Principal Infrastructure Architect

Overview

Are you passionate about modernizing infrastructure, improving how teams collaborate, and bringing forward innovative ideas that challenge traditional approaches? We are seeking a Principal Infrastructure Architect to provide direction for NASCO’s infrastructure strategy and play a key role in shaping the future of our technology ecosystem.

In this role, you will partner with Architecture, Product Management, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to assess current capabilities, define improved processes, and develop scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions. You will lead modernization efforts, help advance both data center and cloud strategies, and identify practical opportunities to leverage automation and AI enabled solutions to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and long-term scalability.

This is a unique opportunity to step into an organization that has the capability to power transformation in the healthcare ecosystem and for the role to make a meaningful impact by bringing leadership, innovation, and structure to the infrastructure architecture function. If you are someone who can bring innovative solutions, build effective processes, and translate ideas into practical improvements that strengthen infrastructure and accelerate modernization, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Defines and drives the enterprise infrastructure architecture strategy, including current-state assessment and future-state roadmap

Partners with Architecture and managed service providers to align standards, roadmaps, and execution with business and technology objectives

Leads infrastructure modernization initiatives (cloud adoption, automation, simplification) to reduce complexity and improve scalability and performance

Establishes and matures architecture governance, standards, and reference models to ensure consistency, resiliency, and security across environments

Drives adoption of observability, reliability, and performance engineering practices to strengthen system health and operational outcomes

Identifies and implements opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, AI, and automation to improve efficiency and service delivery

Provides architectural oversight for major technology investments and decisions, ensuring alignment with cost, risk, scalability, and business value

Serves as a trusted advisor and change leader, influencing cross-functional teams to adopt modern, integrated infrastructure practices

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Deep expertise across enterprise infrastructure domains, including cloud, hybrid, networking, compute, storage, and security

Proven ability to translate strategy into architecture standards, roadmaps, and scalable solutions that improve performance, resiliency, and operational efficiency

Demonstrated success leading infrastructure modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, automation, and platform simplification

Strong experience designing secure, compliant, and resilient architectures, including disaster recovery and business continuity

Expertise in cloud and hybrid architectures, with a focus on scalability, cost optimization, and reliability

Ability to establish and mature architecture governance, standards, and operating models aligned to enterprise practices

Experience driving improvements in observability, reliability, and performance engineering (e.g., monitoring, SLOs, service health)

Hands-on knowledge of automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to enable consistency, scalability, and efficiency

Familiarity with emerging technologies (AI/AIOps, intelligent automation) and applying them to infrastructure operations and service improvement

Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical strategy and align cross-functional stakeholders

Demonstrated ability to assess current-state environments and drive improvements in scalability, resiliency, and operational effectiveness

Proven ability to influence enterprise-level decisions, technology investments, and strategic priorities through architectural leadership

 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Deep expertise in cloud and hybrid infrastructure architecture, including strategies that enable scalability, reliability, and long-term operational sustainability

Strong knowledge of security, networking, and regulatory frameworks to design secure, compliant, and resilient infrastructure solutions

Proficiency in automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with familiarity in AIOps and emerging technologies to improve operational efficiency

Experience applying cost optimization and financial discipline (FinOps) in cloud and infrastructure architecture decision-making

Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment, including collaboration with managed service providers and consideration of legacy environments in modernization efforts

Strong understanding of infrastructure architecture, cloud services, operational processes, and IT Service Management practices

Knowledge of security, resiliency, disaster recovery, and business continuity principles relevant to infrastructure design and operations

 

Experience:

10 years of progressive experience across infrastructure architecture, cloud architecture, or related technical leadership roles

Proven track record leading enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, automation, and platform simplification

Experience developing and executing architecture roadmaps, standards, and future-state strategies aligned to business and technology objectives

Broad experience across core infrastructure domains (cloud, networking, compute, storage, security, and operations)

Experience improving reliability, observability, and service performance across complex infrastructure environments

Experience collaborating across Architecture, Engineering, Security, and external partners (e.g., MSPs) to align delivery and outcomes

Experience operating in regulated environments, with strong emphasis on security, compliance, and operational resilience

Experience advancing operational maturity and service management practices across infrastructure organizations

 

Required Training, Certification and Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Technical certification or equivalent experience in one or more cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud

Demonstrated ongoing professional development in cloud, automation, security, observability, and emerging infrastructure technologies

 

Working Conditions:

Remote/Home Office

Must be able to use equipment at workstation, in an indoor environment, for up to 8 hours daily

Travel: Occasional overnight travel (up to 20%) by land and/or air for meetings to the office or other areas 

May be required to work a flexible work schedule, including weekend and evening availability during outages, security incidents, deployment and maintenance-window-oriented events

Benefits Overview

 

At NASCO, we trust our workforce to be fully remote, working from their home. This benefit offers significant, personalized outcomes for each associate including work/life balance, savings on commuting, work clothing, and increased time to spend on personal activities.

 

Our full benefit package is designed to support the physical, mental, and financial health of our associates. We offer:

 

Physical and Mental Health Benefits

Choice of Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans

Telehealthcare – for Medical and Behavioral visits

Generous PTO with buy/sell options

9 Company holidays, a floating day off, and a day off for volunteering

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness program - earn insurance discounts or credit towards health-related items

 

Financial Health Benefits

401K Plan with employer matching contributions

Company-funded spending/reimbursement accounts to help with out-of-pocket medical expenses

Bonus and Recognition programs

Tuition Assistance

Consultation with financial planner

Basic Life & AD&D Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance provided, and Supplemental Term Life Insurance is available

Group Discount programs - mobile, technology services, etc., to help you save money

 

Other Benefits

E-Learning – Comprehensive and current library of e-learning and performance support assets, available on demand and at no cost

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other grounds, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability. Must have legal authority to work in the US.

 

We will not accept applicants that use AI when answering the screening questions. Applicants who use AI to answer any questions or to complete their application will not be considered for employment.