Data Center & Infrastructure Program Architect

Hamilton Barnes; Washington; On-site; USD 158,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Company-matching 401(k)

PTO and paid holidays

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes, a leading value-added reseller and managed service provider with offices across the Western US, seeks a Program Architect - Data Center & Infrastructure. You will guide engagements from strategy and design through implementation, optimization, and customer handoff, combining deep data center expertise with architectural leadership and strong customer relationship management.

The role requires overseeing BoMs, SoWs, and implementation plans, providing governance, and mentoring

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise data center and infrastructure solutions.
• Ability to lead complex technical engagements and provide architectural direction across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong background in converged and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI).
• Deep knowledge of enterprise storage architectures, including block, file, and object storage.
• Experience with storage connectivity technologies, including Fibre Channel and iSCSI.
• Strong virtualization expertise, including VMware vSphere and/or Microsoft Hyper-V, virtual networking, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
• Experience with enterprise data protection solutions, including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Veeam, Rubrik, and Cohesity.
• Proven ability to lead technical discovery sessions and translate business requirements into comprehensive infrastructure architectures.
• Experience producing and reviewing technical designs, diagrams, BoMs, SoWs, and implementation documentation.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, organizational, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and make sound architectural decisions.
• Strong customer-facing skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with clients and technology partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural strategy and technical direction for complex data center and infrastructure engagements.
• Own solution architecture across the project lifecycle, from customer discovery and requirements gathering through design, implementation, and operational handoff.
• Partner with sales leadership and account teams to develop technical strategies that address customer challenges and support business objectives.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor to customers, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
• Oversee the development and validation of architectural designs, BoMs, SoWs, technical diagrams, and implementation plans.
• Provide technical governance and architectural oversight across concurrent customer programs, ensuring solutions meet design standards, performance requirements, and project objectives.
• Guide engineering and implementation teams through complex deployments, troubleshooting, technical decisions, and risk mitigation.
• Establish best practices for solution design, documentation, implementation, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Lead technical discussions with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership, IT management, engineering teams, and end users.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with technology manufacturers, vendor solution architects, and key technical partners.
• Identify opportunities to modernize customer environments through virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and advanced data protection solutions.
• Mentor and develop technical team members, sharing architectural knowledge and supporting ongoing professional development.

Skills

Data center design

Architectural leadership

Hyperconverged infra

Storage architectures

Virtualization

DR planning

Vendor management

Stakeholder mgmt

Solution governance

Hybrid cloud

Tools

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V

Fibre Channel

iSCSI

Veeam

Rubrik

Cohesity

Job description

Hamilton Barnes, a leading value-added reseller and managed service provider with offices across the Western US, seeks a Program Architect - Data Center & Infrastructure. You will guide engagements from strategy and design through implementation, optimization, and customer handoff, combining deep data center expertise with architectural leadership and strong customer relationship management.

The role requires overseeing BoMs, SoWs, and implementation plans, providing governance, and mentoring