Data Center Architect

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Summary: GovCIO is seeking a seasoned Data Center Architect to lead the planning, design, and execution of large-scale data center migration projects, focusing on risk reduction, scalability, performance, and security. Highlights: 1. Lead end-to-end data center migration strategies and execution plans. 2. Architect target-state data center designs aligning with business objectives. 3. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams. Apply Now Overview: GovCIO is currently hiring for a Da Center Architect to support modernizion efforts. This position will be loced in Hampton, VA Joint Base Langley-Eustis and will be a fully onsite position. Responsibilities: We are looking for a seasoned Da Center Architect to lead the planning, design, and execution of large‑scale da center migrion projects. This role is responsible for creing migrion stregies th reduce risk and downtime while ensuring strong scalability, performance, and security. The ideal candide has deep expertise across da center infrastructure, virtualizion, storage, networking, and cloud integrion, and thrives in fast‑paced, transformion‑focused environments. • Design and lead end-to-end da center migrion stregies, including on-premises to on-premises transitions, da center consolidions, and hybrid or cloud-adjacent migrions. • Assess current da center environments, dependencies, and risks to cree detailed migrion roadmaps and execution plans. • Architect target-ste da center designs th align with business objectives, security standards, and compliance requirements. • Collabore closely with infrastructure, network, storage, security, and applicion teams to coordine and execute migrion activities. • Establish standards, best practices, and architectural frameworks to support ongoing da center operions and future scalability. • Lead technical decision-making across virtualizion plforms, storage solutions, networking architectures, backup stregies, and disaster recovery planning. • Oversee migrion execution, including cutover planning, validion activities, and post-migrion optimizion. • Identify and mitige performance, availability, da integrity, and security risks throughout the migrion lifecycle. • Produce comprehensive documention such as architecture diagrams, runbooks, migrion plans, and operional handoff merials. • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering and operions teams.   Qualificions: High School with 9+ years (or commensure experience) Required Skills and Experience Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI Deep expertise in da center infrastructure, including compute, storage, and networking Strong understanding of virtualizion plforms (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, etc.) Proficiency in designing and executing large-scale da center migrions Knowledge of cloud plforms and hybrid/cloud-adjacent architectures Experience with storage architectures (SAN, NAS, object storage) Advanced networking knowledge, including routing, switching, firewalls, and load balancing Familiarity with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery stregies Strong understanding of security frameworks, compliance requirements, and risk mitigion Ability to develop architectural standards, frameworks, and documention Experience with automion and orchestrion tools (PowerShell, Ansible, etc.) Proficiency in dependency mapping, workload analysis, and capacity planning DoD 8140 IAT Level II certificion (Security+ CE,CCNA-Security,CySA+,CND) Preferred Skills and Experience  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills • Excellent communicion and cross-team collaborion skills • Ability to lead technical teams and provide mentorship • Experience with DOD Networks (NIPR, SIPR, JWICS) • Experience working in fast-paced, transformion-driven environments    #DSG #NSS #MAVERICK #TMK #TM #mav002  Posted Salary Range: USD $140,000.00 - USD $160,000.00 /Yr.Apply Now