The Data Center and Cloud Architect is a critical leadership role that blends deep expertise in traditional data center operations with modern cloud technologies to drive performance, scalability, and innovation across the County’s IT ecosystem. This position will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing Solano County’s hybrid infrastructure with a strong emphasis on Azure cloud solutions. This includes developing enterprise-wide strategies that integrate on-premise systems with cloud environments, managing infrastructure modernization efforts, and ensuring architectural alignment across platforms. The role involves hands-on work in areas such as virtualization (VMware), enterprise storage, Microsoft 365, automation tools, and cloud-native resources support. The Architect will also lead infrastructure projects, support application migrations, ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards, and contribute to hardware procurement and software licensing decisions. This position is deeply technical, strategic, and cross-functional, bridging engineering, operations, security, and network teams to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions.
The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker and technical expert with a strong foundation in both data center operations and cloud architecture. They bring at least 10 years of progressively responsible experience, including leadership of cross-functional infrastructure teams and hands-on work with Cisco UCS-X, VMware, enterprise storage, and cloud-native technologies, and at least five years of Microsoft Azure ecosystem and Cisco UCS-X experience. This individual excels in diagnosing complex infrastructure issues, developing scalable solutions, and collaborating across operations, security, and network teams. They are transparent, accountable, and team-oriented, valuing partnership over heroics and leading with a high level of emotional intelligence, calmness, professionalism, humility, and technical confidence.
In addition, they have a strong grasp of enterprise architecture, infrastructure standards, and governance, with a track record of modernizing systems to improve performance, reliability, security, and cost-efficiency. This individual excels at architecting integrated hybrid solutions, leading Azure cloud adoption, and ensuring seamless coexistence with existing VMware and storage environments. They are skilled collaborators who partner closely with cybersecurity teams to enforce robust compliance and risk mitigation policies. As a technical leader, they mentor cross-functional teams, champion automation and infrastructure-as-code, and make informed decisions on platforms and vendors to support long-term scalability. They are also adept at translating business needs into actionable infrastructure solutions, leading complex projects, aligning IT functions across departments, and advising senior leadership on strategic infrastructure and cloud direction. Strong project management skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to align infrastructure solutions with organizational goals round out their profile.