Principal Architect Infra

Veriipro; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro in New Jersey is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to lead design, implementation, and operations readiness for a new data center build across primary and secondary sites.

You will collaborate with senior architects, infrastructure teams, facilities vendors, security, and operations to translate architecture standards into practical build deliverables, including HLD/LLD, runbooks, and validation steps.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of infra engineering or architecture experience.
• Experience with data center migrations or modernization.
• Ability to produce HLD/LLD and runbooks.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Support: contribute to target-state architecture, resilience design, capacity planning.
• Physical DC Build Coordination: space planning, rack elevations, power, cooling, cabling, rack/stack/commissioning.
• Network: DC core/leaf-spine design, routing, DCI/WAN, firewall placement, IPAM integration.
• Compute/Virtualization: design/implement compute platforms (VMware/vSphere), lifecycle/patching, automation readiness.
• Storage: block/file storage design, replication, encryption, tiering, migrations.
• Backup/DR: design backup/DR aligned to RPO/RTO, validate coverage and runbooks.
• Security/Compliance: apply security standards, RBAC/PAM, logging/SIEM integration, audit-ready docs.
• Delivery Support: maintain docs, support ARB reviews, track risks, update status.

Skills

Infrastructure design

Data center

HLD/LLD

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

VMware vSphere

Job description

We are hiring an Infrastructure Architect to support the design, implementation, and operational readiness of a new data center build across primary and secondary sites.This role will work closely with senior architects, infrastructure engineering teams, facilities/colo vendors, security, and operations to translate architecturestandardsintopracticalbuildandimplementationdeliverables.

RequiredExperience&Skills

• 8-10+ years of infrastructure engineering or architecture experience, with exposure to data center build, migration, or modernization initiatives.
• Hands-on experience in at least 1-2 infrastructure domains and working knowledge across network, compute, storage, backup/DR, and physical data center coordination.
• Experience contributing to HLD/LLD, implementation plans, MOPs, validation checklists, and operational handover documentation.
• Ability to collaborate with senior architects, infrastructure teams, vendors, and operations stakeholders through design, implementation, cutover, and stabilization phases.

KeyResponsibilities

• Architecture Support: Contribute to target-state architecture,
• resiliencydesign,capacityplanning,andoperationalstandards;assistincreatingHLD/LLD, diagrams, and runbooks.
• Physical DC Build Coordination: Support requirements gathering and implementation coordination for space planning, rack elevations, A/B power, PDUs, cooling readiness, structured cabling, cross-connects, labeling, and rack/stack/commissioning activities.
• Network: Support design and implementation activities for DC core/leaf-spine, routing/segmentation, DCI/WAN connectivity, firewall placement, and DNS/DHCP/IPAM integration under senior technical guidance.
• Compute/Virtualization: Assist with compute platform design and implementation, including VMware/vSphere or similar environments, cluster sizing inputs, lifecycle/patching standards, automation readiness, and performance baseline documentation.
• Storage: Support block/file storage design, replication, encryption, tiering, and file services migration or cutover planning.
• Backup/DR: Assist with backup and disaster recovery solution design aligned to RPO/RTO requirements, including validation of backup coverage, DR runbooks, and DR test evidence.
• Security/Compliance: Apply security and compliance standards across infrastructure designs, including logging/SIEM integration, RBAC/PAM alignment, segmentation, and audit-
• readydocumentation.
• Delivery Support: Prepare and maintain technical documentation, support ARB reviews, validate vendor BOM inputs, contribute to MOPs/cutover plans, track technical risks/issues, and provide implementation status updates.