Senior Data Center & Cloud Infra Architect

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Tuition reimbursement

Annual incentive bonus

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Cross NC is seeking a skilled infrastructure engineer to design and optimize data center and cloud infrastructure, spanning network, compute, telephony, and databases. You will partner with IT and vendors to ensure scalable, resilient solutions and lead lifecycle management across technologies.

The role offers Hybrid Flex work with in-person collaboration and remote work possibilities, with a focus on delivering high availability and performance in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree required; in lieu, 7+ years of related experience.
• 5+ years of experience in data center or IT infrastructure roles.
• Familiarity with enterprise Java applications and middleware is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, architect and deliver complex infrastructure designs for network, compute, telephony, platform, middleware and database solutions.
• Own technology currency, lifecycle management and capacity planning to meet SLAs.
• Define hardware/software performance standards for scalability and resilience.
• Provide technical guidance and partner with vendors on new technologies.
• Lead licensing, financial planning and capacity initiatives for datacenter tech.
• Consult IT partners and stakeholders on infrastructure decisions.
• Develop detailed designs for large initiatives with cross-functional teams.
• Ensure operational readiness through planning, testing and deployments.
• Guide incident resolution and maintain system stability during production events.
• Create standardized engineering guidelines and roadmaps with enterprise input.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to align roadmaps with standards.

Skills

Network design

Compute infrastructure

Telephony

Platform

Middleware

Database

Capacity planning

Vendor partnerships

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or advanced degree

7+ years experience without degree

Tools

Tomcat

Spring Boot

WebSphere

Job description

Blue Cross NC is seeking a skilled infrastructure engineer to design and optimize data center and cloud infrastructure, spanning network, compute, telephony, and databases. You will partner with IT and vendors to ensure scalable, resilient solutions and lead lifecycle management across technologies.

The role offers Hybrid Flex work with in-person collaboration and remote work possibilities, with a focus on delivering high availability and performance in a complex environment.