Senior Infrastructure Architect

IT Infrastructure Architect (Contract) | $60–$65/hr.

Role: IT Infrastructure Architect

Location: Charlotte, NC – Hybrid/On-site (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

Employment Type: Contract (6-12 month duration)

About the Role

WorkForce Unlimited is seeking a senior-level Infrastructure Architect who is passionate about designing modern, resilient, and scalable technology solutions that power business growth. In this influential role, you’ll shape the future of enterprise infrastructure, lead complex integration initiatives, and collaborate with architecture leaders across the organization.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strategic thinker who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving high-impact technical challenges, and is energized by the chance to innovate across a diverse technology landscape.

What You’ll Do

• Lead infrastructure integration activities across user experience and collaboration platforms, data center and cloud design, workload migrations, Active Directory/Entra ID, and Office 365 consolidation efforts.
• Partner closely with the Enterprise Architecture team to define design strategies, standards, and frameworks. Develop and publish architecture principles, position papers, blueprints, patterns, and best practices.
• Provide strategic direction for infrastructure domains including public cloud, directory services, collaboration, network, storage, servers, databases, and security practices.
• Champion shared systems, reusable tools, and standardized solutions to support cost-efficiency and improved communication across teams.
• Ensure architectural consistency, eliminating duplicative efforts and aligning solutions with overall business and IT strategy.
• Serve as a Level 4 escalation point for operational issues, supporting complex problem resolution and root-cause analysis.
• Oversee technology lifecycle planning to ensure solutions remain current, reliable, and secure across application, network, desktop, server, and storage environments.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise technology vision; assess current needs and anticipate future infrastructure requirements.
• Ensure installations, upgrades, and architecture decisions comply with policies, procedures, and licensing parameters.
• Identify and implement best practices in infrastructure architecture, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security.
• Evaluate software requirements and lead architectural efforts for high availability and disaster recovery planning.

What You Bring

Technical Qualifications

• 12 years of IT infrastructure experience, with at least 5 years in an architect-level role.
• Proven ability to work with and lead Infrastructure and DevOps teams to deliver strategic solutions.
• Expert-level knowledge of core infrastructure technologies:
• Windows-based servers
• Enterprise networking
• Azure/AWS cloud (IaaS/PaaS)
• Microsoft Exchange / Office 365
• Active Directory / Entra ID
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Virtualization platforms
• Enterprise SAN storage
• Cloud certifications in Azure or AWS at the architecture level (required).

General Qualifications

• Strong background in enterprise infrastructure design, with experience developing and implementing broad architectural solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas to C-level executives.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Experience with IT infrastructure planning in mergers and acquisitions.
• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to translate strategy into technical design.
• Natural curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills when working with diverse stakeholders.
• IT consulting experience is highly preferred.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in Information Technology or related field.

Benefit Summary

• Competitive Compensation: Earn $60–$65/hr. while contributing to transformative organizational change.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Growth Opportunities: Expand your technical and project management expertise with complex, enterprise-level projects.