Cloud and Infrastructure Architect

About the role

The Cloud and Infrastructure Architect at Noble is responsible for providing architectural leadership and technical expertise for the Institute’s cloud and on-premises infrastructure platforms. This role contributes to the organization’s mission of transforming degraded grazing lands across the United States, benefiting the environment and society.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex infrastructure challenges across cloud and on-premises environments, including compute, storage, networking, identity, and platform services.
• Advising, guiding, and mentoring technical teams on infrastructure architecture, design patterns, and security standards.
• Serve as a trusted technical resource to IT and business stakeholders to further Noble’s mission.
• Stay current on emerging infrastructure technologies and recommend enhancements, upgrades, and modernization strategies.
• Lead infrastructure, architecture, and strategy, defining and maintaining hybrid infrastructure architecture, including integration between cloud platforms and on-premises systems, ensuring scalability, availability, and resilience aligned with business needs.
• Evaluate and select infrastructure technologies that align with organizational strategy and long-term goals, contributing to strategic direction through development of infrastructure roadmaps that support modernization, scalability, and organizational priorities.
• Align and build business-driven processes and policies that best position Noble's data and security.
• Ensure system and data security, protecting, confidentially, privacy, integrity, and availability of data and systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into infrastructure solutions, bridging the gap between enterprise architecture, applications, and infrastructure operations.
• Engage in engineering and implementation oversight, guiding the design and deployment of cloud environments (e.g., Azure) and on-premises systems to ensure consistency, security, and performance.
• Manage the lifecycle of infrastructure platforms, including selection, implementation, optimization, and retirement.
• Identify opportunities for modernization, cost optimization, and operational improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, MIS, computer science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• In-depth experience with Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments
• Expertise in core infrastructure areas: compute, storage, networking, identity, and Azure services
• Experience with virtualization, backup, and disaster recovery across cloud and on-premises platforms
• Excellent communication and planning skills

Qualifications

• Expertise in core infrastructure areas: compute, storage, networking, identity, and Azure services
• Experience with virtualization, backup, and disaster recovery across cloud and on-premises platforms
• Excellent communication and planning skills

Skills

• Technical leadership and expertise in cloud and on-premises infrastructure
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Effective communication and mentoring skills
• Ability to stay current on emerging infrastructure technologies

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Multiple options for health and retirement plans
• Employee wellness program
• Employee recognition program
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Onsite wellness center
• Collaborative work environment
• Organizational support for community involvement and volunteering

Pay

$112,608 - $154,836

Schedule

Nomadic schedule to accommodate remote work and travel to various locations.