Lead Infrastructure Architect

At Bose Corporation, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth — and for over 60 years, we have been a company built on innovation, excellence, and independence. Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound.     Today, Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions, we are shaping the future of audio technology, automotive, luxury, and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation.

Positio n Summary   The IT Architect will serve as the primary Infrastructure lead for M&A activities, responsible for assessing incoming organizations’ technology environments and developing integration and modernization plans. This role will act as the single point of contact for infrastructure-related updates, risks, dependencies, and escalations.   Scope of Responsibility   This role will assess and coordinate integration across:   Compute, virtualization, and hosting platforms   Storage, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery   Network, WAN/LAN, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and connectivity   Network security, firewalls, VPN, segmentation, and secure access   Cloud infrastructure and hybrid connectivity   Identity platforms, including AD, Entra ID / Azure AD, SSO, MFA, federation, and privileged access   Collaboration platforms, including Microsoft 365, Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Workspace, and email services   Shared services, including ITSM, monitoring, CMDB, certificate management, logging, NTP, SMTP, and automation tools   Key Responsibilities   Lead infrastructure assessment for mergers, acquisitions, and integrations.   Evaluate acquired-company infrastructure, identity, collaboration, cloud, network, and shared services environments.   Identify risks, gaps, technical debt, security concerns, integration blockers, and modernization opportunities.   Partner with leaders across Core Infrastructure, ICP, Cloud, Identity, Collaboration, Network, Security, and Shared Services.   Develop Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, and long-term integration plans.   Define migration sequencing, dependencies, ownership, risks, and target-state recommendations.   Serve as the primary contact for infrastructure updates, decisions, and escalations.   Prepare executive-level summaries, roadmaps, risk registers, and integration status updates.   Ensure integration plans align with enterprise architecture, security, operational, and governance standards.

10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, enterprise architecture, or infrastructure architecture.   Strong experience across compute , storage, backup , network , cloud , identity, collaboration, and shared services.   Experience supporting M&A, divestitures , large-scale integrations, or major transformation programs.   Knowledge of AD, Entra ID / Azure AD, SSO, MFA, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and related platforms.   Ability to assess complex environments and translate findings into integration plans, risks, and executive updates.   Strong stakeholder management, communication, documentation, and escalation management skills.   Bachelor’s in computer science , IT or related fields.

Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.   Experience with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace migrations.   Familiarity with ITSM platforms , CMDB, monitoring, certificate management, and automation tools.   Knowledge of Zero Trust, conditional access, identity governance, and network segmentation.   Certifications such as ITIL, Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, or identity-related certifications are a plus.   At Bose, you're inspired to be and do your best and are rewarded for your unique talents! Our compensation is thoughtfully tailored to your skills, experience, education, and