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Senior Infrastructure Architects are strong H-1B visa and O-1 visa candidates. The role qualifies as a specialty occupation under USCIS guidelines, and employers across cloud, finance, and enterprise tech regularly sponsor. Expect H-1B cap-subject filings in April or cap-exempt roles year-round. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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At Kirkland & Ellis, we don’t just meet the standard for legal excellence — we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 24 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers’ commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.
What You’ll Do
Are you a cloud-forward architect who thrives on designing scalable, secure, and future-ready infrastructure across hybrid environments?
As a Sr. Enterprise Infrastructure Architect, you’ll shape and drive the technology strategy that powers critical business applications across cloud and on-premises platforms. Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture, you’ll collaborate with a high-performing architecture team to define standards, guide complex initiatives, and ensure a cohesive enterprise technology vision.
This role is hybrid and can be based in Chicago or Houston, giving you flexibility while staying closely connected to the business and your peers.
You’ll play a pivotal role in modernizing platforms, enabling cloud adoption, and ensuring systems are secure, resilient, and aligned with evolving business needs.
- Shape Technology Strategy: Define and lead enterprise-wide cloud and infrastructure strategies, roadmaps, and standards that support business growth and innovation.
- Architect Cloud & Hybrid Solutions: Design and guide the implementation of scalable solutions across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments, integrating seamlessly with on-premises systems.
- Drive Cloud Migration: Lead cloud and application migration initiatives, ensuring efficiency, security, and alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
- Ensure Governance & Standards: Oversee architecture review processes and validate that all solutions meet established enterprise, security, and compliance standards.
- Evaluate & Optimize Systems: Assess existing architectures to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities, delivering actionable recommendations for improvements and optimization.
- Lead Complex Initiatives: Take projects from concept through design and implementation, driving medium to large-scale infrastructure and platform transformations.
- Enable Secure Cloud Operations: Champion cloud data security, governance practices, and cost controls, including managing consumption and rate limits for AI-driven workloads.
- Document & Communicate Architecture: Create and maintain architecture diagrams, patterns, runbooks, and documentation while clearly articulating technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with leadership, technical teams, and stakeholders to align on priorities, share insights, and advance enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Stay Ahead of Innovation: Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, vendor solutions, and industry best practices to evolve the technology landscape.
What You’ll Bring
- Education & Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience; cloud certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Google Professional Cloud Architect are strongly preferred.
- Experience: 10+ years of overall technology experience including 3+ years in advanced cloud infrastructure design (legal industry experience is a plus).
- Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Deep knowledge of multi-cloud environments (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)) and hybrid architecture, including migration from on-premises systems.
- Containerization & Platforms: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- AI & Data Platforms: Experience designing infrastructure for AI workloads, troubleshooting complex issues, managing model consumption, and working with Microsoft Fabric for large-scale data processing.
- Automation & DevOps: Strong skills in scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including PowerShell, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform; familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices.
- Security & Governance: Expertise in cloud governance, identity and access management including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Conditional Access policies.
- Networking & Systems Knowledge: Strong understanding of Local Area Network/Wide Area Network/Software-Defined Wide Area Network (LAN/WAN/SD-WAN), along with Windows and Linux server technologies.
- Reliability & Performance: Proven experience building and maintaining highly available (greater than 99%) enterprise environments.
- Communication & Leadership: Exceptional ability to translate complex concepts into clear insights, influence stakeholders, and collaborate across technical and business teams.
- Adaptability & Ownership: A proactive mindset with strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to balance long-term strategy with immediate priorities.
- Travel Flexibility: Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
Compensation
The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Chicago. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
Compensation Range:
Chicago: $176,000 - $220,000
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click "Apply Now."
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others at Kirkland.
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All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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About Kirkland & Ellis
At Kirkland & Ellis, we don’t just meet the standard for legal excellence — we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 24 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers’ commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.
What You’ll Do
Are you a cloud-forward architect who thrives on designing scalable, secure, and future-ready infrastructure across hybrid environments?
As a Sr. Enterprise Infrastructure Architect, you’ll shape and drive the technology strategy that powers critical business applications across cloud and on-premises platforms. Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Architecture, you’ll collaborate with a high-performing architecture team to define standards, guide complex initiatives, and ensure a cohesive enterprise technology vision.
This role is hybrid and can be based in Chicago or Houston, giving you flexibility while staying closely connected to the business and your peers.
You’ll play a pivotal role in modernizing platforms, enabling cloud adoption, and ensuring systems are secure, resilient, and aligned with evolving business needs.
- Shape Technology Strategy: Define and lead enterprise-wide cloud and infrastructure strategies, roadmaps, and standards that support business growth and innovation.
- Architect Cloud & Hybrid Solutions: Design and guide the implementation of scalable solutions across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments, integrating seamlessly with on-premises systems.
- Drive Cloud Migration: Lead cloud and application migration initiatives, ensuring efficiency, security, and alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
- Ensure Governance & Standards: Oversee architecture review processes and validate that all solutions meet established enterprise, security, and compliance standards.
- Evaluate & Optimize Systems: Assess existing architectures to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities, delivering actionable recommendations for improvements and optimization.
- Lead Complex Initiatives: Take projects from concept through design and implementation, driving medium to large-scale infrastructure and platform transformations.
- Enable Secure Cloud Operations: Champion cloud data security, governance practices, and cost controls, including managing consumption and rate limits for AI-driven workloads.
- Document & Communicate Architecture: Create and maintain architecture diagrams, patterns, runbooks, and documentation while clearly articulating technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with leadership, technical teams, and stakeholders to align on priorities, share insights, and advance enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Stay Ahead of Innovation: Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, vendor solutions, and industry best practices to evolve the technology landscape.
What You’ll Bring
- Education & Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience; cloud certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Google Professional Cloud Architect are strongly preferred.
- Experience: 10+ years of overall technology experience including 3+ years in advanced cloud infrastructure design (legal industry experience is a plus).
- Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise: Deep knowledge of multi-cloud environments (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)) and hybrid architecture, including migration from on-premises systems.
- Containerization & Platforms: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- AI & Data Platforms: Experience designing infrastructure for AI workloads, troubleshooting complex issues, managing model consumption, and working with Microsoft Fabric for large-scale data processing.
- Automation & DevOps: Strong skills in scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including PowerShell, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform; familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices.
- Security & Governance: Expertise in cloud governance, identity and access management including Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Conditional Access policies.
- Networking & Systems Knowledge: Strong understanding of Local Area Network/Wide Area Network/Software-Defined Wide Area Network (LAN/WAN/SD-WAN), along with Windows and Linux server technologies.
- Reliability & Performance: Proven experience building and maintaining highly available (greater than 99%) enterprise environments.
- Communication & Leadership: Exceptional ability to translate complex concepts into clear insights, influence stakeholders, and collaborate across technical and business teams.
- Adaptability & Ownership: A proactive mindset with strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to balance long-term strategy with immediate priorities.
- Travel Flexibility: Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
Compensation
The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Chicago. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
Compensation Range:
Chicago: $176,000 - $220,000
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click "Apply Now."
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others at Kirkland.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Senior Infrastructure Architect Jobs
Target cap-exempt employers first
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated organizations can file H-1B petitions year-round without waiting for the April lottery. Senior infrastructure roles exist at these organizations and offer a faster, more predictable path to status.
Position yourself for O-1A consideration
If you've led enterprise-scale migrations, published architecture standards, or received industry recognition, an O-1A may be viable. It bypasses the H-1B lottery entirely and suits architects with a documented record of exceptional technical contributions.
Align your job description to specialty occupation criteria
USCIS scrutinizes whether a role genuinely requires a specific bachelor's degree or higher. Infrastructure architecture tied to cloud platforms, enterprise systems, or security frameworks with a required CS or engineering degree strengthens the specialty occupation argument significantly.
Document your degree equivalency early
If your bachelor's degree is from outside the U.S. or in a related but non-identical field, get a credential evaluation before the employer files. A strong evaluation from a NACES-member agency removes a common H-1B petition risk before it becomes a problem.
Engage employers before the March H-1B registration window
H-1B registration opens in early March and closes within days. If you're targeting cap-subject roles, your offer letter and employer relationship need to be in place before then. Starting conversations in January gives both sides adequate preparation time.
Use L-1A as a transfer pathway if you're already overseas
If you've worked for a multinational employer abroad for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity, an L-1A intracompany transfer may apply. Senior architects who manage teams or oversee infrastructure programs often meet the functional manager standard.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Infrastructure Architect role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. Senior Infrastructure Architect is consistently approved as a specialty occupation under H-1B visa guidelines. USCIS expects the role to require at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a closely related engineering field. Job postings that list a specific degree as required, rather than preferred, produce the strongest petitions. Avoid postings where any bachelor's degree is accepted regardless of field, as those rarely survive USCIS scrutiny.
Which visa categories are most common for infrastructure architects seeking sponsorship?
H-1B is the most common pathway for cap-subject employers. L-1A applies if you're transferring within a multinational company in a managerial capacity. O-1A is an option for architects with significant publications, leadership in major projects, or industry recognition. TN visa is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals whose architecture role maps to an eligible USMCA category such as Computer Systems Analyst or Engineer.
What degree does my employer need to document for an H-1B petition in this role?
The employer must establish that the Senior Infrastructure Architect position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific specialty. Computer science, information technology, electrical engineering, or systems engineering are the most defensible fields. A general business or liberal arts degree won't support the petition. If your degree is in a related field, a detailed credential evaluation and a strong employer justification letter can bridge the gap for USCIS.
How likely is H-1B approval for a Senior Infrastructure Architect?
Approval rates for senior technical architecture roles are high relative to other occupations. USCIS data shows IT and computer-related specialty occupations consistently achieve approval rates above 85% when properly documented. The primary risk is a Request for Evidence challenging specialty occupation status, which usually arises when the degree requirement in the job posting is vague. Employers who work with experienced immigration counsel and write precise job descriptions rarely face denials.
Where can I find Senior Infrastructure Architect jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this. It filters job listings by sponsorship willingness, so you're not wasting time applying to roles where sponsorship isn't on the table. Senior Infrastructure Architect roles appear across cloud providers, financial institutions, healthcare networks, and large enterprise technology teams. Browse Migrate Mate to find verified sponsoring employers actively hiring for this title.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Senior Infrastructure Architect jobs?
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.