Position - IT Data Center & Cloud Architect
Location: Byhalia, MS (3-4 days/week onsite, ~1-2 days remote, but able to come into office as needed.)
Rate $70/hr. on 1099
15+ YOE
Project Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced IT Data Center & Cloud Architect to join our team! The IT Data Center & Cloud Architect will design and manage our data center and cloud infrastructure. This role involves strong servant leadership, strategic planning, and hands-on support during operations. You will be responsible for architecting scalable, secure systems that support our manufacturing and business needs. You will also act as a Senior/Lead Datacenter & Cloud Engineer, handling installation, configuration, troubleshooting, optimization, and guiding the team through complex challenges.
Key Responsibilities
- Proven experience guiding technical team engagements and providing effective servant leadership, collaboration, and teamwork.
- Architect, implement, manage, and maintain enterprise-scale infrastructure solutions across both on-premises and Azure cloud platforms.
- Act as the go-to Senior/Lead Cloud Engineer during operations, resolving issues, optimizing
performance, and ensuring up time.
- Design and manage hybrid cloud solutions, integrating on-premises and cloud environments effectively.
- Implement security protocols and ensure compliance with industry standards across all
environments.
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure security principles, including identity and access management, network segmentation, and cloud security controls.
- Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resources to balance cost efficiency with high
performance.
- Design and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans for cloud and data center operations.
- Lead projects from concept through implementation, coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet deadlines and objectives.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation on architecture, configurations, and processes.
- Provide guidance to junior engineers, fostering skill development and team growth.
- Promote the culture, values, mission and vision of Amplify.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 7+ years in cloud engineering and data center management.
- At least 3 years in architecture or senior engineering role.
- Expertise in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud). Azure preferred.
- Significant hands-on experience with hybrid IT environments, including both on-premises data centers and public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP). Azure preferred.
- Strong knowledge of on-prem data center infrastructure, including servers and storage, networking, wireless, firewalls, security, and virtualization.
- Proficiency in automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python).
- Strong problem-solving and leadership abilities.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to co-design and co-manage with Amplify IT teams and third-party vendors and implementation partners.
- Demonstrable collaboration skills to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to prioritize and manage several projects at one time.
- Experience in manufacturing environment a plus.
- Microsoft Azure Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Architect a plus. Azure preferred.
- Additional certifications in security, networking or data center technologies a plus.
Skills: it,data center,cloud,architect,azure,aws,google cloud