Data Center Architect

GovCIO LLC seeks a Data Center Architect to design secure, scalable data center and hybrid-cloud solutions for federal IT. In this role, you'll architect virtualized compute, storage, and networks, optimize performance and resiliency, and ensure federal security and compliance standards. You'll collaborate across IT and cybersecurity teams, drive automation and modernization initiatives, and provide technical leadership. GovCIO's agile, innovative culture offers strong growth opportunities and impact in transforming government technology operations.

Responsibilities

• Design and document scalable, secure data center and hybrid-cloud architectures for federal clients
• Lead implementation and migration of virtualized and cloud-based workloads
• Optimize network, storage, and compute for performance, resiliency, and cost
• Ensure architectures meet federal security and compliance requirements
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, application, and operations teams on end-to-end solutions
• Develop standards, reference architectures, and automation for repeatable deployments
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to project teams

Required Skills

• Data center architecture and design
• Network design (routing, switching, firewalls)
• Virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM)
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Storage systems (SAN/NAS)
• Linux/Windows server administration
• High availability and disaster recovery design
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Ansible, Terraform)
• Capacity planning and performance tuning
• Security and compliance for federal environments