Data Center Project Architect

Armada • United States (Remote), CA

18h • $108,072 - $163,500 • Remote

About The Position

Armada is seeking a Data Center Project Architect to support its Galleon and Leviathan product lines. This role will be responsible for the architectural integrity of Modular Data Center (MDC) deployments globally, from initial site assessment through permitting, design, and construction. The architect will identify and vet international vendors, assess code and zoning risks, and develop a standardized modular design language to ensure scalability across geographies. This position will serve as the primary architectural liaison between Armada's product and engineering teams and external architects, general contractors, and code consultants, ensuring that life-safety and operational requirements are met throughout the construction process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture (or related field); professional licensure (RA/AIA or international equivalent).
• 5–7 years of hands-on experience leading architectural design and permitting on ground-up commercial, industrial, or mission-critical facilities, including direct work with local AHJs (Authorities Having Jurisdiction), including the ability to independently perform architectural design in-house for new Armada products and site conditions, rather than relying solely on outside vendors.
• Working knowledge of IBC and the ability to navigate comparable international building, fire, and life-safety codes across multiple countries.
• Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy — you'll be defining the playbook, not inheriting one.
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20–30% to project sites, vendor offices, and construction locations worldwide.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with modular or prefabricated construction methodologies, ideally for data centers or other mission-critical/industrial facilities.
• Exposure to data center–specific design considerations: equipment yard layout, cooling and power infrastructure coordination, and security/operations building programming.
• Experience vetting, directing, and holding external architecture and permitting vendors accountable across concurrent, geographically dispersed projects.
• Experience standing up design standards, templates, or governance processes for a growing team or portfolio, rather than only executing against existing ones.
• Background collaborating directly with product/hardware engineering teams, general contractors, and local consultants across multiple regions or countries.

Responsibilities

• Identify, vet, and liaise with domestic/international architecture vendors and local permitting/code consultants on every active project site, confirming each can produce building designs and permit submissions compliant with local building, fire, and life-safety codes (IBC and its international/AHJ equivalents).
• Own early-stage architectural due diligence for new sites globally: evaluating local zoning, building code, and permitting pathways, and flagging vendor gaps or approval risk before they cause late-stage redesign or slip a permitting timeline.
• Develop and maintain a repeatable architectural concept for Modular Data Center (MDC) buildings, auxiliary buildings (administration/office, security, support spaces), and overall campus layout, defining a consistent design language that scales across geographies instead of a one-off design per site.
• Personally develop architectural design for new Armada products and first-of-a-kind site conditions where no vendor solution or precedent yet exists, establishing the design basis in-house before handing off to local architects and permitting consultants for jurisdictional review and approval.
• Act as the architectural point of contact linking Armada product/engineering with international architects, general contractors, and local code consultants, ensuring life-safety, occupancy, and operational workflow requirements carry through correctly from design into fabrication, installation, and as-built construction.
• Build and maintain architectural design standards, permitting checklists, and code-compliance workflows by geography; track open architectural/permitting items across active sites; and provide the final sign-off confirming MDC and site are permitted, code-compliant, and ready for operational handoff.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity
• Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
• Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
• Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• 14 paid company holidays per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior