Principal Infrastructure Architect

• Lead the design and development of private cloud infrastructure solutions to improve scalability, performance, and operational efficiency
• Develop a long-term strategy for private cloud adoption, including on-premise infrastructure and hybrid cloud integration
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with business objectives, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies
• Establish private cloud standards, governance, and operational models for consistent delivery
• Architect virtualized compute solutions leveraging technologies like VMware vSphere, Nutanix, or OpenStack
• Optimize private cloud compute resources for reliability, performance, and scalability
• Integrate high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies into compute designs
• Design and implement SDN (Software Defined Networking) solutions to enable flexible, programmable network architectures
• Develop overlay and underlay networking strategies to enhance private cloud connectivity
• Implement hybrid network solutions to securely integrate on-premises private cloud with public cloud platforms
• Architect private cloud storage solutions, including software-defined storage (SDS), to optimize performance and redundancy
• Design scalable backup, recovery, and data protection solutions
• Ensure compliance with enterprise storage policies and disaster recovery requirements
• Define and implement private cloud security controls, including segmentation, firewalls, micro-segmentation, and intrusion detection/prevention
• Enforce identity and access management (IAM) policies for private cloud resources
• Ensure regulatory compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS) within private cloud infrastructure
• Leverage IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet) to automate private cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• Promote self-service capabilities for infrastructure resources through automation and orchestration
• Drive infrastructure lifecycle automation for monitoring, scaling, and patching
• Implement advanced monitoring and observability tools to gain insights into private cloud infrastructure performance
• Develop frameworks for predictive monitoring, log analysis, and capacity planning
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, operations, and application teams to deliver private cloud solutions that align with business goals
• Mentor infrastructure teams and provide technical leadership on private cloud best practices
• Advocate for continuous improvement in private cloud capabilities and processes

• Minimum 10 years of infrastructure architecture experience, with 5+ years specializing in private cloud environments
• Demonstrated success in designing, implementing, and scaling private cloud solutions
• Strong understanding of virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, KVM) and software-defined infrastructure
• Expertise in virtualized environments, hypervisor optimization, and private cloud compute scaling
• Proficiency in SDN, overlay networking, and hybrid connectivity (MPLS, SD-WAN)
• Deep understanding of SDS, SAN/NAS, and backup solutions for private cloud
• Experience implementing network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and security compliance in private cloud
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) and orchestration platforms
• Knowledge of private cloud monitoring solutions like Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud models integrating private cloud with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to stakeholders across the organization
• Excellent leadership and team collaboration abilities
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively

Master’s degree or relevant certifications (e.g., VMware VCP, Nutanix NCP, Red Hat OpenStack, or equivalent)

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Numerous well-being programs
• Education assistance
• Free development courses
• CVS store discount
• Discount programs with participating partners
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid holidays throughout the calendar year