Principal Architect - Data Centres

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
In-Office
10-10 Annually
Expert/Leader
Internet of Things
The Role
The Principal Architect will lead the design and strategy of next-generation data center architecture, focusing on software-defined infrastructure, workload management, and governance, with extensive experience required in various technologies.
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WHO WE ARE:
EOS IT Solutions is a Global Technology and Logistics company, providing Collaboration and Business IT Support services to some of the world’s largest industry leaders, delivering forward-thinking solutions based on multi-domain architecture. Customer satisfaction and commitment to superior quality of service are our top business priorities, along with investing in and supporting our partners and employees.
We are a true International IT provider and are proud to deliver our services through global simplicity with trusted transparency.

Role Summary  
We are seeking a Principal Architect to define and lead next‑generation data center architecture spanning physical and logical design, software-defined infrastructure, virtualization, and containerization. This role drives the strategy for workload, management, and control zones across regions and availability zones while enabling placement of core and foundation services.  

Key Responsibilities  
• Define target-state data center architecture with regional/AZ constructs.  
• Establish workload, management, and control zone strategy.  
• Lead design of next‑generation fabrics (leaf‑spine, EVPN/VXLAN).  
• Align internal and external network designs for consistent policy.  
• Develop VCF networking standards: VPC constructs, Distributed Transit Gateway,   

Distributed Firewall, Load Balancing.  
• Integrate virtualization, SDS, and Kubernetes/Tanzu platforms.  
• Drive software-defined infrastructure adoption and automation.  
• Oversee architecture governance, design reviews, and roadmap execution.  

Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years data center/platform architecture.  
• Expertise with VCF (vSphere, NSX, vSAN) and NSX networking.  
• Strong background in fabric architecture (EVPN/VXLAN, BGP).  
• Experience with Kubernetes/Tanzu and container networking.  
• IaC, GitOps, automation, and observability expertise.

Preferred Qualifications:  
• Certifications: VCIX/VCAP, NSX, CCNP/CCIE DC, CKA/CKS.  
• Multi-region architecture and workload placement experience.  
• Knowledge of SDS, storage, backup/DR, and cyber-resilience.

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Skills Required

  • 10+ years data center/platform architecture
  • Expertise with VCF and NSX networking
  • Strong background in fabric architecture
  • Experience with Kubernetes/Tanzu and container networking
  • IaC, GitOps, automation, and observability expertise

EOS IT Solutions Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about EOS IT Solutions and has not been reviewed or approved by EOS IT Solutions.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth PTO, sick time, and paid holidays are part of the standard package, with some roles highlighting generous PTO and quick eligibility. Time-off availability is complemented by sick leave access across locations.
  • Flexible Benefits Flexible scheduling is available in certain roles and sites. Benefit start dates can be quick after hire in multiple cases.
  • Parental & Family Support Family medical leave is included among listed offerings. This sits alongside core medical, dental, and vision coverage.

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The Company
HQ: Banbridge
390 Employees

What We Do

EOS IT Solutions is a family run Global Technology and Logistics company, providing Collaboration and Business IT Support services to some of the world’s largest  industry leaders, delivering forward-thinking solutions based on multi-domain architecture. As a top-tier partner with Cisco, Juniper, Dell, Arista, HP, Pure Storage, Palo Alto, and many others, we have grown to become a market leader in IT Supply chain, AV Installation and International Deployment. We also continue to expand our service offerings into Security, Data Centre, and Enterprise Networking. Our Managed Services simplify complex processes and improve productivity across all business functions under a single purchase order.

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