Infrastructure Architect - Datacenter Migration

  • Fort Mills, SC
  • Posted 1 day ago | Updated moments ago

Overview

On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Full Time
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 6+ mo(s)

Skills

DATACENTER
DATA CENTER
DATA-CENTER
MIGRATE
MIGRATED
MIGRATION
FORGEROCK
IAC
INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
TERRAFORM
ANSIBLE
PUPPET
JENKINS
CHEF
DISASTER RECOVERY
DR
BCP
BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Job Details

Role Name: Infrastructure Architect - Datacenter Migration
Location: Fort Mill, SC, USA

Job Description

  • Execute end-to-end data center migration plans, ensuring minimal downtime, data integrity, and business continuity.
  • Experience in VIP migration activity being done across the environment
  • Experience in designing, building and managing SOR environments
  • Hands-on experience in designing, deploying and managing network and security components including Firewalls
  • Hands-on experience in ForgeRock and other identity management solutions
  • Understanding of Middleware integrations and dependencies
  • Design and build infrastructure platforms (compute, network, storage, backup) aligned to future-ready architectures.
  • Hands-on implementation of migration activities, including application dependency mapping, workload move planning, validation, cutover execution, and decommissioning.
  • Leverage and promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, etc.) for provisioning, configuration management, and repeatability.
  • Develop and perform rigorous testing, validation, and failover drills for migrated platforms.
  • Collaborate with application and cloud teams to optimize hybrid cloud architecture, including DR, HA, and performance.
  • Drive implementation of monitoring, observability, and operational readiness using modern telemetry stacks.
  • Contribute to strategy for network design, WAN optimization, DNS, load balancing, and security postures across data centers and cloud.
  • Serve as technical escalation point for complex infrastructure-related issues during migration lifecycle.
  • Document architecture, designs, procedures, and recovery processes with clarity and precision.
  • Evaluate and integrate third-party tools and services needed to support migration and modernization.
Required Experience and Skills
  • 10+ years of hands-on infrastructure engineering and architecture experience across large enterprise environments.
  • 5+ years leading complex data center migration projects (physical, virtual, and cloud workloads).
  • Proficient with cloud and hybrid infrastructure designs using AWS and Azure.
  • Solid understanding of application dependency mapping, interconnectivity, and layered services migration.
  • Experience integrating Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BCP) into infrastructure blueprints.
  • Experience with CI/CD and configuration management tools (Git, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to create technical documentation and engage with stakeholders.
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