Platform Infrastructure Architect

The role

The Platform Infrastructure Architect guides engineering execution, enterprise technology platforms, and solution architecture. This role covers infrastructure, cloud services, data platforms, automation, AI enablement, and enterprise software delivery.

What you will do

• Lead architecture and technical design for enterprise cloud, infrastructure, data, automation, AI, and software platform initiatives.
• Partner with engineers, architects, and developers to design, build, review, solve, and continuously improve technical solutions.
• Provide senior-level support and guidance for complex incidents, performance issues, integrations, and production-impacting challenges.
• Establish and promote engineering standards for architecture, documentation, code reviews, automation, deployment, operational readiness, and supportability.
• Evaluate technical solutions and tradeoffs related to scalability, reliability, security, maintainability, cost, and delivery speed.
• Guide the deployment, configuration, operation, and optimization of enterprise platforms, including Microsoft 365, Azure, SQL Server, VMware, and related services.
• Collaborate with engineering and data teams to support data platforms, pipelines, integrations, reporting, and performance improvements.
• Drive automation through scripting, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, reusable patterns, and operational tooling.
• Contribute directly to implementation and solving efforts when senior technical expertise is needed.
• Lead the architecture, evaluation, integration, and operational enablement of enterprise AI solutions.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on technical experience, including engineering leadership, architecture, operations, or enterprise technology delivery.
• Demonstrable ability to mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and remain a hands-on technical contributor.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft 365, Azure, Windows platforms, identity, collaboration, and enterprise administration.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, virtualization (VMware or similar), databases (SQL Server/MySQL), enterprise storage, backup and recovery, and production operations.
• Knowledge of networking technologies, including firewalls, VPNs, IP routing, IP multicast, and secure connectivity solutions.
• Ability to review architecture designs, code, scripts, deployment plans, user documentation, and solving strategies.
• Experience leading complex technical projects, managing priorities, communicating risks, and driving multi-functional execution.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity principles, data protection, access control, secure operations, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and responsible AI governance.
• Experience with Azure, AWS and/or GCP, data platforms and pipelines (ETL/ELT, Spark, Delta Lake, Kafka, Azure Event Hubs), and AI/ML technologies including Azure AI Foundry, Azure ML, MLflow, and MLOp
• Proficiency in Python, C#/.NET, TypeScript, PowerShell, DevOps and IaC tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Bicep, Docker, Kubernetes).

Nice to have

• exposure to media, broadcast, production, venue, or event technology environments

Benefits

• health and welfare benefits

About the company

Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is an integrated sports and entertainment company with a portfolio including professional sports teams, venues, and media properties. The company is based in Washington, D.C.