What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Center Infrastructure Architect position at Apex Systems?
Job#: 3042003
Job Description:
Data Center Infrastructure Architect
Location: Hybrid (3-days onsite Tues-Thurs)
Role Overview
This role is for a senior, hands-on Data Center Network Engineer to support and evolve a global, Cisco-centric data center network environment. The position involves contributing hands-on engineering expertise to support Cisco ACI and VPN infrastructure, while introducing practical automation to improve resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency. The successful candidate will join an experienced team and play a key part in new data center builds, modernization initiatives, and cloud migration efforts. The focus is on execution and operational improvement over high-level strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Skills:
Team & Cultural Fit:
Preferred Qualifications
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or . Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.
UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.
Job Description:
Data Center Infrastructure Architect
Location: Hybrid (3-days onsite Tues-Thurs)
- Wayne, PA
- Plano, TX
- Charlotte, NC
- Scottsdale, AZ
Role Overview
This role is for a senior, hands-on Data Center Network Engineer to support and evolve a global, Cisco-centric data center network environment. The position involves contributing hands-on engineering expertise to support Cisco ACI and VPN infrastructure, while introducing practical automation to improve resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency. The successful candidate will join an experienced team and play a key part in new data center builds, modernization initiatives, and cloud migration efforts. The focus is on execution and operational improvement over high-level strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and maintain all data center network infrastructure, including Cisco ACI fabrics, the Cisco Nexus switching environment, VPN infrastructure, and related network visibility tooling.
- Assist with standing up new data centers and building out new network architectures.
- Design and implement connectivity between legacy and new data centers during migration phases.
- Perform software upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management for ACI fabrics and network devices.
- Improve network resiliency, stability, and operational readiness through engineering improvements.
- Assist in migrating workloads between on-premises data centers and cloud environments.
- Contribute to operational tasks, troubleshooting, and ongoing infrastructure improvements.
- Participate in performance monitoring and remediation of network issues.
Technical Skills:
- Strong experience with Cisco ACI, including operating and supporting complex ACI fabrics.
- Deep understanding of data center networking architecture and design, including concepts such as BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and leaf-spine topologies.
- Experience with Cisco Nexus switches and Cisco VPN technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to execute, build, fix, and improve infrastructure directly in a hands-on capacity.
- Experience with Python, Ansible, or similar scripting and automation tools.
Team & Cultural Fit:
- Must be collaborative and able to integrate into a highly tenured team environment.
- Must demonstrate humility, strong teamwork, and a willingness to contribute at all levels.
- Willingness to listen, learn, and contribute constructively is essential for success.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise or telecom-level network environments.
- Experience supporting global data center infrastructure.
- Exposure to AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform networking environments and an understanding of hybrid connectivity.
- Experience supporting migrations between on-premises and cloud environments.
- Golang or Terraform experience is beneficial.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.
If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at or . Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.
UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.
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