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About the Role

As Private Cloud Technical Architect Director, the candidate will provide executive-level technical leadership for the strategy, architecture, modernization, and delivery of private cloud platforms and enterprise infrastructure solutions. This role requires a proven record of success leading complex data center, virtualization, automation, and cloud transformation initiatives across large-scale client environments. The Director will guide architecture decisions, establish technical roadmaps, govern solution standards, and partner with delivery, security, operations, and account leadership to ensure resilient, secure, scalable, and cost-effective private cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

Defines and leads the private cloud architecture strategy, including platform standards, reference architectures, governance principles, service models, automation patterns, and lifecycle management practices.
Provides senior technical direction for private cloud modernization initiatives across data center, compute, storage, network, virtualization, container platform, backup, disaster recovery, security, and operations domains.
Leads managers, architects, engineers, and IT professionals through guidance, coaching, and technical oversight to ensure assignments are completed in accordance with established guidelines, policies, standards, and procedures.
Translates organizational vision and account strategy into executable technical roadmaps that align private cloud capabilities with business, security, financial, and operational objectives.
Collaborates with key stakeholders, department heads, senior management, and customer leadership on architecture decisions, risks, opportunities, technical tradeoffs, prioritization, and transformation sequencing.
Ensures private cloud and enterprise infrastructure solutions are designed for scalability, reliability, automation, observability, availability, security, performance, compliance, and operational efficiency.
Creates a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement while leading teams through complex change, modernization, and transformation programs.
Oversees the planning, design, implementation, transition, and measurement of private cloud platforms and related IT systems, balancing agility and innovation with stable, secure, and efficient operations.
Provides executive technical governance for large or complex projects, ensuring architecture quality, delivery progression, value realization, risk management, and alignment with client and account priorities.
Manages technology planning, cost optimization, vendor engagement, software and hardware evaluation, and financial stewardship to maximize business outcomes and operational value.
Stays current on emerging private cloud, hybrid cloud, automation, AI-enabled operations, cybersecurity, and infrastructure technologies, recommending practical adoption paths that improve service quality and reduce risk.
Participates in vendor evaluation, contract review, solution selection, and partner management to ensure cost-effective, secure, and reliable private cloud services and solutions.
Partners effectively with third-party service firms, portfolio management, cloud transformation, agile delivery, product management, IT security, supply chain, legal, and the broader architecture community.
Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on technology capability roadmaps, operational readiness plans, migration approaches, and service improvement initiatives.
Develops and maintains IT policies, architecture standards, operational procedures, and compliance practices relevant to private cloud platforms and enterprise infrastructure services.
Collaborates with management on organizational structure, operating model design, talent planning, and change initiatives required to support private cloud transformation and sustained operations.
Supports recruitment, development, retention, performance management, and succession planning to build a strong pipeline of private cloud architects, engineers, and technical leaders.
Recommends and drives adoption of new technologies, automation practices, and delivery methods that improve outcomes for customers, employees, executives, and account teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
10+ years of diversified IT infrastructure, cloud, architecture, or enterprise technology experience required.
7+ years of experience in a technical architecture capacity, with significant private cloud, data center, virtualization, automation, or hybrid cloud delivery experience preferred.
5+ years managing first-level leaders, architects, engineers, or high-level professional staff required.

Skills

Private cloud technologies
Virtualization platforms
Software-defined infrastructure
Automation/orchestration
Enterprise storage
Networking
Backup
Disaster recovery
Monitoring
IT service management
Hybrid cloud operating models
Microservices architecture
Container platforms
Security architecture
Generative AI
AI-enabled operations
Enterprise architecture tools
Graphical modeling approaches
Road mapping methods
Repository management
Business models
Operating models
Financial models
Cost-benefit tradeoff analysis
Technology risk management
Vendor ecosystems
As a service delivery models
ITIL®
TOGAF®
Agile
SAFe®
PMI®
Organization Change Management
Lean Six Sigma
VMware
Red Hat
Microsoft
Hyperscale cloud
Cybersecurity
Infrastructure automation disciplines
Public Sector and State, Local, and Education agencies
Government-related standards
Security expectations
Procurement practices
Regulatory requirements

Location

Austin, Texas (US-TX), United States (US)

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Director
10+ years of diversified IT infrastructure, cloud, architecture, or enterprise technology experience
7+ years of experience in a technical architecture capacity
5+ years managing first-level leaders, architects, engineers, or high-level professional staff

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Salary/Compensations

$132,975 - $221,625

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance with an employer contribution
Flexible spending or health savings account
Life and AD&D insurance
Short and long term disability coverage
Paid time off
Employee assistance
Participation in a 401k program with company match
Additional voluntary or legally-required benefits

About the Company

NTT DATA Corporation is a top 10 global services company and part of the NTT Group, a Fortune 29 telecommunications and services company.
We operate with 60,000 professionals in 36 countries.
Every day around the world we help clients respond to market dynamics with flexibility and speed, reduce costs with less risk, and increase productivity to enable growth.
NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100.
We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation.
We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services.
Our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future.
As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries.
We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners.
NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.
Whenever possible, we hire locally to NTT DATA offices or client sites.
This ensures we can provide timely and effective support tailored to each client’s needs.
While many positions offer remote or hybrid work options, these arrangements are subject to change based on client requirements.
For employees near an NTT DATA office or client site, in-office attendance may be required for meetings or events, depending on business needs.
At NTT DATA, we are committed to staying flexible and meeting the evolving needs of both our clients and employees.
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Equal Opportunity

NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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