IT Architect Jobs in Atlanta, GA

INTRODUCTION

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing, young, energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber, Robinhood, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, Sephora, and more! More recently, we have expanded to working internationally in Canada, China, Ireland, UK, Brazil, and India. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise. We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position, please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Lead IT Architect – Data Center & Network
Location: Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
Schedule: Hybrid (First 90 days onsite M–F)
Duration: 12 Months + Possibility to extend
Rate: $75 to $85/ per hour

Overview

The Enterprise Data Center and Network organization designs, implements, and operates a global infrastructure supporting large-scale, distributed environments across hundreds of locations worldwide. This team delivers scalable, high-performance, and highly available infrastructure services leveraging cloud-first strategies, automation, analytics, and software-defined technologies. The Lead IT Architect within the Connectivity team plays a critical role in designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network services across branch sites.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on data center and network infrastructure aligned to standardized architecture
- Design, build, and operate modern enterprise networks, including transformation of legacy environments using SDN, NFV, automation, and orchestration
- Architect and deploy cloud networking solutions across Azure, AWS, and GCP (VNets/VPCs, subnets, routing, peering)
- Implement and manage hybrid connectivity solutions (Azure ExpressRoute, AWS Direct Connect, Google Cloud Interconnect)
- Partner cross-functionally to define scalable and standardized network architectures
- Monitor and manage infrastructure performance to ensure high availability and minimize disruptions

QUALIFICATIONS

- 8+ years of IT infrastructure experience focused on data center networking and cloud architecture
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with data center switching, routing, and cloud networking
- Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise network solutions
- Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) (Preferred)
- Strong background in automation and orchestration tools (Preferred)
- Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) (Preferred)
- Experience supporting large-scale, distributed infrastructure environments (Preferred)

MatchPoint Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.