Delivery Architect (Infrastructure & Cybersecurity)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor throughout the project delivery lifecycle, ensuring successful implementation of infrastructure and cybersecurity solutions.
• Work closely with Sales, Solution Architects, Competency Heads, and Project Managers to ensure proposed solutions are technically sound, deliverable, and aligned with customer requirements.
• Lead technical discovery sessions to understand customers' business objectives, existing infrastructure landscape, operational challenges, and future technology roadmap.
• Design and govern end-to-end infrastructure solutions covering compute, virtualization, storage, networking, cloud, identity, and cybersecurity technologies.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity SMEs to integrate security controls and solutions such as Identity & Access Management (IAM/PAM), Endpoint Security, Network Security, Data Protection, SIEM, Vulnerability Management, and Cloud Security into the overall solution architecture.
• Provide technical leadership throughout project delivery, ensuring solutions are implemented according to architecture, industry best practices, and operational requirements.
• Lead solution design workshops, architecture reviews, and technical governance throughout project execution.
• Review and validate technical designs, implementation plans, migration strategies, and integration approaches.
• Act as the highest technical escalation point for complex implementation and infrastructure-related issues during project delivery.
• Identify delivery risks, technical dependencies, and architectural constraints, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Oversee system integration across multiple technology domains to ensure successful end-to-end solution delivery.
• Ensure infrastructure platforms meet security, performance, scalability, resilience, and operational supportability requirements.
• Review and approve technical documentation, including High-Level Designs (HLD), Low-Level Designs (LLD), implementation guides, migration plans, operational handover documentation, and as-built documentation.
• Work closely with Project Managers to manage technical scope, stakeholder expectations, project risks, and delivery milestones.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers and solution teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Stay current with emerging infrastructure technologies, cloud platforms, and cybersecurity best practices to continuously improve solution quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or infrastructure architecture, with at least 5 years leading enterprise solution delivery or architecture engagements.
• Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise infrastructure solutions across multiple technology domains, including:
• Windows and Linux Server platforms
• VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix or virtualization technologies
• Storage and backup solutions
• Enterprise networking
• Active Directory and Identity Services
• Public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Reasonable understanding of enterprise cybersecurity technologies such as:
• Identity & Access Management (IAM/PAM)
• Endpoint Security
• Network Security
• Database Security
• SIEM
• Vulnerability Management
• Cloud Security
• Zero Trust architecture
• OT/IOT security
• Experience leading infrastructure transformation, migration, modernization, and system integration projects.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, with the ability to serve as the final technical escalation point during project delivery.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, infrastructure design methodologies, and technology governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams across large and complex projects.
• Strong documentation skills, including architecture design documents, implementation plans, and technical governance artefacts.
• Positive attitude with strong ownership, leadership, and customer-focused mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects within Government, Financial Services, Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), or large enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, and Zero Trust Architecture.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell) would be advantageous