Cloud Advisory Senior Manager

Description

Summary: As a Cloud Advisory Senior Manager, you will lead the design and governance of end-to-end data center infrastructure architecture for AI-enabled cloud environments, ensuring security, compliance, and business needs. Highlights: 1. Lead design and governance of end-to-end data center infrastructure architecture 2. Define scalable, secure, and cost-efficient architecture for AI-enabled clouds 3. Shape AI-ready infrastructure strategies and drive cost optimization ### **Role Overview** As a **Cloud Advisory Senior Manager** (Cloud Advisory job family), you will lead the **design and governance of end\-to\-end data center infrastructure architecture** across **compute, storage, and networking**. You will define scalable, secure, and cost\-efficient architecture approaches for **AI\-enabled cloud environments**, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and business/operational needs. ### **Key Responsibilities** * **Design and govern enterprise infrastructure architecture** for hybrid and/or cloud data center environments, spanning: + **Compute** (virtualization, container/platform foundations, capacity and workload architecture) + **Storage** (performance, availability, data protection, lifecycle and governance) + **Networking** (connectivity, segmentation, routing, performance, and resilience) * **Define architecture standards, patterns, and reference models** across compute, network, and storage domains to accelerate delivery and ensure consistency. * **Ensure security\-by\-design and compliance alignment** by embedding security controls, risk management practices, and governance guardrails into architecture decisions. * **Shape AI\-ready infrastructure strategies**, enabling scalable deployment patterns for AI/ML workloads (e.g., performance, elasticity, and operational readiness). * **Partner with stakeholders across IT, security, operations, and engineering** to translate business objectives into actionable technical architecture and roadmaps. * **Lead architecture reviews and governance forums**, driving decisioning, exception management, and continuous improvement. * **Drive cost optimization and operational efficiency** through architecture\-level principles, including capacity planning, automation opportunities, and FinOps\-aware design. * **Mentor and lead technical teams**, promoting best practices, reusable assets, and a strong architecture culture. ### **Required Qualifications \& Skills** * Proven experience as an **infrastructure/cloud architecture leader** (senior/lead/manager level). * Strong end\-to\-end knowledge of **compute, storage, and networking** and how they integrate in enterprise environments. * Deep understanding of **security architecture** and governance practices (e.g., identity, segmentation, encryption, resilience, compliance alignment). * Demonstrated ability to develop and govern **architecture standards, patterns, and reference architectures**. * Track record of delivering or advising on **large\-scale cloud/infrastructure transformations** with measurable outcomes (scalability, reliability, cost, and time\-to\-value). * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels. * Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, including building and guiding architecture communities of practice. ### **Preferred (Nice to Have)** * Experience with **AI/ML infrastructure concepts** (data, compute acceleration, performance, and operational support models). * Hands\-on familiarity with cloud platforms and common enterprise architecture frameworks. * Experience driving **automation/standardization** to improve delivery consistency and operational effectiveness.