Data Center Architect

Join EVOTEK: North Americas Premier Digital Business Enabler

As North Americas premier enabler of secure digital business we integrate cutting-edge technical expertise across data center network security cloud and communications domains. By delivering cohesive digital solutions we help businesses drive measurable impact and accelerate their transformation.

Our award-winning culture is the cornerstone of everything we do. Recognized multiple times byInc. Magazineas a Best Place to Work were proud to create an environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. Locally weve been honored byThe San Diego Business Journalas a Best Place to Work more than seven times and our excellence is reflected in accolades like CRNs Solution Provider 500 Tech Elite 250 and Top 150 Growth Companies. Weve also earned a spot among CRNs Triple Crown award winners.

If youre ready to be part of a team that values innovation culture and business impact EVOTEK is the place for you.

Role Summary

The Data Center Architect will be responsible for providing post sales design and implementation services for present and future customers. Must possess excellent technical and communication skills and will be responsible for working with vendors partners and sales to ensure that optimum systems solutions are provided to customers.

• Provides leadership in the development and strategic direction of new products processes and techniques.
• Acts as primary consultant on large projects that affect the organizations long-term objectives / strategy.
• Responsible for carrying out service delivery for customers throughout the deployment lifecycle (plan design implement optimize document).
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Delivery Engineering Managers Project Managers and domain/practice/discipline Architects.
• Demonstrate a high-level of design and implementation experience highly motivated excited about learning new products/technologies and able to effectively communicate (world-class customer service and maintaining a strong customer relationship).
• Drive and responsible for final design meetings with customers.
• Staging and Implementation of the technologies listed.
• Document specific build information.
• Perform training on the technologies listed as it pertains directly to what was configured as part of the solution.
• Provide project status on a regular basis while answering customer questions timely and professionally.
• Create project deliverables such as requirements documents cabling details cutover plans resiliency test plans and drawings.
• Provide informal customer knowledge transfer if required.

• Demonstrated technical consulting experience with the ability to influence and lead technical architecture and design discussions.
• Ability to effectively facilitate meetings with all experience and leadership levels both internal and external.
• Possesses a broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect a solution by mapping a business problem to an end-to-end technology solution.
• Proven experience with advanced Data Center architecture capabilities design and implementation
• 10 years of expertise and experience in Storage and Virtualization technologies.
• Experience with Storage Compute Virtualization and Hyper-converged abilities.
• Experience with Cisco UCS Nutanix VMware vSphere Netapp.
• Background with Fibre Channel switching (MDS Nexus FCoE Brocade).
• Skilled in Ethernet switching as it pertains to IP storage & hypervisor host connectivity.
• Experience in Cisco HyperFlex HX. include Pure Storage VMware Horizon View VMware Site Recovery Manager a plus.
• A general understanding of Layer 3 Routing Protocols.
• Additional technologies that may be encountered include Veeam Dell-EMC VxRail/VxRack VMware vSAN VMware vRealize Operations Manager and Cohesity.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent work-related experience.
• Relevant VMware Cisco Nutanix Dell-EMC Certifications.

• Salary commensurate with years of experience technical expertise and geographic location.
• Salary range: $150000 to $180000.
• Performance bonuses.
• Benefits package that includes 100% paid medical dental and vision for the employee.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Strong company culture.
• Flexible PTO policy.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Annual company overnight retreat

Equal Opportunity Employer

EVOTEK believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex race creed color gender religion marital status domestic partner status age national origin or ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation pregnancy military or veteran status citizenship status and genetic information.