ServiceNow
Senior Technical Architect, Infrastructure and Cloud
$172K–$301K
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud, platform engineering, or systems engineering, including substantial architecture responsibility.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, employment is contingent upon obtaining any required export license or other government approval.
About the job
Sets enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture direction, standards, and roadmaps, advising delivery teams and stakeholders on secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective technology decisions.
What you'll do
- Define infrastructure and cloud target architectures, transition plans, and multiyear roadmaps aligned with business priorities and enterprise architecture.
- Establish architecture standards and governance for cloud, data centers, networking, compute, storage, containers, backup, and recovery; review major decisions and evaluate solutions.
- Partner with technology, security, finance, and operations teams on governance, resilience, cost, AI/ML infrastructure needs, and shared roadmaps.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud, platform engineering, or systems engineering, including substantial architecture responsibility for complex enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated success defining infrastructure and cloud strategy and roadmaps spanning multiple technology domains and delivery teams.
- Strong working knowledge of Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) architecture, and experience defining cloud governance and standards in a large enterprise.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in a large, global, regulated, or mission-critical environment.
- Familiarity with ITIL, CMDB alignment, enterprise architecture frameworks, FinOps, or AI/ML infrastructure requirements.
Pay
$171,900 - $300,800 USD base salary
Tools
Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), RAG, A2A, MCP, APIs, messaging, event-driven architecture
AI focus
Advises on infrastructure for AI and ML workloads, including compute capacity, specialized hardware, storage, and hybrid hosting; understands agentic AI patterns including RAG, A2A, and MCP.
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