INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

Published: Sep 08, 2025 - The Infrastructure Architect has experience in design and modeling techniques, technical authoring, and producing technical specifications for complex infrastructure solutions. This role requires expertise with UNIX/Linux systems, IaaS deployment models, and proficiency in public cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including cloud hosting, containers, and networking patterns. The architect also applies expert judgment to solve unique challenges, works independently on strategic initiatives, and builds strong collaboration networks to drive innovation.

Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Infrastructure Architect Resume
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Solution Design
  • Infrastructure Design
  • Migration Planning
  • Security Architecture
  • Architecture Governance
  • Platform Design
  • System Analysis
  • Technical Documentation
  • Cost Optimization
  • Strategic Planning
  • Team Leadership
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Project Management
  • Effective Communication
  • Innovation Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Cross-Team Collaboration
  • Technical Leadership
  • Risk Management

Summary of Infrastructure Architect Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume

1. BS in Information Technology with 10 years of Experience

  • IT experience in infrastructure strategy and architecture design.
  • Proven ability to develop enterprise infrastructure (technology) architecture.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • Must have strong communication skills.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.
  • Must have airline knowledge.
  • Must have TOGAF certification.

2. BS in Computer Science with 8 years of Experience

  • Able to design and deployment of Microsoft Active Directory (on-premise and Azure), ADFS, SAML and associated authentication techniques.
  • Experience with Microsoft SQL architecture and integration of core infrastructure technologies.
  • Able to architect and implement identity and access and privilege management across a large-scale organisation.
  • Experience Windows security and system hardening for servers/desktops/laptops and Windows server clustering.
  • Able to design and deployment of VMware, Hyper-V and other Virtualization Technologies.
  • Experience with Linux architecture and integration with Active Directory.
  • Basic knowledge of core enterprise network design and infrastructure.
  • Experience with storage hardware, including NAS and SAN environments.
  • Microsoft Security Practices, including experience in the design of group policies, machine hardening and management.
  • Experience with AWS and Azure.

3. BA in Management Information Systems with 7 years of Experience

  • Experience in IT Infrastructure.
  • Able to reach objectives defined as business requirements.
  • Able to transform them into technical designs and technologies.
  • Able to select market-standard technologies.
  • Able to estimate workload and budget accurately.
  • Able to plan carefully.
  • Able to coordinate (and sometimes participate in) implementation.
  • Able to document and organize maintenance.
  • Good analysis and troubleshooting capabilities to quickly extract the best solution from multiple (and sometimes contradictory) sources of information.
  • Able to stay efficient under pressure and stay flexible with priority reordering.
  • Demonstrated initiative, capabilities and ability to argue proposed solutions, in order to help management choose the best solution.
  • Comfortable with Azure, Cloud, Microsoft Office suite, diagramming software and techniques.
  • Fluency in spoken and written French and English, and Dutch.

4. BS in Software Engineering with 8 years of Experience

  • Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
  • Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and/or IBM Cloud public clouds.
  • Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare, Hyper-V, KVM, or Red Hat Virtualization.
  • Experience with storage and SAN technologies.
  • Experience and understanding of IT backup and recovery software and procedures.
  • Experience with one of the major backup products, Spectrum Protect, Commvault, Veeam, NetBackup, etc.
  • Experience writing technical documentation.
  • Intermediate or greater understanding of containerization technologies.
  • Experience with tape storage and tape libraries.
  • Experience developing a bill of materials model.
  • Experience with software-defined networking (SDN).
  • Understand and have some experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, DB2, MySQL/MariaDB, Postgres, etc.).
  • Familiar with scripting languages (e.g., shell scripting, Python, Perl, etc.).

5. BS in Network Engineering with 11 years of Experience

  • Must have  TS/SCI clearance.
  • Proven expertise and track record of architecting, implementing, and supporting Enterprise-grade (highly available, scalable, secure) infrastructure powering sophisticated business solutions.
  • Excellent customer-facing communication/expectation management skills.
  • Strong cognitive ability, especially with respect to understanding, detailing, and translating sophisticated customer requirements into recommendations for appropriate solution architectures.
  • Proven skills with High Availability, Scalability, Performance Testing and Tuning on multiple engagements.
  • Experience in mentoring junior-level resources, consultants, and clients while leading internal initiatives to grow the Services organization's practices.
  • Must have real-world hands-on Linux problem-solving skills.
  • Hands-on experience with Cloud Computing, including infrastructure, networking, storage, and platform.
  • Experience with traditional enterprise data-center technologies, including virtualization, RDBMS, storage appliances and private networks.
  • Outstanding hands-on troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Solid understanding of container runtime (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
  • Solid understanding of the Kubernetes ecosystem and tooling (e.g., Helm, Istio, Knative, etc.).

6. BA in Information Systems Management with 10 years of Experience

  • First-class skills and significant experience in the definition of Infrastructure artefacts, e.g., architectural models, roadmaps, strategies, principles, standards, patterns, etc.
  • Experience leading the infrastructure architecture on large programmes of work.
  • Experience in the E2E design and implementation of migrating on-prem solutions to the cloud.
  • Excellent understanding of a wide range of cloud Infrastructure strategies and techniques across a diverse mix of technology environments, from on-premises data centres to both private and public cloud environments.
  • Knowledge across open source, proprietary and COTS-based infrastructure deployment options and techniques, including open source, private cloud, public cloud, virtualisation, and containerisation.
  • Experience with public cloud vendor products (Google, AWS, or Azure) and cloud-based deployments for other mainstream enterprise software vendors (PaaS/SaaS).
  • Experience in proactive cost management of multiple cloud vendors.
  • Must have AWS Solution Architect accreditations.
  • Insurance or financial services experience.

7. BS in Cybersecurity with 11 years of Experience

  • Expert in on-premises AD and Azure AD architecture and integration.
  • Expert in Microsoft Configuration Manager/Intune Co-Management and AutoPilot architecture and integration.
  • Expert in M365 Collaboration architecture, as well as User Account/Profile/Data migration from On-Premise to Azure Cloud.
  • Expert in AutoPilot auto-deployment process and configurations, e.g., AutoPilot profile, ESP, Domain join configuration profile, Compliance policy, Windows Update Policy, and BitLocker enablement, etc.
  • Expert in Cloud Call Center and Chatbot self-service and service automation.
  • Must have an expert in Commercial or Retail digital transformation who utilizes IoT, Edge, AI, Data Analytics technologies and integration.
  • Demonstrated successful cloud migration or cognitive service transformation.
  • Must have a Microsoft certificate, Azure Cloud, or M365 expert.
  • Must have AIOps knowledge and experience.
  • Lead and contribute to the design, development, and implementation of winning technical solutions for customers to introduce and establish new technology solutions into their business and business processes.
  • Experience in writing proposals, responding to RFPs, RFIs and quality client presentations.
  • Able to work closely with OEMs and partners to support the development of winning solutions at optimum cost.
  • Effectively interface with Sales and bid-management teams.

8. BA in Business Information Technology with 10 years of Experience

  • Network and relationships in the external environment among strategic partner organizations.
  • Strong technical and analytical capabilities and understanding of the complexities of large IT environments.
  • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills in English.
  • Self-starter who is customer-focused with a high energy level and a positive disposition.
  • Ability to execute performance through self-motivation and with minimal supervision.
  • Proven ability to initiate action and complete challenging assignments.
  • Ability to multitask and exhibit a high level of enthusiasm, common sense, initiative, collaboration, and creativity.
  • Ability to exercise authority appropriately and effectively.
  • Advanced/Professional/Expert certifications from AWS/Azure/Alibaba Cloud/GCP/IBM Cloud, etc.
  • Experience with proven skills and capabilities and experience in DWS Services.
  • Knowledge of Processes like Technical Assurance/Delivery Assurance, Quality Assurance, Costing, etc.
  • Prior experience working in a matrix organization.

9. BS in Electrical Engineering with 12 years of Experience

  • Experience in designing/deploying/documenting network solutions for large clients.
  • Experience in technical consulting and project leadership, including a proven ability to define and shape winning solutions for clients.
  • Experience leading teams of other technical subject matter experts and architects.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in one or more of the following datacenter networking (Cisco ACI, VMware NSX, Juniper, etc), campus networking (Cisco, Aruba, etc), wide area networking (Velocloud, Versa, Viptela, etc), Enterprise wireless networking (Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus, etc), and/or cloud networking (AWS, Azure, Google, IBM).
  • Ability to connect the dots to conceptualize a solution, value proposition and create blueprints.
  • English language proficiency in technical writing.
  • Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas to subject experts and non-experts alike.
  • Experience in designing/deploying/documenting network solutions for large clients.
  • Experience in technical consulting and project leadership, including a proven ability to define and shape winning solutions for clients.
  • Experience leading teams of other technical subject matter experts and architects.

10. BA in Computer Information Systems with 9 years of Experience

  • Must have Cisco CCNP certification (CCIE Preferred RS, DC, or enterprise).
  • Experience in designing and developing large-scale systems.
  • Experience in analyzing and responding to market requirements, RFIs, etc.
  • Experience with system-level testing and performance evaluation of network solutions and familiarity with related tools.
  • Experience with wireless networking, including Wi-Fi and cellular networking technologies.
  • Experience working in multiple industries.
  • Demonstrated competency and knowledge of the Python programming language.
  • Experience in shell scripting and network automation platforms such as Ansible, AWX, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, or others.
  • Demonstrated competency and knowledge of Linux operating systems such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, or others, containerization platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes, and virtualization technologies such as VMWare and KVM.
  • Familiarity with network security, Dev-Ops, Dev-Sec-Ops, Dev-Net-Ops.

11. BS in Computer Engineering with 11 years of Experience

  • Must be located within commuting distance of Northfield, IL, or be willing to relocate to the area.
  • Progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
  • Must have Information Technology experience.
  • Able to lead, review and validate the assessment of customer infrastructure environments across multiple tracks like OS, Storage, Network, DB, Middleware, and Security.
  • Able to lead product evaluation, Software and Hardware products evaluation, design, and deployment.
  • Able to provide guidance to support teams, address complex problems that are new and not identified easily and require additional analysis or span across multiple tracks (OS, storage, network, middleware, etc.).
  • Able to analyze, present and review design with the customer in order to arrive at an optimal design in terms of performance and availability of the IT environment.
  • Able to assist in the implementation of SIPs in order to meet and exceed SLA requirements.
  • Good understanding of industry best practices, review the current environment and recommend innovations and improvements.

12. BA in Technology Management with 8 years of Experience

  • Must ensure implementation of hardware and software that meets the company's technology infrastructure design and architecture.
  • Must ensure adherence to the Customer’s infrastructure architecture for wide-area, campus, and local area networks.
  • Able to define requirements for products that support applications and the infrastructure consistent with Customer customer-provided guidelines.
  • Must have production support experience to maintain the business continuity 24 X 7.
  • Ability to work in a team in a diverse/multiple stakeholder environment.
  • Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment.
  • Able to plan and coordinate skills.
  • Experience in to Healthcare domain would be good to have.
  • Must have strong analytical skills.

13. BA in Information Systems with 11 years of Experience

  • Bilingual in English and French.
  • Prior experience as an Enterprise IT architect, and should have been involved in Application/Data center migration programs.
  • Experience in Server Platforms (Windows, Linux, or UNIX).
  • Experience in Virtualization Infrastructures (Hyper-V, VMWare, etc.).
  • Understanding of up-to-date Network architecture concepts and system integration principles, including high-end routers/switches, Network and Security, Network Virtualization, Cloud Network Deployments, and other related infrastructure and system components.
  • Good understanding of middleware, networking, application architecture, shared services and other components of n-tier applications.
  • Must have applied Azure and/or AWS infrastructure engineering and design skills.
  • Must have applied Azure and/or AWS migration solutions.
  • Able to lead teams towards an outcome and break down impediments.

14. BS in Cloud Computing with 9 years of Experience

  • Able to apply Project Management practices.
  • Ability to interpret requirements and create solutions.
  • Ability to facilitate workshops.
  • Ability to manage technical project workstreams to completion.
  • Ability to articulate key technologies’ impact on cost, capacity, transformation, risk, business enablement and transformation objectives.
  • Ability to evaluate risk and merit to make recommendations.
  • Applied Client Facing Ability to understand and provide guidance and recommendations on solutions to address clients’ needs, challenges and transformations.
  • Ability to evaluate risk and merit to make recommendations on available and speculative information.
  • Experience Database Engines (Oracle, MS SQL Server, Maria, MySQL, etc.), SAP Migrations, Storage (IBM/EMC/HP/Hitachi/NetApp).
  • Experience in Third Party Cloud Infrastructures (Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure).

15. BS in Systems Engineering with 10 years of Experience

  • Experience in a leadership and consultative capacity.
  • Experience managing a full lifecycle solution implementation.
  • Familiarity with architectural modeling techniques (e.g., UML, ERD, etc.).
  • Progressive technical working experience in Cloud and On-Premise Infrastructure Architecture.
  • Hands-on technical working experience with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Public Cloud support.
  • Hands-on infrastructure working experience with micro-services design and implementation using Kubernetes.
  • Excellent working knowledge of cloud IP networking infrastructure concepts (e.g., firewalls, IDS/IPS, SD-WAN, DDOS, DNS, VLAN).
  • Strong experience in data center operations, methodologies and structured approaches to systems operation and practical administration skills in a virtualized environment.
  • Knowledge of Cloud Security principles and frameworks, DevOps and Serverless Cloud Computing concepts.
  • Integration of services with on-premises technologies from Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, SAP, etc.
  • Able to build lasting relationships and influence senior colleagues and clients from a wide range of backgrounds.
  • Able to identify and capitalize on new revenue streams.

16. BA in Organizational Leadership with 11 years of Experience

  • Experience leading high availability and fault-tolerant enterprise and web-software deployments in a variety of computing environments.
  • Experience in and/or knowledge of Workload Migration Automation Tools and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Knowledge and understanding of diverse platforms and operating systems, including current and emerging technologies.
  • Ability to lead architectural activities, including leading all or portions of the project, organizing the team, defining tasks, tracking and reporting progress, delivering on time and within budget, and delivering results to the customer.
  • Ability to develop rapport with others by demonstrating an understanding of their concerns, needs and issues and focus on developing an internal network of relationships that can provide advice and support.
  • Ability to anticipate potential problems associated with the solution being developed by managing the technical risk for the solution to be implemented.
  • Ability to take full responsibility for tasks, including consistently reviewing EY team work to identify and improve EY’s approach for producing quality work products.
  • Experience in leading a small to medium-sized team of 6 to 12 cross-functional resources.
  • Ability to translate often-complex requirements into decisive digital platform strategies.

17. BS in Computer Networking with 7 years of Experience

  • Experience as an architect or full-stack developer, or relevant work experience in a similar role.
  • Experience developing cloud applications.
  • Expertise in the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), the Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), the Rational Unified Process (RUP), and agile methodologies.
  • Experience developing with Java, Python, C++, Scala, and Pascal.
  • Experience designing system infrastructures and implementing software containers.
  • Experience in any version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
  • Experience using PostgreSQL, Oracle RAC, and Sybase databases.
  • Knowledge working in the MongoDB database program.
  • Proficient verbal and written English language skills.
  • Upper-intermediate reading skills in English.
  • Expertise in the implementation of Red Hat’s platform solutions like Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Gluster Storage, Red Hat Storage, Red Hat Cloud Suite, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
  • Expertise in DevOps data grid.

18. BS in Telecommunications Engineering with 8 years of Experience

  • Strong communication skills, able to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical team members and stakeholders and to broker agreements.
  • Experience delivering infrastructure solutions on public cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, Kubernetes) as well as on-premises.
  • Strong focus on automation across the development, testing, deployment and operations contexts.
  • Significant experience in defining, reviewing and implementing non-functional requirements (availability, reliability, etc.).
  • Experience working with application architecture needs and functional/non-functional requirements to define an appropriate operational/infrastructure architecture.
  • Experience working in a DevOps pipeline and Agile methodology.
  • Experience leading architectural and technical teams.
  • Experienced in architectural languages or frameworks, e.g., UML, Zachman, TOGAF.
  • Experience with the design and implementation of continuous integration/delivery solutions.
  • Experience with zero-downtime deployment strategies, blue/green deployments/canary, etc.
  • Good networking knowledge and experience.
  • Understanding of scaled agile delivery methods, e.g., SAFe or LeSS.

19. BA in Digital Infrastructure Planning with 11 years of Experience

  • Wide and extensive experience across network, applications, data and infrastructure domains.
  • Experience in designing and implementing document management solutions.
  • Experience in implementing cloud infrastructure solutions.
  • Experience of migrating services to a cloud IaaS provider.
  • Experience in network design, including SD WAN, MPLS, QoS, VPNs and network security.
  • Experience in cloud data services, including database and analytical services.
  • Experience in designing and implementing unified communications solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of design and architectural patterns.
  • Experience in software development methodologies and structured approaches to system development.
  • Ability to dive into details as well as analyse from a high-level view.
  • Knowledge and experience of IT industry standards.
  • Knowledge of IT governance and operations.
  • Must have TOGAF certification.

20. BS in Data Center Technology with 8 years of Experience

  • Demonstrated architecture experience in an IT-related field.
  • Experience in enterprise computing, storage, security, and monitoring systems.
  • Previous hands-on experience building enterprise solutions.
  • Ability to solve complex problems through critical thinking.
  • Ability to communicate both laterally and up to influence decisions and actions.
  • Ability to see the “big picture” with proven experience in evangelizing, driving architecture adoption.
  • Positive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work.
  • Strong knowledge and experience of cloud computing technologies (AWS and Azure) and current computing trends.
  • Effective communication skills to articulate complicated progress reports to management and other stakeholders.
  • Strong experience operating monitoring tools (Splunk, SolarWinds, Logic Monitor, etc.).
  • Must have Splunk experience.

21. BS in Information Technology with 10 years of Experience

  • Able to design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools and standards.
  • Technical authoring skills, particularly for the production of technical design and specification documents.
  • Experience UNIX, Linux operating system technologies and deployment design patterns, tools and best practices.
  • Experience infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud-based application deployment technologies, design patterns, tools and best practices.
  • Able to use public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, containers, and networking design patterns, tools and best practices (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
  • Expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to the development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
  • Able to work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
  • Able to exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
  • Able to create formal networks involving coordination among groups.
  • Able to act independently to determine methods and procedures for new or special assignments.

22. BA in Management Information Systems with 12 years of Experience

  • Extensive infrastructure architecture and design experience.
  • Able to work under broad direction with minimum supervision and be accountable for meeting allocated management objectives.
  • Excellent communication skills at all levels.
  • Experience in designing technology solutions in a complex, multi-platform environment, AWS, Azure, VMWare would be ideal.
  • Experience of large-scale Data Centre Migration delivery.
  • Ability to own the iterative delivery of design artefacts that define architecturally sound solutions to business problems as requirements evolve.
  • Must have industry recognised architecture certifications, e.g., AWS, Azure, VMWare, TOGAF.
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services, Cloud migration, DevOps, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, Organizational Change Management, and a focus on business outcomes are desirable.
  • Proven experience in designing and engineering large-scale enterprise solutions in a technical engineering lead role, solution architecture role, application architecture role, or enterprise architecture role.

23. BS in Computer Science with 10 years of Experience

  • Able to significant track record in designing modern factory network solutions, standards, and related architecture for industrial environments of large global enterprises.
  • Excellent understanding of the state of the art in industrial IT networks and their implementations in factories.
  • Demonstrated ability to define business cases and influence key stakeholders across all business levels to drive standardization and transformations.
  • Solid know-how in IT provider management and IT service management (ideally ITIL-certified).
  • Proactive team player with a pronounced can-do and early adopter mentality.
  • Fluent in English and ideally German to enable convincing communication at all management levels within IT and towards the business.
  • Must have strong presentation, verbal, and written skills.
  • Cloud/Infrastructure performance analysis and tuning experience.

24. BA in Business Information Systems with 11 years of Experience

  • Strong technology infrastructure specialising in Microsoft technologies, Midrange, or Storage.
  • Experience of being a Lead Architect on programmes or running organisations.
  • Able to articulate complex technical problems to a technical and non-technical audience.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical skills and curiosity.
  • Proven track record of delivering infrastructure change following both agile and waterfall methodologies.
  • Experience in Linux and Windows systems administration.
  • Experience with system migrations from on-prem to AWS Cloud.
  • Brilliant, knowledgeable of a broad range of industry vendors, infrastructure components and physical attributes of data centre hardware.
  • Experience in planning, designing and managing large construction projects.

25. BS in Network Engineering with 10 years of Experience

  • Experience in security architecture design and implementation.
  • Proven architecture modeling skills.
  • Understanding of the infrastructure architecture standards.
  • Effective scheduling and budget management.
  • Strong critical-thinking capabilities.
  • Clearly articulate complex concepts.
  • Strong communication skills, stakeholder management skills, and risk management skills.
  • Experience in an enterprise and data center environment.
  • Experience working with infrastructure components, including pre-planning (power and space planning), hardware deployment planning and execution (large-scale cabling and server deployments), and project planning and execution.
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