Infrastructure Architect
About The Position
Curtiss-Wright is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join its IT Infrastructure Team. The role sets technical direction, designs secure and supportable solutions, guides implementation, and resolves complex issues. Backup and recovery are the primary areas of responsibility, with opportunities to contribute across the wider infrastructure portfolio. The position is based in Parsippany, New Jersey. The architect owns the architecture, roadmap, and technical standards for enterprise backup and recovery, including solutions using Commvault, Zerto, and AvePoint. The role provides technical leadership for implementation and issue resolution, oversees recovery testing and restore validation, maintains documentation, and provides oversight of third-party resources supporting backup and recovery operations. The role also leads or contributes to broader infrastructure initiatives, assesses technology options and risks, provides architecture assurance, maintains standards and roadmaps, and supports audit, compliance, capacity planning, resilience, security, efficiency, and technical-debt reduction. Occasional travel and work outside normal business hours may be required. US citizenship is required.
Requirements
- Hands-on administration, design, and troubleshooting of backup and recovery systems.
- Experience providing technical leadership for platforms or projects.
- Working knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, VMware, and network concepts.
- Understanding of infrastructure architecture, recovery objectives, and service transition.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to translate business and technical requirements into practical solutions.
- Strong communication and writing skills.
- Self-motivated, able to progress projects independently with limited managerial oversight, prioritize competing responsibilities, and drive work through completion.
- US citizenship is required.
- Able to work effectively with geographically distributed teams and third-party service providers.
- Occasional travel and work outside normal business hours may be required for maintenance, implementations, recovery testing, or critical incidents.
Nice To Haves
- Five years of information technology experience is preferable.
- Experience with backup and recovery tools, preferably Commvault.
- Experience with Zerto and AvePoint.
- Broader knowledge of server, storage, virtualization, cloud, identity, or datacenter technologies.
- Experience in regulated environments, disaster recovery exercises, or architecture governance.
- Experience in the basic administration of Linux.
- Relevant infrastructure, cloud, virtualization, or data-protection certifications.
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture, roadmap, and technical standards for enterprise backup and recovery.
- Lead the design and improvement of solutions across Commvault, Zerto, and AvePoint.
- Ensure backup services are secure, resilient, and aligned with recovery, compliance, and business requirements.
- Guide infrastructure teams, service partners, and vendors through implementation and complex issue resolution.
- Oversee recovery testing, restore validation, and remediation of identified gaps.
- Maintain clear architecture, technical, and operational documentation.
- Provide technical oversight of third-party resources supporting backup and recovery operations, including setting priorities, reviewing service performance, coordinating escalations, and ensuring resolution of issues and corrective actions.
- Lead or contribute to infrastructure initiatives beyond backup and recovery, including design, implementation, troubleshooting, and transition to ongoing support.
- Assess technology options, risks, dependencies, and lifecycle requirements.
- Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, supportable, and compliant with organizational standards.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring across infrastructure and operational teams.
- Provide architecture assurance for infrastructure changes.
- Maintain standards, comply with change control processes, and contribute to design patterns and technology roadmaps.
- Identify opportunities to improve resilience, security, efficiency, and supportability.
- Support audit, compliance, capacity planning, and technical-debt reduction.
- Participate in required training and maintain technical knowledge relevant to the role.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 401(k) with employer match
- Profit sharing
- Health and wellness benefits
- Learning and development opportunities
- Referral program
- Competitive pay
- Recognition
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Inclusive and supportive culture
- Bonus opportunity
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
