Role Overview
Reporting to the VP, Technology Resilience, the Senior IT Infrastructure Governance & Architecture Specialist owns enterprise-wide governance of IT infrastructure design, architecture, high availability and technology standards across F5's hybrid and multi-cloud environment.
This is a centralized, strategic governance role - not a hands-on engineering or implementation position.
The specialist evaluates existing designs, assesses proposed solutions, identifies gaps and drives the organization toward the right outcome, working with Senior Architects, DR and BC specialists.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design Governance: Assess current state and proposed IT designs across backup infrastructure, networking, compute storage, cloud platforms and high availability.
Produce structured findings, gap analyses and actionable recommendations.
ARB & M&A Governance: Serve as the reviewing authority on the Architecture Review Board (ARB) and lead infrastructure governance assessments for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, evaluating inherited environments and integration risk.
Standards Ownership: Establish and enforce enterprise architecture standards and governance frameworks for HA design, infrastructure resilience and technology lifecycle, ensuring alignment with NIST, ISO *****, SOX, GPDR and applicable regulatory requirements.
Assessment & Reporting: Conduct deep Dive assessments of as-is configurations and deployment patterns.
Translate technical findings into executive-level reports, risk scorecards and remediation roadmaps presented to senior leadership.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Network Operations, Security/CISO and application teams to guide redesigns, enforce standards and embed governance into change-management and project delivery lifecycles.
Vendor & Technology Governance: Evaluate infrastructure vendor solutions from a governance and standards perspective and influence procurement and architecture decisions.
Continuous Improvement: Monitor emerging threats, technology trends and evolving industry frameworks to proactively evolve the organization's infrastructure governance posture toward greater resilience, automation and risk reduction.
Required Qualifications
12+ years of progressive enterprise IT experience, including a minimum of 5 years in a governance, architecture review or enterprise assessment role (not hands-on engineering).
Expert-level knowledge across two or more of the following: backup/recovery architecture (preferred), network design, compute/storage design, cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP) and high availability design patterns (preferred).
Demonstrated experience leading architecture review processes, conducting gap analyses, producing executive-grade documentation and driving remediation outcomes across large, complex organizations.
Solid understanding of multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure architectures and their HA/resilience implications.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to present complex technical findings to C-suit and board-level audiences.
Self-direction and the ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and deliver measurable outcomes without close supervision.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology or related field (Master's or MBA strongly preferred).
Preferred certifications: TOGAF 9/10, Cisco CCIE (Enterprise Infrastructure, Data Center, or Cloud), AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, ITIL 4 Managing Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), CRISC, CGEIT, SABSA Chartered Architect, CISSP.
Experience in regulated industries and familiarity with M&A technical due diligence and integration governance.
Equal Employment Opportunity
F5 is an equal opportunity employer.
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.
F5 offers reasonable accommodations for qualified candidates.
For additional information on accommodations, contact ******.
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