Job Title: Compute Architect – Datacenter, Virtualization & Kubernetes Platforms

Location: Irving, TX
Duration: 12+ Months
Experience Required: 15+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Compute Architect to lead enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives across datacenter, virtualization, container platforms, and hybrid cloud ecosystems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Kubernetes, OpenShift, Linux/Unix platform engineering, VMware virtualization, enterprise storage, and disaster recovery architecture.

This role focuses on designing scalable, resilient, cloud-ready compute platforms supporting mission-critical enterprise workloads.

Core Areas of Expertise

• Datacenter Architecture & Modernization
• Kubernetes Platform Engineering
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) / Unix
• VMware Virtualization
• IBM Storage Architecture
• Rubrik Backup & Disaster Recovery
• High Availability & Resilience Engineering
• Hybrid Cloud Platform Design
• Platform Engineering & Infrastructure Automation

Key Responsibilities

Datacenter Architecture & Strategy

• Design next-generation enterprise datacenter architectures integrating:
  • Virtualized infrastructure
  • Container platforms
  • Enterprise compute ecosystems
• Define reference architectures for:
  • Compute
  • Storage
  • Backup & recovery
  • Disaster recovery
• Design scalable multi-site environments supporting Tier 0 / Tier 1 applications
• Drive infrastructure modernization and transformation strategy

Kubernetes & Container Platform Engineering

• Architect and deploy enterprise Kubernetes platforms including:
  • Standalone Kubernetes clusters
  • Red Hat OpenShift environments
• Design:
  • Multi-cluster architectures
  • High availability container platforms
  • Auto-scaling environments
  • Workload isolation models
• Define:
  • Namespace architecture
  • Resource quotas
  • Multi-tenant governance frameworks
• Lead migration initiatives from:
  • VM-based infrastructure
  • Legacy application platforms
    to containerized microservices ecosystems
• Integrate Kubernetes platforms with:
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitoring solutions
  • Logging platforms

OpenShift Platform Architecture

• Lead OpenShift architecture and cluster design
• Design resilient multi-zone OpenShift environments
• Enable enterprise-scale container platform adoption
• Build self-service developer platforms to improve engineering agility

Linux / Unix Platform Engineering

• Architect enterprise RHEL / Unix infrastructure environments
• Standardize:
  • OS build strategies
  • Patch management
  • Security compliance
  • Lifecycle management
• Optimize Linux/Unix platforms for:
  • High performance
  • Stability
  • Workload efficiency

VMware Virtualization

• Design and optimize VMware infrastructure using:
  • vSphere
  • ESXi
  • vCenter
  • DRS
  • HA
  • vMotion
• Lead:
  • Virtualization modernization
  • Legacy workload consolidation
  • Migration strategies toward container platforms

Storage Architecture

• Design enterprise storage solutions using:
  • IBM FlashSystem
  • SAN fabrics
  • IBM replication technologies
• Support persistent storage architectures for:
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • CSI integrations

Backup & Disaster Recovery

• Design backup and recovery architectures using:
  • Rubrik
• Implement:
  • Immutable backup strategies
  • Ransomware-resilient recovery architectures
  • Policy-driven DR frameworks
• Lead:
  • DR testing
  • RTO/RPO compliance validation

Automation & Modernization

• Drive infrastructure automation initiatives using:
  • Ansible (preferred)
  • Terraform (preferred)
• Support:
  • Platform engineering modernization
  • Self-service infrastructure enablement
  • Hybrid cloud adoption strategies

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

Container Platforms

• Kubernetes
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Multi-cluster container platform design
• Container platform governance

Operating Systems

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Unix/Linux administration & architecture

Virtualization

• VMware vSphere
• ESXi
• vCenter
• DRS / HA / vMotion

Storage

• IBM FlashSystem
• SAN architecture
• Enterprise storage replication

Backup / DR

• Rubrik
• Disaster recovery engineering
• Business continuity architecture

Automation

• Infrastructure as Code (Ansible / Terraform preferred)

Experience Required

• 15+ years of enterprise infrastructure architecture experience
• Proven experience designing:
  • Datacenter modernization programs
  • Kubernetes / OpenShift platforms
  • Virtualization transformations
  • HA / DR architectures
• Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise environments

Key Achievements / Expected Outcomes

• Modernized enterprise infrastructure through VM-to-container transformation
• Improved scalability, resilience, and automation maturity
• Reduced infrastructure cost through optimization initiatives
• Enabled enterprise-wide container platform standardization
• Delivered near-zero downtime infrastructure architectures

Key Skills

• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• RHEL / Unix
• VMware
• IBM Storage
• Rubrik
• Datacenter Architecture
• Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
• Platform Engineering