American Electric Power

Enterprise Architect - EA Cloud & Infrastructure

American Electric Power$116K — $151K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Systems.
  • 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture or infrastructure engineering roles.
  • Experience in vendor technical leadership and risk management.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across teams.
  • Strong communication skills for presenting architectural vision to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain enterprise cloud architecture across multi-cloud environments.
  • Translate business requirements into secure infrastructure designs.
  • Align infrastructure platforms with application architectures and integration patterns.
  • Collaborate with DevOps to establish CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • Drive adoption of containerization and orchestration patterns.
  • Establish cloud governance standards and manage costs effectively.
  • Lead initiatives for infrastructure modernization and cloud migration.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with remote options.
  • Access to professional development resources.
  • Comprehensive health insurance packages.
  • Generous paid time off policy.
  • Retirement savings plan options.
Full Job Description
Job Posting End Date
08-17-2026
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

The Enterprise Architect - Cloud & Infrastructure is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining, governing, and advancing the enterprise cloud and infrastructure architecture to enable scalable, secure, and cost-effective technology platforms across the organization.

This role serves as the enterprise authority on cloud and infrastructure architecture, shaping how platforms are designed, governed, and optimized to support long-term business and engineering strategies.

Operating at the intersection of enterprise architecture, platform engineering, and DevOps, this position translates business priorities into cloud-enabled architecture, standards, and reference models that drive speed, resilience, and efficiency at scale.

Job Description

What you'll do:

Essential Job Functions & Tasks

Enterprise Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture
  • Define and maintain enterprise cloud and infrastructure reference architecture across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Translate business and engineering requirements into scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure designs
  • Ensure alignment between infrastructure platforms, application architectures, and enterprise integration patterns


Cloud Platform Strategy & Enablement
  • networking, compute, storage, and platform services
  • Partner with platform engineering and DevOps teams to align CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, and infrastructure-as-code practices with enterprise architecture direction
  • Drive adoption of modern infrastructure patterns, including containerization, orchestration (Kubernetes), and service mesh where appropriate
  • Influence enterprise-wide adoption of standards and platform strategies


Governance, FinOps & Cloud Operations
  • Establish and enforce cloud governance standards, including policy-as-code, tagging, cost management, and lifecycle controls
  • Lead FinOps and cost optimization strategies to ensure efficient use of cloud resources
  • Define guardrails that balance developer autonomy with security, compliance, and operational reliability
  • Provide architectural review and guidance for Cloud initiatives to mitigate technical risk and ensure long-term sustainability.


Modernization & Transformation
  • Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives, including cloud migration, legacy platform transformation, and automation strategies
  • Enable incremental migration approaches that reduce risk and support parallel operation
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and determine strategic fit within the enterprise architecture


Risk, Security & Compliance
  • Define cloud security architecture, including identity, access management, network segmentation, and zero-trust principles
  • Ensure alignment with enterprise cybersecurity, regulatory, and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC 2, ISO, FedRAMP where applicable)
  • Identify and mitigate enterprise-level infrastructure risks


Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
  • 10+ + years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering roles
  • Vendor technical leadership: review delivered work, spot risks early, and drive quality outcomes.
  • Proven ability to influence and drive alignment without direct authority, balancing standards with delivery realities.
  • Proven ability to communicate architectural vision and recommendations to senior leadership.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in a technical or analytical discipline.
  • Familiarity with regulated or mission-critical environments such as utilities, energy, finance, or infrastructure


What We're Looking For:

Education requirements are listed below:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.


Work Experience requirement listed below:
  • 8 years of relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.


Compensation Data

Compensation Grade:

SP20-009

Compensation Range:

$116,255.00 - $151,132.50

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S - Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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About American Electric Power

American Electric Power generates, transmits, and distributes electricity, serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers nationwide. AEP serves millions of customers across 11 states. It operates in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, providing power to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. AEP generates electricity using diverse sources, including coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewable energy like wind and solar. The company maintains a vast transmission network that delivers electricity from power plants to local distribution systems, ensuring a stable and reliable power supply. AEP is actively involved in renewable energy initiatives, investing in wind farms and solar facilities to diversify its energy portfolio and reduce its environmental impact. Additionally, the company engages in community outreach, supporting education, environmental conservation, and various social initiatives.

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