Principal Enterprise Architect (Linux)

Job Title: Principal Enterprise Architect (Linux)

Location: Onsite in Dallas, TX (Relocation will be offered)

Duration: Full-Time (Permanent Role)

REQUIRED: Looking for someone who has a Linux background and can-do migrations. Like with VMWare to Nutanix. Not looking for people with a cloud background. Nutanix is not required but they must have worked in a Linux environment and have done migrations. MUST SHOW ON RESUME

Job Description:

Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership capabilities. They are comfortable operating at both the strategic and operational levels, can effectively influence stakeholders, and thrive in environments where they can drive technology initiatives while remaining hands-on with infrastructure operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure-related projects and strategic technology initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Lead and execute enterprise infrastructure migration projects, including virtualization platform migrations (e.g., VMware to Nutanix), server migrations, storage migrations, and data center modernization initiatives.
• Architect, plan, and implement Linux-based infrastructure solutions while ensuring operational stability, scalability, and security.
• Assess existing infrastructure environments and develop migration roadmaps, risk mitigation plans, and implementation strategies.
• Manage and support enterprise infrastructure environments, including monitoring, administration, upgrades, patching, security, and performance optimization.
• Provide technical leadership across virtualization, backup, compute, storage, and data center technologies.
• Develop and implement automation solutions to streamline operational processes and improve efficiency.
• Drive infrastructure modernization efforts and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor and support team members by sharing technical expertise and promoting professional growth.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and user guides.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex infrastructure and operational issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise technology solutions.
• Support security, compliance, and governance initiatives across infrastructure platforms.
• Present technical concepts, project updates, and recommendations to both technical and executive audiences.
• Troubleshoot and resolve critical production and service-impacting issues.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution activities.
• Adhere to established change management and operational processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Strong hands-on Linux systems administration experience in large enterprise environments.
• Experience leading infrastructure migration projects, including VMware to Nutanix migrations, virtualization platform transformations, server migrations, storage migrations, and related infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Experience managing enterprise virtualization platforms such as VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise compute, storage, virtualization, and operating system architecture.
• Experience troubleshooting and supporting complex Linux-based production environments.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and infrastructure design principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with data privacy, security standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.