Principal Data Center Architect (Fulltime/ Contact) (Remote)
Posted 2 weeks ago by TESTINGXPERTS, INC. DBA DAMCOSOFT
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Principal Data Center Architect is tasked with defining and governing comprehensive data center architecture solutions that meet business, security, and operational needs. This role involves providing technical leadership across various layers including compute, network, storage, and security, while ensuring architectural integrity from concept to deployment. The architect collaborates closely with customers and teams to drive large-scale data center transformations and hybrid cloud initiatives. The position is fully remote and requires a blend of technical and leadership skills to influence architecture decisions effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define end to end data center architecture covering compute, network, storage, security, and management platforms.
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient architecture designs.
- Own high level and low level designs, reference architectures, and solution blueprints.
- Lead architecture reviews and govern adherence to enterprise standards and best practices.
- Provide technical leadership during data center build, migration, consolidation, or modernization programs.
- Collaborate with Deployment Pods and Delivery Leads to ensure architectural intent is implemented correctly.
- Drive decisions on technology selection, capacity planning, performance, and resiliency.
- Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Act as a key technical stakeholder in presales engagements, solution reviews, and client workshops.
- Support operational readiness, transition to run, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience designing and architecting enterprise data center solutions
- Deep understanding of data center networking (L2/L3, spine leaf, firewalls, load balancers)
- Compute & virtualization platforms (VMware, KVM, Windows, Linux)
- Storage technologies (SAN, NAS, HCI)
- Security architecture and hardening standards
- Exposure to hybrid cloud integration and cloud adjacent architectures
- Proven ability to influence architecture decisions across teams and stakeholders
- Experience working with customers, senior leadership, and delivery organizations
- Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills
- Data Center or Infrastructure Architect certifications
- VMware / Cisco / Cloud Architecture certifications
- TOGAF or equivalent (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Title: Prinicipal Data Center Architect
Location: Remote
Type: Fulltime/ Contract
Job Description:
The Principal Solutions Architect Data Center is responsible for defining, designing, and governing end to end data center architecture solutions aligned with business, security, and operational requirements. This role provides technical leadership across compute, network, storage, security, and platform layers and acts as a trusted advisor for large scale data center transformation, modernization, and hybrid cloud initiatives.
The role works closely with customers, delivery teams, engineering, and operations to ensure architecture integrity from concept to deployment and transition to run.
Key Responsibilities
- Define end to end data center architecture covering compute, network, storage, security, and management platforms.
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient architecture designs.
- Own high level and low level designs, reference architectures, and solution blueprints.
- Lead architecture reviews and govern adherence to enterprise standards and best practices.
- Provide technical leadership during data center build, migration, consolidation, or modernization programs.
- Collaborate with Deployment Pods and Delivery Leads to ensure architectural intent is implemented correctly.
- Drive decisions on technology selection, capacity planning, performance, and resiliency.
- Ensure alignment with security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Act as a key technical stakeholder in presales engagements, solution reviews, and client workshops.
- Support operational readiness, transition to run, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Skills & Experience
Architecture & Technical Skills
- Strong experience designing and architecting enterprise data center solutions
- Deep understanding of:
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- Data center networking (L2/L3, spine leaf, firewalls, load balancers)
- Compute & virtualization platforms (VMware, KVM, Windows, Linux)
- Storage technologies (SAN, NAS, HCI)
- Security architecture and hardening standards
- Exposure to hybrid cloud integration and cloud adjacent architectures
Leadership & Consulting Skills
- Proven ability to influence architecture decisions across teams and stakeholders
- Experience working with customers, senior leadership, and delivery organizations
- Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills
Certifications (Preferred)
- Data Center or Infrastructure Architect certifications
- VMware / Cisco / Cloud Architecture certifications
- TOGAF or equivalent (nice to have)