IT, Enterprise, Infrastructure Architect
Cadence · San Jose, United States · 2d ago
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
We are seeking a seasoned Infrastructure Architect with deep expertise in modern enterprise infrastructure spanning on-premises data centers and public cloud. This role demands strong technical leadership in integrating, consolidating, and optimizing infrastructure across diverse environments, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal business disruption.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect enterprise architecture keeping security, stability, scalability, and supportability in mind using Infrastructure as Code best practices.
- Design and execute infrastructure integration plans for acquired entities, including data center consolidation, network integration, and systems alignment.
- Architect enterprise-grade server environments (Windows Server, Linux, Unix, VMWare, Nutanix).
- Plan and execute system migrations, consolidations, and upgrades with minimal downtime.
- Design and implement network integration strategies with networking SME’s including IP schema alignment, firewall rule harmonization, and secure interconnectivity.
- Ensure network performance, redundancy, and security during transitional phases.
- Integrate security controls across merged infrastructures, ensuring unified policies and standards.
- Maintain detailed documentation of architecture, integration plans, and operational procedures.
- Collaborate with business teams to align infrastructure strategy with M&A timelines and compliance requirements. Lead infrastructure due diligence during M&A assessments, identifying risks, gaps, and integration opportunities.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including IT, security, legal, and business units to ensure successful M&A execution.
- Lead infrastructure teams through integration projects and mentor junior engineers.
- Communicate effectively with executive stakeholders and provide regular updates on progress and risks.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering.
- At least 12+ years of relevant experience in IT infrastructure
- Proven experience architecting and managing large enterprise infrastructure
- Proven experience in infrastructure integration during M&A activities.
- Strong expertise in systems engineering, networking, and cybersecurity.
- Hands-on experience with systems, network, virtualization, storage (SAN/NAS), and backup solutions.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
The annual salary range for California is $133,000 to $247,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.