Solution Architect

Solution Architect Contract: Buffalo, New York, US Salary Range: 70.00 - 75.00 | Per Hour Job Code: 369515 End Date: 2026-06-18 Days Left: 26 days, 17 hours left Job Title: Solution Architect Location: Remote Role (Occasional Travel to Buffalo, NY would be required- Will be expected to travel to Buffalo, NY 14203 every 4-6 weeks, Monday through Thursday in the office, All expenses paid/reimbursed) Duration: 05+ Months Contract Role + Extension Pay Range: $70/hr. to $75/hr. Job Description: Direct Notes A Solution Architect focused on Cloud (Azure) and Colo facility (and migration to those locations from on-prem data centers) Travel to Buffalo is required every 4-6 weeks (Sunday night through Thursday night preferred). Job Summary We are seeking a skilled Solution Architect with deep expertise in enterprise data center and colocation architecture, and strong working knowledge of Azure platform foundations. This role will lead the design of resilient, scalable, and operationally supportable infrastructure solutions spanning data centers, colocation environments, and Azure, with a primary emphasis on data center architecture rigor (availability, resiliency tiers, capacity planning, disaster recovery, lifecycle, and operational readiness). The architect will partner with infrastructure engineering, network, security, and platform teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and support cloud/colo strategy. Key Responsibilities Solution Design: Translate business and technical requirements into end-to-end solution architectures across enterprise data centers, colocation environments, and Azure Data Center & Colocation Architecture: Define hosting patterns, fault domains, redundancy assumptions, and DR posture aligned to RTO/RPO expectations Azure Platform Foundation Alignment: Ensure designs align to core Azure landing zone design areas (identity and access, resource organization, network topology and connectivity, security, governance, and operations) Connectivity, Network & Segmentation: Define secure connectivity and segmentation patterns between Azure and colo/data center environments in partnership with network teams Operational Readiness: Architect for supportability with monitoring/telemetry expectations, runbooks, ownership models, maintenance windows, and lifecycle plans Standards & Governance: Develop reusable reference architectures and patterns; review solutions through architecture governance checkpoints for standards and compliance alignment Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate architecture decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders and guide delivery teams through execution Thank you The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually – as applicable. Job Requirement azure colo datacenter datacenteres architecture migration migrations Reach Out to a Recruiter Recruiter Email Phone Parth Shah parth.rshah@collabera.com