Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Truist; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k plan

Paid vacation

Sick days

Job summary

Truist seeks a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to provide technical leadership for the architecture, engineering, and implementation of our Data Center and Edge networks. The role shapes interconnection between enterprise data centers, cloud providers, and partners, with a focus on scalable, secure designs.

The ideal candidate blends lead engineering, network architecture, and cloud interconnect expertise, and mentors teams through implementation and transition while aligning with business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
• Minimum 10 years in infrastructure engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud, network, storage, and middleware infra.

Responsibilities

• Implements strategic goals and establishes operational plans for the technical area.
• Designs, builds, directs, and implements enterprise infrastructure across cloud, network, database, storage, and platforms.
• Develops automation, monitoring, and optimization for high availability and performance.
• Leads large, cross-departmental infrastructure initiatives.
• Collaborates with partners to adopt new technologies and improve standards.
• Troubleshoots complex issues impacting performance and reliability.
• Ensures governance and regulatory compliance.
• Documents designs and procedures to support operations.
• Provides advanced guidance and training to infrastructure teams.
• Influences decisions to align with business objectives.

Skills

BGP

OSPF

route filtering

route redistribution

traffic engineering

VLANs

VRFs

overlays

network segmentation

high-availability design

Equinix Fabric

cloud interconnection

Azure

AWS

Lead engineer

Network architect

Technical lead

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.

Job description

Please review the following job description:

We are seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to provide technical leadership for the architecture, engineering, and implementation of our Data Center and Edge networks. This position will lead the development of a scalable, resilient, and secure interconnection architecture supporting connectivity between enterprise data centers, cloud providers, third-party partners, and shared technology services.
The ideal candidate will have lead-level experience designing complex enterprise and data center networks, with deep expertise in BGP, routing policy, segmentation, high availability, cloud interconnection, and Equinix-based connectivity. This role will establish the architectural standards, reusable connectivity patterns, and implementation roadmap for the Cloud Service Hubs while partnering closely with Network, Cloud, Security, Architecture, Operations, and external service providers.
Success in this position requires more than strong routing and switching knowledge. The individual must be able to translate business and technology strategies into practical network architectures, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, influence technical direction, and mentor engineering teams through implementation and operational transition.

For this opportunity: Truist will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will we offer any immigration-related support for this position (including, but not limited to H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN-1 or TN-2, E-3, O-1, or future sponsorship for U.S. lawful permanent residence status.)

Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:

English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implements strategic goals established by Executives and Senior Management and establishes operational plans for technical area of responsibility with short- to mid-term (0-3 years) impact on results.
• Designs, builds, directs, and implements enterprise infrastructure technology platforms and systems across cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, or middleware domains.
• Develops and applies advanced automation, monitoring, and optimization techniques to ensure high availability and performance of infrastructure.
• Leads large, complex technical infrastructure initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-departmental teams.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and external partners to integrate new technologies and drive continuous improvement of infrastructure standards and processes.
• Troubleshoots and resolves numerous, complex critical technical issues impacting infrastructure performance and reliability.
• Ensures compliance with technology strategies, standards, and governance to mitigate risks and maintain regulatory adherence.
• Documents and effectively communicates infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures to support operational consistency and knowledge sharing.
• Provides advanced technical guidance and training to infrastructure teams and lower-level technical professionals.
• Demonstrates technical innovation in supporting business objectives and technical strategic objectives.
• Influences infrastructure-related decisions and communicates effectively with stakeholders to align solutions with business objectives.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience designing, engineering, and supporting large-scale enterprise, data center, cloud, or service-provider networks.
• Proven experience serving as a lead engineer, network architect, or technical lead for complex infrastructure transformation initiatives.
• Advanced expertise in enterprise routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, route filtering, route redistribution, traffic engineering, VLANs, VRFs, overlays, network segmentation, and high-availability design.
• Experience designing cloud and third-party interconnection architectures using Equinix Fabric, colocation facilities, cloud on-ramps, carrier services, or comparable interconnection platforms.
• Strong understanding of connectivity patterns for public cloud providers, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, as well as SaaS platforms and external business partners.
• Experience developing resilient network architectures that incorporate geographic diversity, redundant providers, diverse circuits, failure‑domain isolation, and automated recovery.
• Deep understanding of data center and cloud networking, including north‑south and east‑west traffic flows, firewalls, load balancers, network security controls, DNS, NAT, and hybrid‑cloud connectivity.
• Experience designing secure third‑party connectivity models that address segmentation, route control, firewall policy, ownership, monitoring, capacity, and operational support requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to develop target‑state architecture, reference designs, engineering standards, reusable connectivity patterns, and phased implementation roadmaps.
• Experience leading complex network migrations and modernization initiatives while minimizing risk to business‑critical applications and services.
• Ability to evaluate application requirements, traffic flows, security controls, resiliency requirements, and business dependencies when developing network solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to lead resolution of complex routing, connectivity, latency, resiliency, and performance issues across multiple technology domains and service providers.
• Experience partnering with telecommunications providers, colocation providers, cloud providers, equipment vendors, managed service providers, and third‑party technology partners.
• Familiarity with network automation and Infrastructure‑as‑Code concepts, including Ansible Automation Platform, GitLab CI/CD, APIs, Python, Terraform, and automated validation.
• Experience incorporating observability, telemetry, performance monitoring, capacity management, configuration compliance, and automated pre‑change and post‑change validation into network designs.
• Ability to establish architectural governance while balancing security, regulatory, operational, financial, and delivery requirements.
• Experience supporting infrastructure within highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or government.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and build alignment across Network, Cloud, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Application, Operations, and business teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex architectures, technical risks, investment requirements, and implementation decisions to both executive and technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers, conduct design reviews, establish engineering standards, and improve technical capabilities across an organization.
• Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, make technically sound decisions, and deliver strategic initiatives with a high degree of ownership and accountability.
• Comfortable operating in a large enterprise environment that balances legacy infrastructure, cloud adoption, data center modernization, security requirements, and emerging technologies.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position.Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax‑preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full‑time or part‑time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non‑temporary position for which you apply, based on full‑time or part‑time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.