Principal Architect - Data Centres

Role Summary  
We are seeking a Principal Architect to define and lead next‑generation data center architecture spanning physical and logical design, software-defined infrastructure, virtualization, and containerization. This role drives the strategy for workload, management, and control zones across regions and availability zones while enabling placement of core and foundation services.  

Key Responsibilities  
• Define target-state data center architecture with regional/AZ constructs.  
• Establish workload, management, and control zone strategy.  
• Lead design of next‑generation fabrics (leaf‑spine, EVPN/VXLAN).  
• Align internal and external network designs for consistent policy.  
• Develop VCF networking standards: VPC constructs, Distributed Transit Gateway,   

Distributed Firewall, Load Balancing.  
• Integrate virtualization, SDS, and Kubernetes/Tanzu platforms.  
• Drive software-defined infrastructure adoption and automation.  
• Oversee architecture governance, design reviews, and roadmap execution.  

Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years data center/platform architecture.  
• Expertise with VCF (vSphere, NSX, vSAN) and NSX networking.  
• Strong background in fabric architecture (EVPN/VXLAN, BGP).  
• Experience with Kubernetes/Tanzu and container networking.  
• IaC, GitOps, automation, and observability expertise.

Preferred Qualifications:  
• Certifications: VCIX/VCAP, NSX, CCNP/CCIE DC, CKA/CKS.  
• Multi-region architecture and workload placement experience.  
• Knowledge of SDS, storage, backup/DR, and cyber-resilience.

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