Data Center Architect - Remote

EVOTEK is North America's premier enabler of secure digital business focused on innovation. With an integrated set of technical domains, including data center, network, security, cloud, and communications, EVOTEK provides a cohesive approach to digital initiatives while driving business impact. In addition to technical solutions, EVOTEK offers advisory services and strategic sourcing to help bridge the gap between IT and business, reducing functional silos and facilitating alignment. EVOTEK was named Inc. Magazine's "Best Places to Work" in 2018, 2020, and 2022. In addition, for seven consecutive years, EVOTEK was listed in The San Diego Business Journal's "Best Places to Work" and recognized in CRN's "Solution Provider 500" list, CRN's "Next-Generation 250" list, CRN's "Triple Crown" and highlighted as CRN's "Top 150 Growth Companies".

Role Summary

The Data Center Architect will be responsible for providing post sales design and implementation services for present and future customers. Must possess excellent technical and communication skills and will be responsible for working with vendors, partners, and sales to ensure that optimum systems solutions are provided to customers.

• Provides leadership in the development and strategic direction of new products, processes, and techniques.
• Acts as primary consultant on large projects that affect the organization's long-term objectives / strategy.
• Responsible for carrying out service delivery for customers throughout the deployment lifecycle (plan, design, implement, optimize, document).
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Delivery Engineering Managers, Project Managers, and domain/practice/discipline Architects.
• Demonstrate a high-level of design and implementation experience, highly motivated, excited about learning new products/technologies and able to effectively communicate (world-class customer service and maintaining a strong customer relationship).
• Drive and responsible for final design meetings with customers.
• Staging and Implementation of the technologies listed.
• Document specific build information.
• Perform training on the technologies listed as it pertains directly to what was configured as part of the solution.
• Provide project status on a regular basis, while answering customer questions timely and professionally.
• Create project deliverables such as requirements documents, cabling details, cutover plans, resiliency test plans, and drawings.
• Provide informal customer knowledge transfer if required.

Requirements

• Demonstrated technical consulting experience with the ability to influence and lead technical architecture and design discussions.
• Ability to effectively facilitate meetings with all experience and leadership levels both internal and external.
• Possesses a broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect a solution by mapping a business problem to an end-to-end technology solution.
• Proven experience with advanced Data Center architecture, capabilities, design, and implementation
• 10+ years of expertise and experience in Storage and Virtualization technologies.
• Experience with Storage, Compute, Virtualization, and Hyper-converged abilities.
• Experience with Cisco UCS, Nutanix, VMware vSphere, Netapp.
• Background with Fibre Channel switching (MDS, Nexus FCoE, Brocade).
• Skilled in Ethernet switching as it pertains to IP storage & hypervisor host connectivity.
• Experience in Cisco HyperFlex HX. + include Pure Storage, VMware Horizon View, VMware Site Recovery Manager a plus.
• A general understanding of Layer 3 Routing Protocols.
• Additional technologies that may be encountered include Veeam, Dell-EMC VxRail/VxRack, VMware vSAN, VMware vRealize Operations Manager, and Cohesity.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work-related experience.
• Relevant VMware, Cisco, Nutanix, Dell-EMC Certifications.

Benefits

• Salary commensurate with years’ of experience, technical expertise and geographic location.
• Salary range: $150,000 to $200,000.
• Performance bonuses.
• Benefits package that includes 100% paid medical, dental and vision for the employee.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Strong company culture.
• Flexible PTO policy.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Annual company overnight retreat (employee + significant other).

Equal Opportunity Employer

EVOTEK believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information.