Infrastructure Architect
at Standard & Poor's
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Role: Infrastructure Architect to design, build, and maintain the next-generation hybrid cloud platform. You will serve as the technical lead to ensure resilient, scalable, and secure systems, bridging on-premises data centers with hyperscale cloud environments. You will lead Architecture & Design, Automation & Engineering, and Security & Operations initiatives, using Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Chef/Ansible) to drive automation and standardization. You will also ensure high availability, perform container orchestration, and maintain database reliability and observability across hybrid environments.
About the Role:
Grade Level (for internal use):
12About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Architect to design, build, and maintain our next-generation hybrid cloud platform. In this role, you will be the technical lead responsible for ensuring our systems are resilient, scalable, and secure. You will bridge the gap between traditional on-premise data centers and modern hyperscale cloud environments, leveraging Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive automation and efficiency.
If you are passionate about building highly available systems that never sleep and love solving complex problems at the intersection of hardware and software, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
Hybrid Cloud Strategy: Design and implement a robust hybrid cloud architecture that seamlessly integrates on-premise infrastructure with major hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
High Availability (HA): Architect systems for 99.99% uptime, utilizing multi-region failover strategies, load balancing, and disaster recovery planning.
Container Orchestration: Lead the design and management of enterprise-grade Kubernetes clusters (K8s) across both on-prem and cloud environments.
Automation & Engineering
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Define all infrastructure using code. Build and maintain extensive Terraform and Chef / Ansible repositories to automate provisioning, configuration, and drift detection.
Immutable OS & Minimal Distributions: Architect solutions using container-optimized, immutable Linux distributions (e.g., Talos Linux, Flatcar, Bottlerocket). Move away from traditional SSH-based management to API-driven OS configuration to reduce overhead and ensure consistency.
Database Reliability: Oversee the architectural health of various database platforms (MySQL, MongoDB, etc.), ensuring proper clustering, sharding, and backup strategies are in place.
Security & Operations
Immutable Security Strategy: Move beyond traditional in-place patching. Design automated workflows for node rotation and recycling to apply OS updates and security fixes, ensuring production environments always run on the latest, verified images.
Supply Chain Security: Implement rigorous image scanning and signing (e.g., Cosign, Notary) within the CI/CD pipeline. enforce Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) analysis to detect vulnerabilities in base images and dependencies before they reach the cluster.
Runtime Defense: Architect runtime security solutions using eBPF-based tools (e.g., Falco, Tetragon) to monitor for anomalous behavior and unauthorized system calls in a shell-less environment.
Policy as Code: Enforce cluster security and compliance using policy engines like OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno to prevent misconfigurations and ensure strict pod security standards.
Observability: Implement comprehensive monitoring and distributed tracing (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger) to ensure deep visibility into ephemeral pods and distinct infrastructure layers.
Qualifications
Required Skills
Experience: 7+ years in System Engineering or DevOps, with at least 3 years in an Architecture role.
Cloud Proficiency: Deep expertise in at least one major public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience connecting them to on-prem data centers.
Kubernetes Expert: Proven experience managing Kubernetes in production (CKA certification is a plus).
IaC Mastery: Advanced proficiency with Terraform and configuration management tools.
Container-Optimized OS Experience: Deep understanding of immutable infrastructure concepts and experience managing minimal Linux distributions designed exclusively for Kubernetes (no SSH, read-only file systems, etc.).
Database Knowledge: Experience architecting high-availability solutions for both SQL and NoSQL databases.
Preferred Skills
Experience with Service Mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
Background in regulated industries (Finance, Healthcare) dealing with compliance standards (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
Programming experience in Python or Go for scripting and tooling.
We require all candidates who reach the final stage of our interview process to attend at least one in-person interview, which is ordinarily at your nearest S&P Global office. This must be completed before we can proceed to an offer.
About S&P Global Mobility
At S&P Global Mobility, we provide invaluable insights derived from unmatched automotive data, enabling our customers to anticipate change and make decisions with conviction. Our expertise helps them to optimize their businesses, reach the right consumers, and shape the future of mobility. We open the door to automotive innovation, revealing the buying patterns of today and helping customers plan for the emerging technologies of tomorrow.
For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility.
What’s In It For You?
Our Mission:
Advancing Essential Intelligence.
Our People:
We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.
Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership
Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.
Benefits:
We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.
Our benefits include:
Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries
Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:
At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.
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S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
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Job ID: 326024
Posted On: 2026-02-24
Location: Centreville, Virginia, United States
