Senior Infrastructure Architect

Arcwood Environmental, LLC•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

The Senior Infrastructure Architect is responsible for strategic design, governance, and optimization of enterprise infrastructure across Arcwood. The role oversees cloud, network, cybersecurity, data center, telecommunications, and operational technology (OT) infrastructure supporting treatment, storage, and disposal facilities; hazardous waste operations; transportation fleets; laboratory environments; field services; and corporate functions. The architect establishes enterprise standards and long-term technology roadmaps to support secure, resilient, scalable, and compliant infrastructure for 24/7 operations across multiple facilities and locations. The role partners with business leaders, operations, cybersecurity, engineering, and acquisitions teams to modernize infrastructure, enable digital transformation, and support organizational growth. As Arcwood pursues growth through M&A, the position serves as the technical owner for acquired organizations’ infrastructure onboarding and ongoing operational needs. The role also provides technical leadership and mentorship to infrastructure engineers and administrators, maintains architectural and operational documentation, and serves as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex infrastructure issues. The position prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and safe practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering, architecture, or operations.
At least 5 years of experience designing and leading large-scale infrastructure environments.
Experience supporting multi-site industrial, environmental services, manufacturing, logistics, utility, energy, or other highly regulated organizations.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
Experience with acquisitions, infrastructure integration, and enterprise standardization initiatives.

Responsibilities

Prioritize health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and safe practices.
Design, document, and implement enterprise infrastructure architectures across treatment, storage, disposal, incineration, laboratory, transportation, field service, and corporate operations.
Architect, engineer, and optimize highly available cloud, network, server, storage, virtualization, telecommunications, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
Develop and maintain enterprise infrastructure standards, reference architectures, technical roadmaps, engineering guidelines, and operational best practices.
Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, data center optimization, network transformation, platform consolidation, automation, and technology lifecycle management.
Provide end-to-end technical leadership for infrastructure needs related to M&A, including due diligence, target-state architecture, integration execution, risk mitigation, and post-acquisition stabilization.
Design and support enterprise WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, wireless, VPN, internet connectivity, Microsoft Azure, Active Directory, Entra ID, storage, virtualization, backup, and identity management platforms.
Develop infrastructure-as-code, automation, orchestration, monitoring, and configuration management solutions.
Architect secure infrastructure for OT, industrial control systems, laboratories, facility operations, and remote field locations, maintaining appropriate separation and integration between OT and enterprise IT.
Implement and maintain cybersecurity controls, including network segmentation, Zero Trust architecture, secure remote access, identity governance, vulnerability remediation, security hardening, logging, and monitoring.
Establish and validate business continuity, disaster recovery, high-availability, redundancy, backup, and resiliency strategies for critical 24/7 operations.
Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex infrastructure, cloud, network, systems, and security issues; lead root cause analysis and develop long-term corrective action plans.
Conduct architecture reviews, technical assessments, proof-of-concepts, technology evaluations, and capacity planning to align infrastructure solutions with business, operational, and regulatory requirements.
Assist with technical infrastructure due diligence, integration planning, and standardization for acquisitions, facility expansions, and enterprise growth initiatives.
Partner with digital, cybersecurity, operations, engineering, and business leaders to develop technical solutions and support strategic initiatives that improve safety, operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to infrastructure engineers and administrators; maintain architectural documentation, network diagrams, standards, and operational procedures.
Take on additional duties as assigned to support the team and organization.