Software Architect's Handbook

Infrastructure architect

Infrastructure architects focus on the design and implementation of an organization's enterprise infrastructure. This type of architect is responsible for the infrastructure environment meeting the organization's business goals, and provide hardware, networking, operating system, and software solutions to satisfy them.

The infrastructure must support the business processes and software applications of the organization. These architects are involved with infrastructure components such as the following:

• Servers: Physical or virtual servers for either cloud or on-premises environments
• Network elements: Elements such as routers, switches, firewalls, cabling, and load balancers
• Storage systems: Data storage systems such ...