Senior Data Center & Cloud Infra Architect

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Work-life balance

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

Blue Cross NC is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design and deliver complex data center and cloud infrastructure. The role requires hands-on leadership in networking, compute, telephony, and database platforms, with strong vendor partnerships and lifecycle management.

The position offers Hybrid-Flex work options with in-person collaboration and remote work flexibility across the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in data center/infrastructure field.
• In lieu of degree, 7+ years of related experience.

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 to ensure scalability and resilience.
• Provide expert guidance on emerging technologies and partner with key vendors.
• Lead licensing, financial planning, and capacity initiatives for datacenter technologies.
• Consult IT partners, stakeholders, and vendors on data center decisions.
• Execute detailed designs for large-scale initiatives with IT stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Ensure operational readiness through planning, coordination, and upgrades.
• Offer expert guidance during production incidents to support rapid resolution.
• Develop standardized engineering guidelines and schedules for efficient delivery.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture to maintain roadmaps and standards.
• Collaborate with vendors to ensure alignment with design specifications.
• Present new tech overviews to IT leadership across forums.
• Mentor engineers with technical direction and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Infrastructure design experience

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

Telephony

Education

Bachelor's degree or advanced degree

Experience >7 years in related field

Tools

Tomcat

WebSphere Application Server

Perl

Python

Job description

Blue Cross NC is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design and deliver complex data center and cloud infrastructure. The role requires hands-on leadership in networking, compute, telephony, and database platforms, with strong vendor partnerships and lifecycle management.

The position offers Hybrid-Flex work options with in-person collaboration and remote work flexibility across the United States.