Freelance Infrastructure Architect (On-Prem)

What will you do as an infrastructure architect?

Data Center Strategy & Architecture:

• Define data center strategies, multi-site architecture blueprints, and consolidation roadmaps.
• Design scalable infrastructure for business growth and operational continuity.
• Establish standards for physical layout, power, cooling, and environmental controls.
• Develop colocation strategies and geographic distribution models for disaster recovery.
• Lead data center migrations, refresh cycles, and technology modernization efforts.

Compute Platform & Virtualization:

• Architect enterprise virtualization platforms with high-availability and performance management.
• Design compute infrastructure for mission-critical applications and services.
• Define hypervisor selection criteria and virtual machine governance standards.
• Establish server standards and optimize resource allocation models.

Storage Architecture & Data Management:

• Design enterprise storage architectures with tiered strategies for performance.
• Define capacity planning and lifecycle management frameworks for data management.
• Implement data protection mechanisms aligned with business continuity goals.
• Optimize performance metrics through tiering and caching strategies.

Network Infrastructure & Connectivity:

• Design resilient networking architectures with redundancy and failover mechanisms.
• Architect WAN and SD-WAN solutions for distributed environments.
• Define network segmentation strategies for enhanced security and performance.
• Standardize governance for foundational network services.

Hybrid Cloud Integration & Multi-Cloud Connectivity:

• Design hybrid infrastructures that integrate on-premies with public cloud platforms.
• Establish secure cloud connectivity models and hybrid networking patterns.
• Define workload placement strategies based on various considerations.
• Architect hybrid identity management integrated with cloud platforms.

Backup, Recovery & Business Continuity:

• Architect backup and recovery solutions with defined RPO and RTO objectives.
• Design disaster recovery architectures with failover models.
• Implement recovery strategies for critical workloads across hybrid environments.

Capacity Planning & Performance Management:

• Establish capacity management frameworks with forecasting models.
• Define performance baselines and service-level metrics for infrastructure.
• Implement continuous optimization and monitoring strategies for workloads.

Security Architecture & Compliance:

• Embed security principles and establish hardening standards.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements across environments.
• Conduct risk assessments and security reviews.

Infrastructure Automation & Orchestration:

• Design automation frameworks using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices.
• Define deployment patterns and establish automated workflows and response procedures.

Architecture Governance & Standards:

• Chair architecture review forums and maintain architecture repositories.
• Define architectural principles and manage technical debt.

Vendor Management & Strategic Partnerships:

• Lead vendor evaluations and technology assessments.
• Define vendor performance metrics and governance frameworks.

Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams and translate business requirements into strategies.
• Lead architecture forums and cross-functional design reviews.