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# Principal Architect - Data Center (US)

- **Company:** EOS Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Data Centers, Storage Virtualization, VMware VSphere, Load Balancing, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Tanzu, Kubernetes
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=31fbf0f332c46a5d

## About the Role

* 10+ years data center/platform architecture.
 * Expertise with VCF (vSphere, NSX, vSAN) and NSX networking.
 * Strong background in fabric architecture (EVPN/VXLAN, BGP).
 * Experience with Kubernetes/Tanzu and container networking.
 * IaC, GitOps, automation, and observability expertise., * Certifications: VCIX/VCAP, NSX, CCNP/CCIE DC, CKA/CKS.
 * Multi-region architecture and workload placement experience.
 * Knowledge of SDS, storage, backup/DR, and cyber-resilience.

## Description

* Define target-state data center architecture with regional/AZ constructs.
 * Establish workload, management, and control zone strategy.
 * Lead design of next-generation fabrics (leaf-spine, EVPN/VXLAN).
 * Align internal and external network designs for consistent policy.
 * Develop VCF networking standards: VPC constructs, Distributed Transit Gateway, Distributed Firewall, Load Balancing.
 * Integrate virtualization, SDS, and Kubernetes/Tanzu platforms.
 * Drive software-defined infrastructure adoption and automation.
 * Oversee architecture governance, design reviews, and roadmap execution.


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