Senior Systems Architecture Lead, Hybrid Infra & DR

Weather-Group-Television-LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Allen Media Group in Atlanta is seeking a Systems Operations Architect to own the platform estate design, including AD/Entra, virtualization, storage, and OS environments. This role combines design authority with hands-on proof-of-concept work.

You will lead complex recovery scenarios, define hardening baselines, and mentor engineers while coordinating across matrixed teams. The role demands deep technical credibility and the ability to defend decisions under pressure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise systems engineering with architect-level experience.
• Expert-level Active Directory: design, hardening, tiering at enterprise scale.
• Deep design/operational VMware vSphere/vCenter including storage and failure-domain design.
• Proven backup, recovery, and disaster recovery architecture with real restore experience.
• Competence in Windows Server and Linux at architecture level.
• Automation and IaC design across Windows and Linux (PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience operating in a 24x7 environment.
• Familiarity with identity platforms (Okta, BeyondTrust PAM) integration.
• Track record leading technical work through people who do not report to you.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering standards and review designs before they ship.
• Serve as top technical escalation for platform incidents.
• Own postmortems for architecture-related failures and drive corrective actions.
• Mentor engineers and grow the bench.
• Coordinate matrixed engineers and application owners on shared work.
• Act as the Director's technical delegate in vendor reviews.
• Support audits and cyber insurance questionnaires with architectural detail.
• Write architecture-grade documentation with requirements and constraints.

Skills

Active Directory

VMware vSphere

Backup & DR

IaC

Okta

PAM

Windows Server

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Allen Media Group in Atlanta is seeking a Systems Operations Architect to own the platform estate design, including AD/Entra, virtualization, storage, and OS environments. This role combines design authority with hands-on proof-of-concept work.

You will lead complex recovery scenarios, define hardening baselines, and mentor engineers while coordinating across matrixed teams. The role demands deep technical credibility and the ability to defend decisions under pressure.