Seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Architect to lead critical offshore initiatives in India. This role involves assessing and strategizing for our current infrastructure, hosting, and application landscape. You will define robust On-Prem, Cloud, Hybrid, RISE, and SaaS strategies, ensuring a comprehensive inventory and classification of all assets.

Key responsibilities include analyzing interdependencies across various systems and reviewing all cloud subscriptions, SaaS platforms, and vendor agreements. The architect will design the target infrastructure and hosting model, encompassing network connectivity, security solutions, and migration strategies for servers, databases, and cloud workloads.

This position demands a strategic approach to defining our future infrastructure. Responsibilities include designing comprehensive solutions for WAN, VPN, SD-WAN, DNS, routing, firewalls, and internet/cloud connectivity. You will also architect robust Active Directory, Entra ID, MFA, PAM, certificate, and security solutions.

Furthermore, you will develop detailed migration strategies, define operational readiness requirements including backup, monitoring, logging, and DR. Preparing migration roadmaps, resource estimates, and cutover plans, alongside identifying infrastructure risks and defining testing approaches, are integral to this role. Leading cutover, hypercare, and stakeholder coordination activities will be essential.

A minimum of 10 years of experience in infrastructure architecture is required for this role. Candidates should possess a deep understanding of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and GCP, alongside expertise in Active Directory/Entra ID, MFA, and PAM.

Proficiency in network architecture (WAN/VPN/SD-WAN, DNS) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies is crucial. Experience with middleware, cloud migration, infrastructure transformation, and security architecture is highly valued. Strong stakeholder management skills are essential for success in this impactful position.