Infrastructure Architect

Curtiss-Wright•Parsippany, NJ

About The Position

The Infrastructure Architect works within the IT Infrastructure Team to set technical direction, design secure and supportable solutions, guide implementation, and resolve complex issues. Backup and recovery are the primary responsibilities, with opportunities to contribute across the wider infrastructure portfolio. The role is based in Parsippany, New Jersey, and offers a salary range of $109,000–$145,200 plus a bonus opportunity. The position owns the architecture, roadmap, and technical standards for enterprise backup and recovery, including solutions using Commvault, Zerto, and AvePoint. It guides implementation and issue resolution, oversees recovery testing and restore validation, and maintains architecture, technical, and operational documentation. The role also provides technical oversight of third-party resources supporting backup and recovery operations. Beyond backup and recovery, the architect may lead or contribute to infrastructure initiatives, assess technology options and risks, provide architecture assurance, maintain standards and roadmaps, and identify improvements to resilience, security, efficiency, and supportability. The role supports audit, compliance, capacity planning, and technical-debt reduction, and provides technical guidance and mentoring across infrastructure and operational teams. Occasional travel and work outside normal business hours may be required for maintenance, implementations, recovery testing, or critical incidents. US citizenship is required. The position may involve exposure to export-controlled information and additional security screening.

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 required.

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 issues and corrective actions are resolved.
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.
Work effectively with geographically distributed teams and third-party service providers.