Lead IT Architect – Data Center & Network

Job Description

Job Title: Lead IT Architect – Data Center & Network

Location: Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Schedule: Hybrid (First 90 days onsite M–F)

Duration : 12 Months

Possibility to extend Overview The Enterprise Data Center and Network organization designs, implements, and operates a global infrastructure supporting large-scale, distributed environments across hundreds of locations worldwide.

This team delivers scalable, high-performance, and highly available infrastructure services leveraging cloud-first strategies, automation, analytics, and software-defined technologies.

The Lead IT Architect within the Connectivity team plays a critical role in designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network services across branch sites. Key

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on data center and network infrastructure aligned to standardized architecture

• Design, build, and operate modern enterprise networks, including transformation of legacy environments using SDN, NFV, automation, and orchestration

• Architect and deploy cloud networking solutions across Azure, AWS, and GCP (VNets/VPCs, subnets, routing, peering)

• Implement and manage hybrid connectivity solutions (Azure ExpressRoute, AWS Direct Connect, Google Cloud Interconnect)

• Partner cross-functionally to define scalable and standardized network architectures

• Monitor and manage infrastructure performance to ensure high availability and minimize disruptions

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT infrastructure experience focused on data center networking and cloud architecture

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with data center switching, routing, and cloud networking

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise network solutions

• Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) (Preferred)

• Strong background in automation and orchestration tools (Preferred)

• Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) (Preferred)

• Experience supporting large-scale, distributed infrastructure environments (Preferred)