors architects should know when pursuing sponsorship in New York?
New York State requires architects to hold a license from the New York State Education Department to practice independently, though many sponsored roles at firms hire candidates who are working toward licensure under the Architectural Experience Program. The Department of Labor's prevailing wage determination for H-1B petitions is based on the New York City metropolitan area wage level, which is among the highest in the country, so employer cost considerations are a real factor in sponsorship decisions.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored architect jobs in New York?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.