Principal Architect

Solutions Architect

12 month contract to hire

Charlotte or Detroit (Hybrid onsite 3 days)

Pay Range: $60-65hr (depending on experience)

About the Role

We are seeking an Infrastructure Architect to join our Infrastructure Architecture Center of Excellence (CoE). This role is critical to fortifying our technology expertise and advancing our 'by design' objectives across enterprise infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect hyperconverged infrastructure solutions that support scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency
• Define standards and patterns for container and microservice hosting platforms, including orchestration, networking, and storage
• Architect application delivery infrastructure including load balancing, API gateways, and traffic management solutions
• Design and implement Active/Active infrastructure patterns to support high availability and business continuity requirements
• Partner with engineering and platform teams to translate architecture decisions into actionable implementation guidance
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, standards, and best practices within the CoE

Required Skills

• Hands-on experience designing hyperconverged infrastructure (e.g., Nutanix, VMware vSAN, or equivalent)
• Deep knowledge of container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift) and microservice hosting patterns
• Experience architecting application delivery infrastructure (F5, Nginx, HAProxy, or cloud-native equivalents)
• Proven expertise designing Active/Active solutions for fault tolerance and zero-downtime operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated financial services or large enterprise environments
• Familiarity with cloud-agnostic infrastructure patterns
• Relevant certifications (VMware, Kubernetes, or cloud provider)

About Us:

At Brooksource, relationships are the foundation of everything we do. Since 2000, we’ve built lasting partnerships with clients, consultants, and internal teams to deliver an exceptional experience across every engagement. As a trusted IT and Engineering services provider, Brooksource supports Fortune 500 organizations through Experience-Driven Staffing, Professional Services, and Elevate, our proprietary Workforce Transformation program. Whether you're hiring for software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data analytics, or enterprise IT, our customized staffing solutions are designed to align with your company’s unique goals, culture, and technology stack. We offer flexible hiring models, including contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement to meet your evolving business needs.

We are a certified partner of leading platforms, including Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, enabling us to deliver scalable, end-to-end technology solutions. With a growing national footprint, Brooksource is redefining expectations in IT consulting, engineering services, and technology workforce solutions.

EEO Statement:

Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

Benefits & Perks:

Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

Pay Disclaimer:

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.