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This role pays less than
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$174,600–$226,350
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$134k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About American Electric Power (AEP)
American Electric Power (AEP) is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to customers across 11 states through an extensive transmission and distribution network. Industry: Electric Utilities
American Electric Power (AEP) currently has
8 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$126,397–$164,317
across 8 roles with salary data.
The Architect Principal - Infrastructure joins a team delivering enterprise infrastructure solutions to enable business operations and technology modernization. This role involves translating complex business and technical requirements into scalable architectures spanning server platforms, operating systems, storage, databases, identity services, and automation. You will design and deliver infrastructure solutions, develop governance artifacts, and create technology roadmaps to ensure systems are secure and resilient. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, evaluating emerging technologies, and managing platform lifecycles. You must demonstrate proficiency with Windows and Linux platforms, Active Directory, LDAP, and various enterprise infrastructure platforms. The work focuses on solving technical problems related to platform modernization, operational excellence, and infrastructure automation to reduce complexity while improving service quality and reliability across the entire enterprise technology ecosystem.
What does a Architect earn?
Median $225000 from 47 postings across 26 companies.
Infrastructure as a Service
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Storage Architecture
Observability
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Bare-metal Infrastructure
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HPC
GPU
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Agentic AI
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Microservices
APIs
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Kafka
Spark
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Streaming Data
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ISO 20022
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