Infrastructure Architect

Job#: 3056395
Job Description:
Infrastructure Architect
Location: Atlanta, Georgia (Remote)
Role Overview
We are seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join an Engineering leadership team. This role is responsible for defining the overarching architectural vision, enterprise strategy, and long-term technical roadmap for the platform across cloud and hybrid environments. The ideal candidate will establish global reliability, scalability, and security standards, guide high-level infrastructure design, and steer DevOps, cloud, and containerization strategies to align infrastructure investments with company growth.
Key Responsibilities

• Architect, establish, and evolve multi-region cloud infrastructure using AWS.
• Define long-term technical roadmaps and architectural standards for enterprise CI/CD workflows and deployment frameworks.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code strategy and standardization across teams using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Oversee enterprise containerization strategies, platform orchestration, and cloud-native architecture governance.
• Set system-wide reliability, availability, and performance SLAs/SLOs across production systems.
• Establish enterprise security architecture, compliance standards, and risk mitigation strategies in conjunction with the Security team.
• Design high-availability database architectures and failover strategies across distributed systems such as MySQL, Mongo, and Redis.
• Partner with executive leadership and engineering teams to align architectural vision with business goals.
• Lead technical governance, architecture review boards, and disaster recovery strategy.

Required Qualifications
Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering and enterprise architecture.
• Advanced experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Strong proficiency with database technologies like MySQL and Mongo, with required experience in MySQL replication.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD methodologies and tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Experience with system monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks like Prometheus or ELK.
• Strong background in Linux systems administration and network security.

Technical Skills:

• Expertise in AWS or Google Cloud Platform cloud architecture and service management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior Payroll or HRIS experience is a plus.
• Nomad experience is a plus.

Candidate Attributes
The successful candidate will demonstrate humility, a strong work ethic, honesty, and transparency. A customer-centric approach is fundamental, as is a methodical approach to work and a commitment to continuous learning and growth.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a team with deep expertise and modern SaaS momentum, built on a culture of transparency and service. The organization is committed to helping employees grow their careers within a collaborative environment.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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