Principal Architect

Principal Architect Full-time State/Province: Mahārāshtra Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM India Private Limited Business Line: Building Engineering Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: IN - Mumbai, Times Square Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Job Description • Regional expert on providing technical leadership and guidance in a specialty, providing strategic planning to increase our profitability within area of expertise. • Keeps informed of new developments and requirements affecting the organization for the purpose of recommending changes in programs and applications. • Uses creativity, foresight and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented technical problems. Interprets, organizes, executes and coordinates assignments. • Makes decisions independently on technical problems and methods, and represents the organization in conferences to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate work. • Develops standards and guidelines for use throughout the company. The knowledge and expertise required for this level of work usually results from progressive experience. • Supervision received is essentially administrative, with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.

• Developing and implementing an architectural discipline equipped with up-to-date architectural and management tools, technical and managerial capability and operating procedures to successfully and efficiently execute major and minor projects and consulting services. • Working with project personnel to build and maintain satisfactory client relations. • Working with Business Development in developing proposals and presenting company capabilities to enhance success in meeting new business objectives. Qualifications 8+ years of professional experience in data center architecture, infrastructure design, or related technical roles Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring technical teams of varying sizes Deep expertise in data center design, deployment, and operations Strong knowledge of networking, storage, and compute systems architecture Demonstrated project management experience with large-scale infrastructure initiatives Solid understanding of cloud technologies, virtualization platforms, and hybrid environments Proficiency in analyzing complex technical requirements and developing scalable solutions Excellent organizational and strategic planning skills Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities Experience with industry standards and frameworks (ISO 27001, ANSI/TIA, Uptime Institute) Preferred: Relevant certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent networking/infrastructure credentials Additional Information Preferred: Knowledge of data center sustainability, energy efficiency, and green technologies Preferred: Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure architectures Preferred: Familiarity with data center security frameworks and compliance requirements At AECOM, we are committed to