IT Infrastructure Architect

Job Overview:

Salary Range: $110000  - $135000 

This role is 100% remote

About KBS

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS) is the largest privately held provider of facility services in North America, servicing over 2 billion square feet of space daily. We help industry leaders across a wide range of key verticals—including retail, industrial and logistics, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and more—maintain clean, efficient and welcoming spaces that support their operations. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for team members who are dedicated, reliable, and ready to contribute to a culture built on respect, opportunity, and pride in service.

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Position Summary 

The IT Infrastructure Architect is a hands-on, versatile professional within KBS IT Operations, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the systems and platforms used across the organization. This role requires deep expertise across cloud platforms, automation, and scripting, with the ability to architect and support complex, integrated environments. The ideal candidate combines strong teamwork with independent initiative—able to collaborate effectively, solve technical challenges, and make thoughtful decisions with user impact in mind. Partnering across IT and other business units, this individual plays a key role in advancing the reliability, efficiency, and alignment of KBS’s core technology environment. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: 

• Designs, builds, and operates enterprise-level infrastructure, demonstrating expert-level hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS) and their core services and features to support current and future business needs.  
• Builds and supports automation workflows for provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and lifecycle management using endpoint-management platforms, Azure Automation Runbooks, and scripting (e.g., PowerShell/Bash). 
• Integrates and supports enterprise systems and applications across business units to ensure secure data exchange, interoperability, and consistent operations. 
• Enhances and supports infrastructure and security architectures in alignment with organizational standards and zero-trust principles. 
• Defines technical specifications and designs solutions in accordance with ITIL and change-management best practices. 
• Creates and maintains detailed, well-structured operational procedures and best practices, including supporting diagrams and flowcharts for configuration, deployment, and maintenance activities. 
• Oversees backup and recovery processes, ensuring backups are tested, RTO/RPO objectives are documented, and restoration procedures are clearly defined and maintained. 
• Monitors infrastructure health and performance, proactively identifying and resolving issues that impact reliability, security, or user experience, including responding to critical alerts during or outside standard business hours as needed. 
• Responds to and resolves technical incidents with urgency, communicating with users and stakeholders to ensure timely resolution and positive user experience. 
• Performs maintenance activities including regular patching, upgrades, planned migrations, office relocations, and other operational changes, occasionally outside of standard business hours to minimize disruption and support operational continuity. 
• Researches emerging technologies, evaluates potential benefits, and recommends improvements to enhance infrastructure and automation capabilities. 
• Ensures compliance with internal policies, industry standards, and security frameworks. 
• Provides hands-on technical leadership and mentorship, developing team skills, improving operational practices, and deepening technical expertise across infrastructure technologies. 

Additional Duties and Responsibilities 

As required by management. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies 

Knowledge 

• Expert-level hands-on knowledge of cloud operations across Microsoft 365, Azure, and AWS 
• Deep understanding of automation, integration, and lifecycle management for enterprise systems 
• Strong hands-on expertise in device, identity, and access management within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Intune, Entra ID, etc.) across Windows, macOS, and mobile platforms 
• Solid foundation in IT service management, change control, and operational continuity 
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Skills 

• Automation and scripting (Azure Automation Runbooks, PowerShell, Graph API) for configuration, packaging, policy deployment, lifecycle management, and similar 
• Administration of Microsoft 365 services, including Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, and Forms), and related services 
• Enterprise networking across cloud and on-prem environments, including DNS (AD/Route 53), WAF, VPNs, and Cisco Secure Connect (Umbrella, Secure Client, ZTA) 
• AWS networking and infrastructure management, including EC2, VPC routing, Transit Gateway, S3, and CloudFront 
• System design, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and documentation 
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Competencies 

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills 
• Works independently with minimal supervision and high attention to detail 
• Effective cross-departmental collaboration, communication, and interpersonal savvy 
• Curious and proactive in identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation 
• Focus on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement 

Educational Qualifications/Job Experience Requirements 

Education  

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in related field required. 

Experience 

• 6 or more years of experience in IT infrastructure roles of similar scope and responsibility.