Domain Architect

Consulting Solutions; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Consulting Solutions is seeking a Digital Hosting Domain Architect to lead enterprise hosting design across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure. You will partner with IT, cybersecurity, business stakeholders, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable hosting solutions that support global objectives.

Responsibilities include end-to-end architecture design, technology selection guidance, and global standards development.

Qualifications

• Three years of hosting architecture experience.
• Virtualization expertise including VMware or equivalent.
• Enterprise storage experience: SAN, NAS, object storage, backup/archiving.
• Cloud platforms: AWS and Azure with hybrid patterns.
• Automation and IaC skills: Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell.
• Networking concepts for hosting services and performance.
• Ability to design for large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and vendor relationships.
• Industry certifications (AWS/Azure/VCP) or equivalent.
• Experience supporting global, highly available hosting environments.
• Experience driving infrastructure modernization and cost optimization.
• Strategic and long-term hosting strategy development.
• Technical leadership and mentoring of engineers.
• Collaborative across IT, cybersecurity, operations, and vendors.
• Adaptable with agile mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end hosting architectures to meet global requirements.
• Evaluate and guide hosting technology selection across cloud/on-premises/hybrid.
• Develop global standards, reference architectures, and design patterns.
• Oversee architecture alignment during implementation of servers, storage, cloud services.
• Partner with cybersecurity to ensure security compliance and risk management.
• Lead capacity planning, performance optimization, and health assessments.
• Provide expert troubleshooting for hosting systems and infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and promote architectural principles and best practices.
• Prepare documentation, reports, and presentations for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Stay current with industry trends in cloud, compute, storage, virtualization, and automation.
• Drive strategic hosting initiatives for modernization, reliability, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate across business, IT, operations, cybersecurity, and vendors.

Skills

Hosting architecture

Virtualization

Storage solutions

Public cloud (AWS/Azure)

Automation & IaC

Networking concepts

Large-scale design

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Leadership & vendor mgmt

Cloud modernization

Strategic thinking

Technical leadership

Collaboration

Adaptability

Continuous improvement

Tools

AWS

VMware

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

SAN storage

NAS storage

Object storage

Backup/archiving

Infrastructure as Code frameworks

Job description

The Digital Hosting Domain Architect is a senior technical leadership role responsible for shaping, designing, and guiding enterprise hosting capabilities across cloud, on premises, compute, storage, virtualization, and hybrid infrastructure services. This role partners closely with IT teams, cybersecurity teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and cost effective hosting solutions that support global business objectives.

• Design end to end digital hosting architectures that meet global business requirements, including availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, scalability, performance, and operational supportability.


• Evaluate, recommend, and guide selection of hosting technologies, platforms, and vendors across cloud, on premises, and hybrid environments.


• Develop and maintain global technical standards, guidelines, reference architectures, and design patterns for hosting platforms and infrastructure services.


• Oversee architecture alignment during implementation and integration of physical and virtual servers, storage platforms, SAN, NAS, object storage, cloud services, and related infrastructure components.


• Partner with cybersecurity teams to ensure hosting solutions comply with security policies, regulatory requirements, and enterprise risk expectations.


• Lead capacity planning, performance optimization, lifecycle planning, and regular health assessments for hosting infrastructure.


• Provide expert guidance for troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues related to hosting systems and infrastructure services.


• Mentor domain engineers and administrators by promoting architectural principles, engineering standards, and operational best practices.


• Prepare clear documentation, reports, recommendations, and presentations for technical and nontechnical audiences.


• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving standards in cloud, compute, storage, virtualization, automation, and hybrid hosting.


• Drive strategic hosting initiatives focused on modernization, reliability, operational excellence, and cost optimization.


• Collaborate across business, IT, operations, cybersecurity, and vendor organizations to ensure successful delivery of hosting solutions.

Job Qualifications

• Strong background in enterprise IT infrastructure, with at least three years of focused experience in hosting architecture.


• Deep knowledge of virtualization technologies, including VMware or comparable enterprise virtualization platforms.


• Hands on experience with enterprise storage solutions, including SAN, NAS, object storage, backup, archiving, and cloud storage services.


• Strong understanding of public cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, including hybrid architecture patterns and integration approaches.


• Experience with automation, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, or similar technologies.


• Working knowledge of networking concepts related to hosting services, application connectivity, resiliency, and performance.


• Demonstrated ability to design solutions for large scale enterprise environments.


• Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.


• Ability to lead cross functional technical initiatives and manage vendor relationships effectively.


• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, VMware VCP, or comparable infrastructure certifications.


• Experience supporting global, highly available, mission critical hosting environments.


• Experience driving infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, cost optimization, and operational excellence initiatives.


• Strategic Thinking: Develop long term hosting strategies that align hybrid, infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, compute, and storage capabilities with enterprise priorities.


• Technical Leadership: Provide direction, coaching, and architectural guidance to engineers and administrators in a rapidly evolving technology environment.


• Collaboration: Work effectively across business, IT, cybersecurity, operations, and vendor teams to drive alignment and successful delivery.


• Adaptability: Apply an agile mindset to changing business requirements, evolving technology capabilities, and emerging infrastructure patterns.


• Continuous Improvement: Champion innovation, simplification, cost optimization, reliability, and operational excellence across digital hosting services.

Tools and Technologies:

• AWS


• VMware


• Terraform


• Ansible


• PowerShell


• SAN Storage Platforms


• NAS Storage Platforms


• Object Storage Solutions


• Backup and Archiving Technologies


• Infrastructure as Code Frameworks

Consulting Solutions and its family of companies is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.