Infrastructure Architect

We are seeking a **Senior Infrastructure Engineer** who will play a dual role as both a **technical expert and strategic contributor** to our hybrid infrastructure journey. This role combines **hands-on engineering** of virtualization and cloud platforms with **infrastructure architecture leadership**, guiding our modernization initiatives across **on-premises co-located data centers** and **Azure cloud**, including **Azure VMware Solution (AVS)**.* Develop and maintain the **infrastructure roadmap** aligned with enterprise goals, emerging technologies, and modernization efforts.* Design and oversee the lifecycle of **infrastructure services**, including virtualization, storage, automation platforms, and hybrid cloud.* Provide **architectural leadership** for **colocated data centers** and Azure, including DR and service continuity.* Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., Application Operations, IT Asset Management, End User Tech) to align infrastructure with business and application needs.* Evaluate and recommend innovative infrastructure technologies to support long-term business growth and resilience.- Build and support hybrid infrastructure in **Azure**, focusing on **AVS**, native services, and workload optimization.* Contribute to building a **DevOps culture** within the infrastructure team, including CI/CD integration and process automation.* Enhance visibility and proactive management using observability tools like **Dynatrace**, **VMware Aria Operations**, **Log Insight**, and **Network Insight**.- Drive **infrastructure-as-code** practices using **Terraform**, **Ansible**, and other automation tools.* Provide **mentorship** to intermediate and senior infrastructure engineers; promote knowledge sharing and continuous learning.* Act as a **technical advisor** to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.* Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and **audit**/security requirements.* Maintain detailed documentation, including roadmaps, runbooks, operational guides, and architectural standards.* **10+ years** of experience in infrastructure architecture and engineering, including hybrid cloud and on-prem data centers.* Strong expertise in **VMware technologies** (vSphere, VCF, VxRail, NSX-T, Horizon, etc.) and **Azure/AVS** environments.* Proven experience with **infrastructure automation** (Terraform, Ansible), image management, and compliance.* Hands-on experience managing **colocation data centers** (e.g., Equinix), DR planning, and performance optimization.* Familiarity with **SQL**, **Linux**, **Windows Server**, and email infrastructure.* Understanding of **enterprise monitoring and analytics tools** (Dynatrace, Aria Suite, etc.).* Experience with **backup/storage** solutions and business continuity frameworks.* Solid understanding of IT governance, change control, and policy administration.* Experience mentoring and leading infrastructure engineers across projects or functional initiatives.* **Strategic thinker** with a passion for continuous infrastructure evolution.* **Hands-on leader** who thrives on solving complex challenges and enabling others.* **Strong communicator** able to translate technical concepts to business language and executive stakeholders.* **Collaborative team player** who values trust, transparency, and shared success.* Digitally savvy and enthusiastic about driving innovation across IT infrastructure.* We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program\*, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.* Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.* We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability.

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