Infrastructure Solutions Architect

Job Title: Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Work Type: Onsite
Location: Richmond, VA
Salary/Rate: Up to $90.48/hr
Start Date: 09/07/2026
End Date: 06/30/2027
Industry Category: Information Technology / Infrastructure Architecture
Employment Type: Contract
Requisition ID: 810314
Overview:
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is seeking an Infrastructure Solutions Architect to serve as a Solutions Engineer within the Solutions Engineering & Architecture Team (SEAT). The role will evaluate, design, and guide secure, scalable, interoperable, and supportable technology solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Application:
Candidates should have strong experience in cloud and infrastructure architecture, including Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure services, Docker, Kubernetes, DevOps, IAM, cloud security, and relational and NoSQL databases.
Job Description:
The Infrastructure Solutions Architect will translate business and technical requirements into actionable technology designs across cloud and on-premises environments. The role will work with infrastructure, cloud, application, security, data, and enterprise architecture teams to develop solutions that meet technical, security, scalability, interoperability, and supportability requirements.
Responsibilities:
Evaluate business and technical requirements and develop infrastructure and solution designs.
Design secure, scalable, interoperable, and supportable technology solutions.
Provide architectural guidance across cloud and on-premises environments.
Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application development, security, data, and enterprise architecture teams.
Design and support solutions using Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
Work with Azure App Service, AKS, Functions, Storage, and database services.
Support containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
Apply IAM, data protection, and cloud security best practices.
Support DevOps, CI/CD, and Agile practices.
Evaluate infrastructure, application, database, security, and integration requirements.
Develop resilient and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
Communicate technical designs and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
Identify technical risks and support issue resolution throughout the solution lifecycle.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
4+ years of experience with Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud.
4+ years of experience with Azure App Service, AKS, Functions, Storage, and databases.
3+ years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
3+ years of experience with C#, Java, Python, Go, and/or Node.js.
3+ years of experience with Azure DevOps and GitLab.
3+ years of experience with IAM, data protection, and cloud security best practices.
3+ years of experience with SQL Server, Oracle, and/or NoSQL databases.
3+ years of experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
4+ years of experience demonstrating strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
Strong infrastructure architecture and technical engineering experience.
Ability to develop solutions across cloud and on-premises environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working within enterprise architecture or solutions engineering teams.
Experience with large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments.
Experience integrating cloud and on-premises technologies.
Experience designing highly available and resilient technology solutions.
Government or healthcare IT experience.
Benefits
Compensation:
Pay Rate: $90.48/hr
Schedule:
Onsite work is required.
Work Location:
Richmond, VA 23219

Work arrangement
No